“Ditto.” That one word summed up why most of us were at a three-day clinic at TuckerBerry Farm in Radiant, Virginia. It was the end of the first day, after we’d ridden and done ground work in punishing mid-August heat. Now we were sitting around clinic organizer Kate Rakowski’s living room, telling the clinicians—psychotherapist and […]
Sean Kissane’s equestrian career has followed a path well-worn by many Irishmen before him. He grew up on a farm in County Cork, Ireland, where he was surrounded by horses, and his riding lessons started early under the watchful eye of his aunt, Norma Dennehy. He tagged along to horse shows with his grandfather and […]
Virginia-based trainer Justin Haefner just completed his participation in the Appalachian Trainer Face-Off, a 100-day challenge in which horses taken in by Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue are paired with trainers to learn new skills and, ultimately, make them better candidates for adoption. Over the past few months, Haefner has taken us along on his training journey with his assigned horse, Scottie. This is […]
Gemma Tattersall had a day to remember at the Chedington Bicton Park 5* Horse Trials: She not only won her first CCI5* in style on Chris and Lisa Stone’s Chilli Knight, but at the subsequent winner’s press conference, her boyfriend Gary Stevens seized the microphone to propose. Tattersall—who said yes—already had become emotional as the […]
When the U.S. Olympic team arrived in Tokyo, Sabine Schut-Kery was the most novice of the dressage riders on the roster there. But after four days of competition, she became its highest- scoring rider across all three events, clinching a fifth-place finish individually and helping the team earn silver for the first time since 1948. […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 5 Gerlinde Beckers wasn’t exactly confident heading into the Rolex Stadium today for her show jumping round in the beginner novice master amateur championship at the U.S. Eventing Association American Eventing Championships. An FEI-level dressage rider, she picked up eventing a few years ago and brought Roscommon Fagan, a 17-year-old Connemara gelding (Balius […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 5 When Samantha Manning brought Good Luck Molly in from the field last fall, she was in for a surprise. The Morgan-Mustang mare was limping and favoring her swollen left hind leg. Manning immediately called her vet, who thought it was an abscess, but subsequent X-rays reveled a 3” long piece of metal […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 4 With more than 500 starters in the novice and beginner novice levels at the U.S. Eventing Association American Eventing Championships this week, there was more than enough chance to see every breed and color of horse imaginable. Saddlebreds, Quarter Horses, Ahkal Tekes and more showed just how fun and inclusive eventing can […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 4 Mary Millhiser had a message for all older eventers today after she took her victory gallop in the novice master amateur championship with My Boy Tex—you’re never too old to enjoy the sport. “Just a shout out to all of us of a slightly more advanced age,” she said with a smile. […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 4 Ansley Callanan had always struggled with confidence when jumping, even though she picked up eventing as a law student and loved it. She grew up doing hunters and the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association program at Georgia Southern University before getting into eventing with a pony hunter-turned eventer. When she moved to Stokesdale, […]
“Ditto.” That one word summed up why most of us were at a three-day clinic at TuckerBerry Farm in Radiant, Virginia. It was the end of the first day, after we’d ridden and done ground work in punishing mid-August heat. Now we were sitting around clinic organizer Kate Rakowski’s living room, telling the clinicians—psychotherapist and […]
Sean Kissane’s equestrian career has followed a path well-worn by many Irishmen before him. He grew up on a farm in County Cork, Ireland, where he was surrounded by horses, and his riding lessons started early under the watchful eye of his aunt, Norma Dennehy. He tagged along to horse shows with his grandfather and […]
Virginia-based trainer Justin Haefner just completed his participation in the Appalachian Trainer Face-Off, a 100-day challenge in which horses taken in by Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue are paired with trainers to learn new skills and, ultimately, make them better candidates for adoption. Over the past few months, Haefner has taken us along on his training journey with his assigned horse, Scottie. This is […]
Gemma Tattersall had a day to remember at the Chedington Bicton Park 5* Horse Trials: She not only won her first CCI5* in style on Chris and Lisa Stone’s Chilli Knight, but at the subsequent winner’s press conference, her boyfriend Gary Stevens seized the microphone to propose. Tattersall—who said yes—already had become emotional as the […]
When the U.S. Olympic team arrived in Tokyo, Sabine Schut-Kery was the most novice of the dressage riders on the roster there. But after four days of competition, she became its highest- scoring rider across all three events, clinching a fifth-place finish individually and helping the team earn silver for the first time since 1948. […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 5 Gerlinde Beckers wasn’t exactly confident heading into the Rolex Stadium today for her show jumping round in the beginner novice master amateur championship at the U.S. Eventing Association American Eventing Championships. An FEI-level dressage rider, she picked up eventing a few years ago and brought Roscommon Fagan, a 17-year-old Connemara gelding (Balius […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 5 When Samantha Manning brought Good Luck Molly in from the field last fall, she was in for a surprise. The Morgan-Mustang mare was limping and favoring her swollen left hind leg. Manning immediately called her vet, who thought it was an abscess, but subsequent X-rays reveled a 3” long piece of metal […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 4 With more than 500 starters in the novice and beginner novice levels at the U.S. Eventing Association American Eventing Championships this week, there was more than enough chance to see every breed and color of horse imaginable. Saddlebreds, Quarter Horses, Ahkal Tekes and more showed just how fun and inclusive eventing can […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 4 Mary Millhiser had a message for all older eventers today after she took her victory gallop in the novice master amateur championship with My Boy Tex—you’re never too old to enjoy the sport. “Just a shout out to all of us of a slightly more advanced age,” she said with a smile. […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 4 Ansley Callanan had always struggled with confidence when jumping, even though she picked up eventing as a law student and loved it. She grew up doing hunters and the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association program at Georgia Southern University before getting into eventing with a pony hunter-turned eventer. When she moved to Stokesdale, […]
