Tokyo—Aug. 6 After a disappointing start in the individual medal qualifying round, the U.S. show jumpers bounced back today to qualify for the Olympic team finals. Each team had a simple objective in tonight’s qualifying round: Do enough to make it into tomorrow’s final. Nineteen teams started tonight, and only the top 10 advance to […]
The feral palomino mare with an auction sticker reading 737 wasn’t what Savannah Simo was looking for when she went to the Kalona, Iowa, kill pen in September 2020. But less than a year later, the pony she named Boeing 737 in a nod to that auction is headed to USEF Pony Finals. Simo, who […]
Claire Darnell, Mount Vernon, Washington, has been selected to receive a $10,000 grant from The Dressage Foundation’s Debbie McDonald Fund for Pacific Northwest FEI Riders. This fund was established by Pacific Northwest dressage enthusiasts to assist riders in the region to pursue their goals of representing Team USA on the podium. Darnell, a member […]
Dr. Steve Berkowitz, DVM, has lived with his wife Sue Berkowitz and a couple of dogs in Kirkwood, Pennsylvania, in the midst of Amish country, for the past 20 years. Every Saturday morning, the neighbor, who is an organic farmer, sends over a box full of fruits and vegetables. He has worked with Unionville Equine […]
World Equestrian Center announced today that it has acquired the Ocala Jockey Club in Ocala, Florida. The nearly 1000-acre facility has a history of hosting equestrian events and offers an event space with views of the rolling hills and Ocala sunsets. Moving forward, the facility will be known as World Equestrian Jockey Club. The Ocala Jockey Club is […]
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games upon us, what better time to take a look back at some of our coverage from the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, where women were allowed to compete in eventing for the first time and the U.S. Eventing Team took team silver. This story about the eventing competition was written by none […]
In advance of tomorrow’s team qualifying show jumping competition at the Olympic Games, McLain Ward has been added to the U.S. squad with Contagious. He’ll join Laura Kraut on Baloutinue and Jessica Springsteen on Don Juan Van De Donkhoeve for the three-person team. Gazelle, ridden by Kent Farrington in the individual competition, will now serve […]
A task force charged with updating the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s amateur rule has come up with a handful of suggestions intended to make it easier for riders to retain that status while receiving payment for work that is horse-related but doesn’t give them a competitive advantage over fellow amateurs. Established in February of this year […]
Tokyo—Aug. 4 Before Ben Maher headed into the stadium for today’s jump-off in the Olympic individual final, he received a piece of advice from one of his British teammates: Everyone else has been extremely fast. You have to go as fast as you can. “It almost made the job a little bit easier,” Maher said. “It […]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to add comments from Cian O’Connor announcing he has withdrawn Kilkenny from the team competition. Blood started streaming out of both nostrils of Kilkenny, ridden by Ireland’s Cian O’Connor, about three-quarters into their round for the Tokyo Olympic show jumping individual final today. The pair finished the course as blood splattered onto the 9-year-old […]
Tokyo—Aug. 6 After a disappointing start in the individual medal qualifying round, the U.S. show jumpers bounced back today to qualify for the Olympic team finals. Each team had a simple objective in tonight’s qualifying round: Do enough to make it into tomorrow’s final. Nineteen teams started tonight, and only the top 10 advance to […]
The feral palomino mare with an auction sticker reading 737 wasn’t what Savannah Simo was looking for when she went to the Kalona, Iowa, kill pen in September 2020. But less than a year later, the pony she named Boeing 737 in a nod to that auction is headed to USEF Pony Finals. Simo, who […]
Claire Darnell, Mount Vernon, Washington, has been selected to receive a $10,000 grant from The Dressage Foundation’s Debbie McDonald Fund for Pacific Northwest FEI Riders. This fund was established by Pacific Northwest dressage enthusiasts to assist riders in the region to pursue their goals of representing Team USA on the podium. Darnell, a member […]
Dr. Steve Berkowitz, DVM, has lived with his wife Sue Berkowitz and a couple of dogs in Kirkwood, Pennsylvania, in the midst of Amish country, for the past 20 years. Every Saturday morning, the neighbor, who is an organic farmer, sends over a box full of fruits and vegetables. He has worked with Unionville Equine […]
World Equestrian Center announced today that it has acquired the Ocala Jockey Club in Ocala, Florida. The nearly 1000-acre facility has a history of hosting equestrian events and offers an event space with views of the rolling hills and Ocala sunsets. Moving forward, the facility will be known as World Equestrian Jockey Club. The Ocala Jockey Club is […]
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games upon us, what better time to take a look back at some of our coverage from the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, where women were allowed to compete in eventing for the first time and the U.S. Eventing Team took team silver. This story about the eventing competition was written by none […]
In advance of tomorrow’s team qualifying show jumping competition at the Olympic Games, McLain Ward has been added to the U.S. squad with Contagious. He’ll join Laura Kraut on Baloutinue and Jessica Springsteen on Don Juan Van De Donkhoeve for the three-person team. Gazelle, ridden by Kent Farrington in the individual competition, will now serve […]
A task force charged with updating the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s amateur rule has come up with a handful of suggestions intended to make it easier for riders to retain that status while receiving payment for work that is horse-related but doesn’t give them a competitive advantage over fellow amateurs. Established in February of this year […]
Tokyo—Aug. 4 Before Ben Maher headed into the stadium for today’s jump-off in the Olympic individual final, he received a piece of advice from one of his British teammates: Everyone else has been extremely fast. You have to go as fast as you can. “It almost made the job a little bit easier,” Maher said. “It […]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to add comments from Cian O’Connor announcing he has withdrawn Kilkenny from the team competition. Blood started streaming out of both nostrils of Kilkenny, ridden by Ireland’s Cian O’Connor, about three-quarters into their round for the Tokyo Olympic show jumping individual final today. The pair finished the course as blood splattered onto the 9-year-old […]
