Show jumper Alex Matz is no stranger to riding under pressure. At 24, his resume includes two trips to the FEI North American Youth Championships and multiple top-10 placings in U25 grand prix classes on several different horses. But when Matz found himself riding first of 11 in the jump-off of the $100,000 Richard M. […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced a substitution to the U.S. Eventing Olympic Team ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Deniro Z, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding ridden by Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp (Lexington, Kentucky) and owned by Ocala Horse Properties, has been withdrawn from the team and will be replaced by Doug Payne (Rougemont, North Carolina) and […]
The United States Equestrian Federation has announced the mid-year updated high performance training lists for eventing. Elite Training List The Elite Program supports athlete and horse combinations who demonstrate the ability to contribute to medal-winning potential at the world championship level, with targets measured against world-leading performances and aiming to compete at the next Olympics […]
In October 2019, local law enforcement asked the Middleburg Humane Foundation in Marshall, Virginia, to take in six horses surrendered by their owner. But Middleburg Humane was in the midst of transferring its existing program to a new facility and was not in a position, at that time, to shelter the horses directly. Instead, Polly […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the four horse-and-rider combinations who will head to Tokyo for this summer’s Olympic Games. The show jumping competition will take place Aug. 3-7. Kent Farrington (Wellington, Florida) and Gazelle, a 15-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare owned by Robin Cleary Parsky and the rider Laura Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, Florida) and Baloutinue, an 11-year-old Hanoverian […]
The Royal Dutch Equestrian Federation announced the dressage and jumping teams as well as the two individual eventers who will represent the Netherlands at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Dressage will run from July 23 to 28; eventing will run from July 29 to Aug. 2, and show jumping will run from Aug. 3 to 7. Dressage: […]
The Confederação Brasileira de Hipismo announced the eventing squad heading to the Tokyo Olympic Games. The eventing competition takes place July 30-Aug. 2. Carlos Parro on Goliath Marcelo Tosi on Glenfly Rafael Losano on Fuiloda G Alternate: Marcio Appel on Iberon JMen
Three more countries have announced their show jumping squads for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The show jumping competition takes place Aug. 3-7. On July 5 the Confederação Brazileira de Hipiso announced the following team. The country did not designate which horse/rider combination would be the alternate: Luiz Francisco Azevedo on Comic Marlon Zanotelli on VDL […]
Show jumper Alex Matz is no stranger to riding under pressure. At 24, his resume includes two trips to the FEI North American Youth Championships and multiple top-10 placings in U25 grand prix classes on several different horses. But when Matz found himself riding first of 11 in the jump-off of the $100,000 Richard M. […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced a substitution to the U.S. Eventing Olympic Team ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Deniro Z, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding ridden by Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp (Lexington, Kentucky) and owned by Ocala Horse Properties, has been withdrawn from the team and will be replaced by Doug Payne (Rougemont, North Carolina) and […]
The United States Equestrian Federation has announced the mid-year updated high performance training lists for eventing. Elite Training List The Elite Program supports athlete and horse combinations who demonstrate the ability to contribute to medal-winning potential at the world championship level, with targets measured against world-leading performances and aiming to compete at the next Olympics […]
In October 2019, local law enforcement asked the Middleburg Humane Foundation in Marshall, Virginia, to take in six horses surrendered by their owner. But Middleburg Humane was in the midst of transferring its existing program to a new facility and was not in a position, at that time, to shelter the horses directly. Instead, Polly […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the four horse-and-rider combinations who will head to Tokyo for this summer’s Olympic Games. The show jumping competition will take place Aug. 3-7. Kent Farrington (Wellington, Florida) and Gazelle, a 15-year-old Belgian Warmblood mare owned by Robin Cleary Parsky and the rider Laura Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, Florida) and Baloutinue, an 11-year-old Hanoverian […]
The Royal Dutch Equestrian Federation announced the dressage and jumping teams as well as the two individual eventers who will represent the Netherlands at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Dressage will run from July 23 to 28; eventing will run from July 29 to Aug. 2, and show jumping will run from Aug. 3 to 7. Dressage: […]
The Confederação Brasileira de Hipismo announced the eventing squad heading to the Tokyo Olympic Games. The eventing competition takes place July 30-Aug. 2. Carlos Parro on Goliath Marcelo Tosi on Glenfly Rafael Losano on Fuiloda G Alternate: Marcio Appel on Iberon JMen
Three more countries have announced their show jumping squads for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The show jumping competition takes place Aug. 3-7. On July 5 the Confederação Brazileira de Hipiso announced the following team. The country did not designate which horse/rider combination would be the alternate: Luiz Francisco Azevedo on Comic Marlon Zanotelli on VDL […]
Updated July 12: Claudio Castillo Ruiz withdrew Alcaide from the team. Spain’s national federation, Real Federación HÃpica Española named four combinations to compete in the dressage competitions in the Tokyo Olympic Games. The list is as follows: Beatriz Ferrer-Salat with Elegance Claudio Castilla Ruiz with Alcaide Severo Jurado Lopez with Fendi T José Antonio Garcia Mena […]
Germany’s national federation, Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung, announced its show jumping team for the Tokyo Olympics on July 3. The team is as follows: Daniel Deusser with Killer Queen VDM Christian Kukuk with Mumbai Maurice Tebbel  with Don Diarado André Thieme  with DSP Chakaria The federation also announced its plan to substitute Tebbel in for the team competition, […]
