Life has been full of accomplishments and exciting moments for dressage professional Hope Cooper over the past year: She got married, finished her master’s degree in organizational psychology, and found success in the show ring with her group of young international horses. But she also endured heartbreak when her promising Grand Prix horse Tripple X […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 14 In June, when Dana Le and Joey Pedroni started talking about whether their horse Harriett X should make the trip to Kentucky this year for USHJA Hunter Championship Week, rider Chelsea Brittner admits she wasn’t sure they were serious. But the gray mare had been going well all season, so they decided […]
The 2026 USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship will take place May 13-17 at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, the U.S. Equestrian Federation announced today. To be held separately from the US Dressage Festival of Champions next year, the USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship will offer the opportunity for qualified combinations to […]
While finishing her work week last Friday in downtown Los Angeles, Carly Heath checked her inbox to find an alarming email from management at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, where she boards her draft-cross mare. “We want to update you on current operations at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center following the unexpected resignations of several […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced that Traverse City Horse Shows at Flintfields Horse Park in Williamsburg, Michigan, has been selected as the host venue for the 2026-2027 FEI North American Youth Championships for dressage and jumping. The championships will be held from July 28-August 2, 2026, with the dates for 2027 to be confirmed. NAYC […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 13 Last fall, young professional Elizabeth DeGolian received a Facebook message from her friend and fellow trainer Kristina Photakis with a proposition: Photakis and her business partner Matthew LeMaster had a young, green jumper who seemed like he might be a better fit for the hunters; would DeGolian be interested in selling him? […]
When Michael Pollard sent off an application to participate in the Mongol Derby a couple of years ago, his other equestrian commitments were pretty minimal. “I had a couple ponies for [my daughter] Sterling at the farm, but I wasn’t really doing anything too horsey. In the subsequent years, since I put in an application, […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 12 When the Platinum Performance USHJA 3’6″/3’9″ Green Hunter Incentive Championship was added to already robustly popular 3’/3’3″ championship in 2018, one of the hopes was that it would further the pipeline for green hunter development. Today proved just how well it worked, when the Odette, who won the 3’/3’3″ championship last year […]
Last time I wrote about horse showing, it was to say I was done trying to do it. I used to show at least three or four times a year, but I couldn’t afford it when I went back to school six years ago, and even once I was out and working again I couldn’t stomach […]
My daughter doesn’t come from generational wealth. She comes from a big, chaotic, love-filled family with five kids, a small farm, and a passion for horses that runs deeper than our pockets. She doesn’t have a six-figure horse or show in the top circuits. But she’ll muck stalls until her arms throb. Cobweb for hours. […]
Life has been full of accomplishments and exciting moments for dressage professional Hope Cooper over the past year: She got married, finished her master’s degree in organizational psychology, and found success in the show ring with her group of young international horses. But she also endured heartbreak when her promising Grand Prix horse Tripple X […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 14 In June, when Dana Le and Joey Pedroni started talking about whether their horse Harriett X should make the trip to Kentucky this year for USHJA Hunter Championship Week, rider Chelsea Brittner admits she wasn’t sure they were serious. But the gray mare had been going well all season, so they decided […]
The 2026 USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship will take place May 13-17 at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, the U.S. Equestrian Federation announced today. To be held separately from the US Dressage Festival of Champions next year, the USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship will offer the opportunity for qualified combinations to […]
While finishing her work week last Friday in downtown Los Angeles, Carly Heath checked her inbox to find an alarming email from management at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, where she boards her draft-cross mare. “We want to update you on current operations at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center following the unexpected resignations of several […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced that Traverse City Horse Shows at Flintfields Horse Park in Williamsburg, Michigan, has been selected as the host venue for the 2026-2027 FEI North American Youth Championships for dressage and jumping. The championships will be held from July 28-August 2, 2026, with the dates for 2027 to be confirmed. NAYC […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 13 Last fall, young professional Elizabeth DeGolian received a Facebook message from her friend and fellow trainer Kristina Photakis with a proposition: Photakis and her business partner Matthew LeMaster had a young, green jumper who seemed like he might be a better fit for the hunters; would DeGolian be interested in selling him? […]
When Michael Pollard sent off an application to participate in the Mongol Derby a couple of years ago, his other equestrian commitments were pretty minimal. “I had a couple ponies for [my daughter] Sterling at the farm, but I wasn’t really doing anything too horsey. In the subsequent years, since I put in an application, […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 12 When the Platinum Performance USHJA 3’6″/3’9″ Green Hunter Incentive Championship was added to already robustly popular 3’/3’3″ championship in 2018, one of the hopes was that it would further the pipeline for green hunter development. Today proved just how well it worked, when the Odette, who won the 3’/3’3″ championship last year […]
Last time I wrote about horse showing, it was to say I was done trying to do it. I used to show at least three or four times a year, but I couldn’t afford it when I went back to school six years ago, and even once I was out and working again I couldn’t stomach […]
My daughter doesn’t come from generational wealth. She comes from a big, chaotic, love-filled family with five kids, a small farm, and a passion for horses that runs deeper than our pockets. She doesn’t have a six-figure horse or show in the top circuits. But she’ll muck stalls until her arms throb. Cobweb for hours. […]
