The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association on Friday announced the 16 athletes and five stable managers selected to participate in the 12th annual Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session. This year’s session will be held Nov. 11-14 at the George M. Humphrey Equestrian Center at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, led by Olympic show jumper […]
The NetJets U.S. Jumping Team won the Mercedes-Benz Nations Cup CSIO5* at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen (Germany), de-throning 2019 champion Sweden on Thursday and narrowly avoiding a repeat of the two countries Olympic jump-off. It was the first time since 2005 that the United States has won the Nations Cup in Aachen’s iconic […]
Tamie Smith hasn’t seen much of her home in California this year. She left in mid-February to campaign a string horses on the East Coast eventing circuit in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games. After a brief trip home, she was selected as a Tokyo alternate for the U.S. Eventing Team with her top […]
When Doutzen jumped double clear to win a 1.30-meter class at the Lake Placid Horse Show (New York), the human team behind her didn’t just celebrate a job well done at a competitive show, they celebrated seeing years of patience pay off after rehabbing the mare through a series of injuries. “That blue ribbon represents everyone’s dedication to […]
Woods Baughman and C’est La Vie 135 made their names known in 2019 when they won a competitive CCI3*-L at the Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International (Maryland). A successful young rider, Baughman, now 25, works as an assistant trainer to Sharon White at her Last Frontier Farm in Summit Point, West Virginia. In 2018, Baughman […]
Horse ownership can be many things: Magical, joyful, fulfilling, engaging, adventurous, easy—all are adjectives one strives for in a partnership. You and your horse, on the same page, working together towards the same goals, both happy and healthy and all-in. For me, the past year has been anything but that. My horse-owning experience has been one […]
When Boyd Martin and Fedarman B finished their show jumping round Sept. 11 at the Tryon Fall Horse Trials (North Carolina), they received a standing ovation in memory of Annie Goodwin, who rode and trained “Bruno” to the four-star level. Goodwin died in a cross-country schooling accident in July, just months after finishing sixth at […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation today announced the athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team for the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen Mercedes-Benz Jumping Nations Cup CSIO5* to take place Sept. 14-19 in Aachen, Germany. The Mercedes-Benz Jumping Nations Cup CSIO5* will take place at 1:30 p.m. EST on Sept. 16. The following athletes are listed […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation and the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation today announced the eventing athletes selected to receive grants to assist in their travel to compete in the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen CCIO4*-S (Germany), Sept. 15-19, and the FEI Eventing Nations Cup The Netherlands CCIO4*-L, Oct. 7-10. USET Foundation Jacqueline B. Mars International Competition & Training […]
When Marisa Metzger was a junior rider, she wasn’t making trips across the country to compete in things like USEF Pony Finals or the indoor championship shows. The Los Angeles native had to wait until she was 30 to show in her first major championship, but when she got there, she did it in a big […]