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 […]
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games were clean and drug-free, the Fédération Equestre Internationale announced Monday, saying it has received confirmation that all human and equine samples taken during the Games were returned negative of any prohibited substances. “I am very proud to be able to confirm that, for the third Games in succession, all human […]
With the only double-clear over two rounds of competition, Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat and Venard de Cerisy captured the $1,973,610 CP International Grand Prix on Sept. 12 during the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament in Calgary, Alberta. It was the first time Guerdat, a former world champion and Olympic gold medalist, has won Spruce Meadows’s richest five-star. […]
This is my comeback story. There are a lot of twists and turns, and the hope of a happy ending, just like every proper comeback story. It starts, like many comeback stories do, with a moment of hubris. The teenager on the spicy little mare was having a tough time at a jump. “Hey,” I […]
Why is everyone so quick to discount the slightly older horse? Nearly every “in search of” ad I’ve seen on Facebook or elsewhere sets ages 6-12, give or take a year or two on either end, as a parameter. I totally understand some of the hesitation about taking on an older mount: shorter career duration, joint maintenance, […]
With a gold medal around his neck, André Thieme opened his arms, welcoming champagne sprayed at him by Peder Fredricson. He savored the moment: He just had won the individual final at the Longines FEI Jumping European Championships, held Aug. 31-Sept. 5, in front of a home crowd in Riesenbeck, Germany. A lifetime of anticipation led […]
I’ve been home from the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions for a week, and this is the first time I’ve had five minutes to actually sit down and write about it. I am so grateful to my awesome team for letting me sneak away for a week, and for letting my head be 100 percent […]
Name: Kali Holz Job: Surgical Coordinator, AAS, RVT, Espanola Animal Hospital Age: 30 Kali Holz admits that some days, she just doesn’t want to go to the barn. Whether it’s the end of a 12-hour shift, or a day off from her 60-hour work week, dragging herself 55 minutes one-way to practice walk pirouettes sometimes […]
Boyd Martin’s rising star On Cue is like a backup singer who refuses to stay in the shadows: At the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event this spring—her first five-star—she entered with less fanfare than her more experienced stablemates but came out as the highest-placed American horse, winning the U.S. Equestrian CCI5*-L National Championship. In the run-up […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team for the Spruce Meadows BMO Nations Cup CSIO5* to be held Sept. 11 in Calgary, Alberta. Competition will begin with the start of the ‘Masters’ CSIO5* Tournament today. The following athletes have been selected to the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team for […]
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 […]
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games were clean and drug-free, the Fédération Equestre Internationale announced Monday, saying it has received confirmation that all human and equine samples taken during the Games were returned negative of any prohibited substances. “I am very proud to be able to confirm that, for the third Games in succession, all human […]
With the only double-clear over two rounds of competition, Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat and Venard de Cerisy captured the $1,973,610 CP International Grand Prix on Sept. 12 during the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament in Calgary, Alberta. It was the first time Guerdat, a former world champion and Olympic gold medalist, has won Spruce Meadows’s richest five-star. […]
This is my comeback story. There are a lot of twists and turns, and the hope of a happy ending, just like every proper comeback story. It starts, like many comeback stories do, with a moment of hubris. The teenager on the spicy little mare was having a tough time at a jump. “Hey,” I […]
Why is everyone so quick to discount the slightly older horse? Nearly every “in search of” ad I’ve seen on Facebook or elsewhere sets ages 6-12, give or take a year or two on either end, as a parameter. I totally understand some of the hesitation about taking on an older mount: shorter career duration, joint maintenance, […]
With a gold medal around his neck, André Thieme opened his arms, welcoming champagne sprayed at him by Peder Fredricson. He savored the moment: He just had won the individual final at the Longines FEI Jumping European Championships, held Aug. 31-Sept. 5, in front of a home crowd in Riesenbeck, Germany. A lifetime of anticipation led […]
I’ve been home from the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions for a week, and this is the first time I’ve had five minutes to actually sit down and write about it. I am so grateful to my awesome team for letting me sneak away for a week, and for letting my head be 100 percent […]
Name: Kali Holz Job: Surgical Coordinator, AAS, RVT, Espanola Animal Hospital Age: 30 Kali Holz admits that some days, she just doesn’t want to go to the barn. Whether it’s the end of a 12-hour shift, or a day off from her 60-hour work week, dragging herself 55 minutes one-way to practice walk pirouettes sometimes […]
Boyd Martin’s rising star On Cue is like a backup singer who refuses to stay in the shadows: At the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event this spring—her first five-star—she entered with less fanfare than her more experienced stablemates but came out as the highest-placed American horse, winning the U.S. Equestrian CCI5*-L National Championship. In the run-up […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team for the Spruce Meadows BMO Nations Cup CSIO5* to be held Sept. 11 in Calgary, Alberta. Competition will begin with the start of the ‘Masters’ CSIO5* Tournament today. The following athletes have been selected to the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team for […]
