Imagine you’re leaving the ring after laying down the kind of dressage test that sets a new U.S. record for best score. Do you celebrate? Take a moment to bask in how all your hard work has led to this moment? If you’re Phillip Dutton, you hop off, reflect on how the test could still […]
Joanne Vaughan, who competes for the country of Georgia, was injured in a fall at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida, on Feb. 28. Vaughan was warming up Forbes, a 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Fidertanz—Rhonda, Rohdiamant), for the CDI3* Intermediaire I freestyle when a sprinkler went off and spooked him. Vaughan, 59, sustained a […]
The Spruce Meadows Organizing Committee, with the unanimous support of the Spruce Meadows Board of Directors, determined that current circumstances, brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and its related impacts and restrictions, will prevent the Spruce Meadows Summer Series from being organized and run on its historic June/July dates. Working closely with both Equestrian Canada […]
Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper have cantered down centerline 20 times in Grand Prix CDI competition in the last two years, and on every single occasion they’ve earned blue. So it wasn’t surprising that the pair claimed the big freestyle win at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CDI5* in Wellington, Florida, on Feb. 26 with a […]
Badminton Horse Trials organizers announced March 1 that the 2021 event, which was supposed to be held “behind closed doors” May 5-9 in South Gloucestershire, England, will not run. This cancellation also includes the BE90 and BE100 Championships (May 4-5). Despite the encouraging government announcements and rollout of the vaccine, the situation still remains fragile […]
On Feb. 25, U.S. Center For SafeSport officials removed Olympic show jumper, trainer and event organizer Ali Nilforushan from the temporary suspension list, six days after suspending him for “allegations of misconduct.” When placed on the list, Nilforushan maintained his innocence in a public statement on his social media, writing: “The allegations against me are […]
Welcome to this extraordinary collection of properties available to the discerning equestrian buyer. Whether your dream equestrian property is a working horse farm or luxurious sporting estate, we are proud to showcase these featured listings offered in our Spring Real Estate Guide. For more fine equestrian properties currently available across the country, we invite you […]
The nonprofit animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has reported German rider Kevin Lemke to the U.S. Equestrian Federation, the Fédération Equestre Internationale and local authorities at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department after video surfaced of the rider displaying excessive use of the whip at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, […]
On Feb. 22, U.S. Equestrian Federation officials held (via Zoom) the first in what is to be a quarterly series of “community conversations” dedicated to diversity, equality and inclusion in equestrian sports. The conversations are intended to raise awareness about issues affecting equestrians from under-represented communities, lift traditionally marginalized voices, and build community across a broad […]
Meghan Benge is a Grade III para-equestrian dressage rider based out of Aiken, South Carolina. She got her start at a therapeutic riding center in Texas before moving into the pony hunters and then taking up para-driving. Benge, 36, represented the United States at two FEI World Driving Championships and won individual gold and team […]
Imagine you’re leaving the ring after laying down the kind of dressage test that sets a new U.S. record for best score. Do you celebrate? Take a moment to bask in how all your hard work has led to this moment? If you’re Phillip Dutton, you hop off, reflect on how the test could still […]
Joanne Vaughan, who competes for the country of Georgia, was injured in a fall at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida, on Feb. 28. Vaughan was warming up Forbes, a 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Fidertanz—Rhonda, Rohdiamant), for the CDI3* Intermediaire I freestyle when a sprinkler went off and spooked him. Vaughan, 59, sustained a […]
The Spruce Meadows Organizing Committee, with the unanimous support of the Spruce Meadows Board of Directors, determined that current circumstances, brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and its related impacts and restrictions, will prevent the Spruce Meadows Summer Series from being organized and run on its historic June/July dates. Working closely with both Equestrian Canada […]
Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper have cantered down centerline 20 times in Grand Prix CDI competition in the last two years, and on every single occasion they’ve earned blue. So it wasn’t surprising that the pair claimed the big freestyle win at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CDI5* in Wellington, Florida, on Feb. 26 with a […]
Badminton Horse Trials organizers announced March 1 that the 2021 event, which was supposed to be held “behind closed doors” May 5-9 in South Gloucestershire, England, will not run. This cancellation also includes the BE90 and BE100 Championships (May 4-5). Despite the encouraging government announcements and rollout of the vaccine, the situation still remains fragile […]
On Feb. 25, U.S. Center For SafeSport officials removed Olympic show jumper, trainer and event organizer Ali Nilforushan from the temporary suspension list, six days after suspending him for “allegations of misconduct.” When placed on the list, Nilforushan maintained his innocence in a public statement on his social media, writing: “The allegations against me are […]
Welcome to this extraordinary collection of properties available to the discerning equestrian buyer. Whether your dream equestrian property is a working horse farm or luxurious sporting estate, we are proud to showcase these featured listings offered in our Spring Real Estate Guide. For more fine equestrian properties currently available across the country, we invite you […]
The nonprofit animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has reported German rider Kevin Lemke to the U.S. Equestrian Federation, the Fédération Equestre Internationale and local authorities at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department after video surfaced of the rider displaying excessive use of the whip at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, […]
On Feb. 22, U.S. Equestrian Federation officials held (via Zoom) the first in what is to be a quarterly series of “community conversations” dedicated to diversity, equality and inclusion in equestrian sports. The conversations are intended to raise awareness about issues affecting equestrians from under-represented communities, lift traditionally marginalized voices, and build community across a broad […]
Meghan Benge is a Grade III para-equestrian dressage rider based out of Aiken, South Carolina. She got her start at a therapeutic riding center in Texas before moving into the pony hunters and then taking up para-driving. Benge, 36, represented the United States at two FEI World Driving Championships and won individual gold and team […]
