The Plains, Va.—June 30 Members of the U.S. Eventing Team got a chance to run through their dressage tests this afternoon in the final lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games. Eleven pairs, which included team riders Phillip Dutton (Z), Liz Halliday-Sharp (Deniro Z) and Boyd Martin (Tsetserleg TSF), traveling alternate Doug Payne (Vandiver) and other […]
Poland has announced its eventing team for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The team is: • Paweł Spisak and Banderas • Małgorzata Cybulska and Chenaro 2 • Joanna Pawlak and Fantastic Frieda Mateusz Kiempa is the reserve rider on Libertina. Second reserve is Jan Kamiński on Jard.
When she arrived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, three years ago, Michele Morseth had two goals: donning her first shadbelly and putting chemotherapy behind her. She and her Clydesdale-Quarter Horse cross Ben Macdhui had spent the past seven years training up the levels while Morseth underwent treatment for metastatic breast cancer in Orono, Maine. When […]
The Japanese equestrian federation named the athletes that will represent the host country in eventing and show jumping at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The eventing team is: • Yoshiaki Oiwa and Tullyoran Cruise JRA (reserve horse Calle 44) • Toshiyuki Tanaka and Talma D’Allou (reserve horse Swiper JRA) • Kazuma Tomoto and Vinci De La Vinge JRA […]
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Equestrian Australia announced their show jumping team for the Tokyo Olympics on June 30. The show jumping events will be held on Aug. 3-8. The team is as follows: Jamie Kermond on Yandoo Oaks Constellation Katie Laurie on Casebrooke Lomond Edwina Tops-Alexander on Identity Vitseroel Rowan Willis and Blue Movie will act as the traveling reserve for the […]
Kristiane Pellegrino likes to make sure her horses are well-versed in a wide variety of disciplines, from polo to fox hunting to eventing, so when she was asked about competing in a jumper division at Upperville she figured “why not?” “I have no experience in rated shows, and I had no idea what to expect,” […]
One main question has divided hunter derby stakeholders this year: Should U.S. Hunter Jumper Association International Hunter Derby competitors continue to pay a mandatory enrollment fee to the program to participate in a single class? In a USHJA Town Hall Meeting held via Zoom on June 28, stakeholders debated that and other questions relating to […]
U.S. Equestrian Federation officials announced on June 29 the athletes selected to represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup of the Netherlands CSIO5* hosted from July 1-4, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The two-round Nations Cup will take place at 6:00 p.m. GMT +2 on Friday, July 2. The following athletes have […]
Virginia-based trainer Justin Haefner is participating 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 next few months, Haefner has agreed to take us along on his training journey with his assigned horse, Scottie. […]