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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to add comments from Cian O’Connor announcing he has withdrawn Kilkenny from the team competition.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 […]
Steffen Peters knows how to bring a crowd to their feet—even virtually. Sure, at 56 he is the oldest U.S Olympic medalist in almost 70 years, but the man recognizes the ageless pull of tunes with an irresistible dance beat, like “Destination Calabria” and “What Is Love?” “I used to DJ for some parties,” Peters […]
Tokyo—Aug. 3 The stakes were high for the show jumping individual qualifier in Tokyo tonight: A single rail down meant a rider didn’t qualify for the individual final tomorrow. Seventy-three riders entered the ring at the Baji Koen Equestrian Park for the qualifying track, and the top 30 will come back tomorrow. No members of […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 Show jumping takes over the Baji Koen Equestrian Park today as the final equestrian sport in the Tokyo Olympic Games. All four U.S. horses passed the first horse inspection, held July 31, and the show jumpers have had their first chance to school in the stadium. Speaking at a press conference Monday, team members Kent Farrington, […]
Aug. 3—This story has been updated to reflect a statement by the U.S. Equestrian Federation. The U.S. Center for SafeSport has found international show jumping champion Rich Fellers ineligible to participate in the sport. On July 16, SafeSport changed Fellers’s status to “ineligible,” listing his misconduct as “criminal disposition; criminal disposition involving a minor; criminal disposition-sexual misconduct.” […]
THE COMPETITION DATES: Aug. 3-4, 6-7 MEDAL DAYS: Individual—Wednesday, Aug. 4 Team—Saturday, Aug. 7 THE VENUE: Equestrian Park in Setagaya City, Tokyo HOW TO WATCH: NBC Olympic Livestream (all times Eastern) • Individual qualifier: 6 a.m. Aug. 3 with televised highlights at 3:15 p.m. on NBC Sports • Individual finals and medals: 6 a.m. Aug. 4 with […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 There’s a special kind of pressure that comes with entering the Olympic Games’ eventing show jumping ring last to go. But if Julia Krajewski felt the pressure of sitting in first place, she didn’t let it show. In her round in the team competition, which took place about two hours before the individual […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 Poland’s Fantastic Frieda, ridden by Joanna Pawlak, was the only horse spun at the second horse inspection for the eventing at the Olympic Games this morning in Tokyo. The U.S. squad of Vandiver (ridden by Doug Payne), Tsetserleg TSF (ridden by Boyd Martin) and Z (ridden by Phillip Dutton), plus traveling reserve Mai […]
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 […]
Steffen Peters knows how to bring a crowd to their feet—even virtually. Sure, at 56 he is the oldest U.S Olympic medalist in almost 70 years, but the man recognizes the ageless pull of tunes with an irresistible dance beat, like “Destination Calabria” and “What Is Love?” “I used to DJ for some parties,” Peters […]
Tokyo—Aug. 3 The stakes were high for the show jumping individual qualifier in Tokyo tonight: A single rail down meant a rider didn’t qualify for the individual final tomorrow. Seventy-three riders entered the ring at the Baji Koen Equestrian Park for the qualifying track, and the top 30 will come back tomorrow. No members of […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 Show jumping takes over the Baji Koen Equestrian Park today as the final equestrian sport in the Tokyo Olympic Games. All four U.S. horses passed the first horse inspection, held July 31, and the show jumpers have had their first chance to school in the stadium. Speaking at a press conference Monday, team members Kent Farrington, […]
Aug. 3—This story has been updated to reflect a statement by the U.S. Equestrian Federation. The U.S. Center for SafeSport has found international show jumping champion Rich Fellers ineligible to participate in the sport. On July 16, SafeSport changed Fellers’s status to “ineligible,” listing his misconduct as “criminal disposition; criminal disposition involving a minor; criminal disposition-sexual misconduct.” […]
THE COMPETITION DATES: Aug. 3-4, 6-7 MEDAL DAYS: Individual—Wednesday, Aug. 4 Team—Saturday, Aug. 7 THE VENUE: Equestrian Park in Setagaya City, Tokyo HOW TO WATCH: NBC Olympic Livestream (all times Eastern) • Individual qualifier: 6 a.m. Aug. 3 with televised highlights at 3:15 p.m. on NBC Sports • Individual finals and medals: 6 a.m. Aug. 4 with […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 There’s a special kind of pressure that comes with entering the Olympic Games’ eventing show jumping ring last to go. But if Julia Krajewski felt the pressure of sitting in first place, she didn’t let it show. In her round in the team competition, which took place about two hours before the individual […]
Tokyo—Aug. 2 Poland’s Fantastic Frieda, ridden by Joanna Pawlak, was the only horse spun at the second horse inspection for the eventing at the Olympic Games this morning in Tokyo. The U.S. squad of Vandiver (ridden by Doug Payne), Tsetserleg TSF (ridden by Boyd Martin) and Z (ridden by Phillip Dutton), plus traveling reserve Mai […]
