It is often said that ponies are hardy little buggers, with a confidence and a personality bigger than any 18-hand counterpart—and Storyteller is here to perpetuate such stereotypes. Since starting his stateside career in 2009, the 14.2-hand, 18-year-old German Sport Pony of unrecorded breeding amassed a tricolor record with riders including Taylor St. Jacques, Emma Kurtz, […]
On July 27, the California Department of Food and Agriculture confirmed there is no evidence of ongoing spread of equine herpesvirus at a show facility where a neurological case was reported earlier this week. On July 25, a 6-year-old warmblood mare who had been stabled July 19-24 at the Sonoma Horse Park in Petaluma, California, tested […]
Tokyo—July 28 Competing in your first Olympic Games? Winning a gold medal? Winning another gold medal? Earning a score over 90 percent? For Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl it was check, check, check and check at these Tokyo Olympics. She crossed the last two items off the list today, July 28, by winning individual gold in […]
The second horse inspection for the dressage competition took place this morning, July 28, at the Equestrian Park venue in Tokyo, and all horses presented passed. Eighteen pairs will contest the freestyle. Two U.S. pairs—Sabine Schut-Kery on Sanceo and Steffen Peters on Suppenkasper—will compete for individual medals tonight after earning team silver yesterday. Adrienne Lyle elected […]
Tokyo—July 28 Adrienne Lyle announced Wednesday morning that she is withdrawing her horse Salvino from the evening’s Olympic Grand Prix freestyle competition for individual medals. “This morning, Salvino did not feel quite like his usual self and last night’s historic team medal was an extraordinary accomplishment, and we are proud of the team’s incredible effort,” […]
Rebecca Langwost-Barlow has a list of dressage accomplishments as long as her once-badly-broken arm and the kind of guts usually associated with top event riders and a terrific laugh. After staying home for the past year or so during the pandemic, Langwost-Barlow returned to the show ring this summer and proved that she hasn’t lost […]
Tokyo—July 27 At the end of her test, instead of an ebullient fist pump or celebratory slap of Sanceo’s neck, Sabine Schut-Kery quietly patted her horse, then walked out of the ring wiping her eyes as her teammates cheered and hugged on the sidelines. She didn’t know it yet, but Schut-Kery, anchor rider for the […]
After three days of sitting around in my hotel room, working from the bed and very much enjoying my 15-minute walks to get food as the stir-crazy became real, I finally got to escape to the venue Sunday night to see what I came to see: horses! (Though I can’t say I was in complete […]
The Spanish dressage team has announced the first horse substitution—a new procedure this year—for the Tokyo Olympic Games. José Antonio Garcia Mena piloted Sorento 15 to a 69.14% in the Grand Prix, but he will ride his traveling alternate Divina Royal in the Grand Prix Special instead. The Fédération Equestre Internationale substitution rule, Article 609, […]
The Aiken Horse Park Foundation board of directors has announced the establishment of The Annie Goodwin Rising Star Fund in memory of the event rider. “In the spirit of Goodwin’s vision and legacy, the Aiken Horse Park Foundation is establishing the Annie Goodwin Rising Star Fund, to foster, support and develop Aiken’s young equestrians who embody Goodwin’s character and […]
It is often said that ponies are hardy little buggers, with a confidence and a personality bigger than any 18-hand counterpart—and Storyteller is here to perpetuate such stereotypes. Since starting his stateside career in 2009, the 14.2-hand, 18-year-old German Sport Pony of unrecorded breeding amassed a tricolor record with riders including Taylor St. Jacques, Emma Kurtz, […]
On July 27, the California Department of Food and Agriculture confirmed there is no evidence of ongoing spread of equine herpesvirus at a show facility where a neurological case was reported earlier this week. On July 25, a 6-year-old warmblood mare who had been stabled July 19-24 at the Sonoma Horse Park in Petaluma, California, tested […]
Tokyo—July 28 Competing in your first Olympic Games? Winning a gold medal? Winning another gold medal? Earning a score over 90 percent? For Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl it was check, check, check and check at these Tokyo Olympics. She crossed the last two items off the list today, July 28, by winning individual gold in […]
The second horse inspection for the dressage competition took place this morning, July 28, at the Equestrian Park venue in Tokyo, and all horses presented passed. Eighteen pairs will contest the freestyle. Two U.S. pairs—Sabine Schut-Kery on Sanceo and Steffen Peters on Suppenkasper—will compete for individual medals tonight after earning team silver yesterday. Adrienne Lyle elected […]
Tokyo—July 28 Adrienne Lyle announced Wednesday morning that she is withdrawing her horse Salvino from the evening’s Olympic Grand Prix freestyle competition for individual medals. “This morning, Salvino did not feel quite like his usual self and last night’s historic team medal was an extraordinary accomplishment, and we are proud of the team’s incredible effort,” […]
Rebecca Langwost-Barlow has a list of dressage accomplishments as long as her once-badly-broken arm and the kind of guts usually associated with top event riders and a terrific laugh. After staying home for the past year or so during the pandemic, Langwost-Barlow returned to the show ring this summer and proved that she hasn’t lost […]
Tokyo—July 27 At the end of her test, instead of an ebullient fist pump or celebratory slap of Sanceo’s neck, Sabine Schut-Kery quietly patted her horse, then walked out of the ring wiping her eyes as her teammates cheered and hugged on the sidelines. She didn’t know it yet, but Schut-Kery, anchor rider for the […]
After three days of sitting around in my hotel room, working from the bed and very much enjoying my 15-minute walks to get food as the stir-crazy became real, I finally got to escape to the venue Sunday night to see what I came to see: horses! (Though I can’t say I was in complete […]
The Spanish dressage team has announced the first horse substitution—a new procedure this year—for the Tokyo Olympic Games. José Antonio Garcia Mena piloted Sorento 15 to a 69.14% in the Grand Prix, but he will ride his traveling alternate Divina Royal in the Grand Prix Special instead. The Fédération Equestre Internationale substitution rule, Article 609, […]
The Aiken Horse Park Foundation board of directors has announced the establishment of The Annie Goodwin Rising Star Fund in memory of the event rider. “In the spirit of Goodwin’s vision and legacy, the Aiken Horse Park Foundation is establishing the Annie Goodwin Rising Star Fund, to foster, support and develop Aiken’s young equestrians who embody Goodwin’s character and […]
