Eventer Andrew Hoy, 62, and dressage rider Mary Hanna, 66, will set longevity records when they represent Australia at the Tokyo Olympic Games, anchoring the Olympic eventing and dressage teams announced today, June 25, by Equestrian Australia. Hoy—a three-time gold medalist—will be participating in his eighth Olympic Games, extending his own record of seven as […]
This edition of the Readers’ Choice Issue might as well be renamed the Beezie Madden Issue. The poll results made one thing clear in bold, uppercased letters: Madden is beloved. From wowing the world with her show jumping skills, to her and her husband John Madden creating #MaddenMethod YouTube videos, to providing updates on our […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced that the USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship will return to the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina, in 2021 and 2022. The National Championship will be held in conjunction with the Tryon International Three-Day Event. The USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship was held at TIEC for the […]
Back in the fall of 2019, Irish equestrians celebrated after their country secured its first-ever invitation to send a dressage team to the Olympic Games. They earned that berth at the Longines European Championships (the Netherlands), where Judy Reynolds and Vancouver K anchored the team to a seventh-placed finish. But there will be no Irish […]
Belgium announced their Olympic show jumping team and an individual rider for eventing for the Tokyo Olympic Games on June 24. The dressage team will be announced on July 3. Karin Donckers and Fletcha van ‘t Verahof had originally been tapped as Belgium’s individual eventing rider, but due to horse injury, the pair withdrew. Lara […]
PAID PROMOTION To win the battle against flies and other pests, more and more horse owners are consistently reaching for Ecovet, a totally different type of fly spray. A 2019 research study published in the Journal of Economic Entomology confirms Ecovet’s standout success against flies: In head-to head comparisons with other fly spray […]
The Austrian Equestrian Federation on Tuesday announced two individual eventing competitors who will be heading to the Tokyo Olympic Games. The eventing competition takes place July 30-Aug. 2. The horse-and-rider combinations are: Lea Siegl on DSP Fighting Line Katrin Khoddam-Hazrati on DSP Cosma
When Calli Lipping bought Wild Affair in 2016, she was hoping to get to her first international event, then maybe sell the mare and find something that could take her to her goal of advanced. Their partnership didn’t start out very smoothly at novice and training, as Lipping was still green herself, but somewhere along […]
Japan The Japan’s national federation announced its dressage team. The dressage competitions will be held on July 22-28 at Equestrian Park in Setagaya City, Tokyo. The athlete/horse combinations are as follows: Hiroyuki Kitahara on Huracan 10 Kazuki Sado on Ludwig Der Sonnenkoenig 2 Shingo Hayashi on Scolari 4 Masanao Takahashi on Rubicon Unitechno will be the traveling […]