The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced Robert Ridland will continue in the role of U.S. jumping team chef d’equipe and technical advisor through 2028. “During my time with the U.S. jumping program, our teams and combinations have produced tremendous results at championships, and it’s important we keep the momentum moving forward into this next quad,” […]
When former U.S. Eventing Technical Advisor and Chef d’Equipe Bobby Costello announced last autumn that he would step down from the position when his contract ended, the equestrian community wondered who might take his place. Last week, the U.S. Equestrian Federation answered that question, announcing British Olympian and former USEF eventing development coach Leslie Law […]
It’s a chilly morning in Ocala, Florida, and Lauren Nicholson is chatting on her phone while hacking How Easy GG, an 8-year-old gelding that’s another one of the Anglo-Arabs for which the 5’9” rider has a well-known affinity. “Georgie,” who is currently competing at the modified level, is treading in the same Anglo footsteps as […]
This Throwback Thursday, in recognition of Black History Month, we’re looking back at the life of Tom Bass, the groundbreaking equestrian who was the namesake for the annual Tom Bass Seminar on Diversity in Equestrian Sport. This article was first published in the July/August 2017 issue of Untacked. When Tom Bass rode his brilliant black […]
Jenny Spain admits she’s always been one to look toward the future, and she has trouble living in the present moment. But last autumn, the amateur dressage rider allowed herself to celebrate a huge accomplishment when she earned her U.S. Dressage Federation gold medal on her self-made off-the-track Thoroughbred Some Caan Job. Spain, Catlett, Virginia, […]
I always loved driving onto the farm where I boarded my horse. After long days at work and managing a week of kids’ activities at home, my time at the barn was essential for my well-being. I only left that boarding barn to start my own horse boarding business. For the past 15 years I […]
It’s been a busy day for Molly Pellegrini. She and her husband, Hank Pellegrini, 55, were supposed to fly from Philadelphia to Alabama to watch their son Will, 22, play in a college tennis match. However, the couple, married 27 years, had their flight delayed and then rerouted to Atlanta. They missed the tennis match, […]
When Archie Cox called Karli Postel last summer to tell her that he was planning to retire from his Brookway Stables in the near future, Postel was shocked. “Archie is one of the hardest working men that I know,” said Postel, who worked full-time for the hunter/jumper trainer from 2016-2022 before leaving to run Schroeder […]
Last fall I was at a World Championship Hunter Rider show in the Pacific Northwest when a longtime amateur rider approached me and asked if there was anything we could do on a governance level to make the sport more affordable. Ellen and her husband are both physicians and fear that they are being priced […]
Kent Farrington is now two-for-two in five-star action at Wellington International (Florida). The World No. 3 rider clinched a second consecutive CSI5* victory Saturday in the $500,000 Lugano Grand Prix aboard his 2024 FEI World Cup Final partner Greya during the Winter Equestrian Festival. In front of a sold-out stadium, Anthony D’Ambrosio (USA) built a […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced Robert Ridland will continue in the role of U.S. jumping team chef d’equipe and technical advisor through 2028. “During my time with the U.S. jumping program, our teams and combinations have produced tremendous results at championships, and it’s important we keep the momentum moving forward into this next quad,” […]
When former U.S. Eventing Technical Advisor and Chef d’Equipe Bobby Costello announced last autumn that he would step down from the position when his contract ended, the equestrian community wondered who might take his place. Last week, the U.S. Equestrian Federation answered that question, announcing British Olympian and former USEF eventing development coach Leslie Law […]
It’s a chilly morning in Ocala, Florida, and Lauren Nicholson is chatting on her phone while hacking How Easy GG, an 8-year-old gelding that’s another one of the Anglo-Arabs for which the 5’9” rider has a well-known affinity. “Georgie,” who is currently competing at the modified level, is treading in the same Anglo footsteps as […]
This Throwback Thursday, in recognition of Black History Month, we’re looking back at the life of Tom Bass, the groundbreaking equestrian who was the namesake for the annual Tom Bass Seminar on Diversity in Equestrian Sport. This article was first published in the July/August 2017 issue of Untacked. When Tom Bass rode his brilliant black […]
Jenny Spain admits she’s always been one to look toward the future, and she has trouble living in the present moment. But last autumn, the amateur dressage rider allowed herself to celebrate a huge accomplishment when she earned her U.S. Dressage Federation gold medal on her self-made off-the-track Thoroughbred Some Caan Job. Spain, Catlett, Virginia, […]
I always loved driving onto the farm where I boarded my horse. After long days at work and managing a week of kids’ activities at home, my time at the barn was essential for my well-being. I only left that boarding barn to start my own horse boarding business. For the past 15 years I […]
It’s been a busy day for Molly Pellegrini. She and her husband, Hank Pellegrini, 55, were supposed to fly from Philadelphia to Alabama to watch their son Will, 22, play in a college tennis match. However, the couple, married 27 years, had their flight delayed and then rerouted to Atlanta. They missed the tennis match, […]
When Archie Cox called Karli Postel last summer to tell her that he was planning to retire from his Brookway Stables in the near future, Postel was shocked. “Archie is one of the hardest working men that I know,” said Postel, who worked full-time for the hunter/jumper trainer from 2016-2022 before leaving to run Schroeder […]
Last fall I was at a World Championship Hunter Rider show in the Pacific Northwest when a longtime amateur rider approached me and asked if there was anything we could do on a governance level to make the sport more affordable. Ellen and her husband are both physicians and fear that they are being priced […]
Kent Farrington is now two-for-two in five-star action at Wellington International (Florida). The World No. 3 rider clinched a second consecutive CSI5* victory Saturday in the $500,000 Lugano Grand Prix aboard his 2024 FEI World Cup Final partner Greya during the Winter Equestrian Festival. In front of a sold-out stadium, Anthony D’Ambrosio (USA) built a […]
