From the start, Chablis understood the horse show game, and that’s exactly what drew amateur rider Kelly Tropin to him. While Tropin mostly shows in the adult jumpers, when she first met Chablis at her trainer Peter Lutz’s farm, she knew the gelding would be a perfect partner in the hunters. “I fell in love with how […]
Dominic Gibbs is no stranger to the thrill of winning an equitation final, having topped last year’s ASPCA Maclay Final (Kentucky). But for the Colorado Springs, Colorado, native, winning the WEC Premier Cup Equitation Final on Feb. 13 in Ocala, Florida, came with an exceptional prize: a new car. “I am super excited to win […]
Olympic show jumper and Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Michael Matz considers the importance of learning horse care and equestrian sports history. What do you consider a horseman? To me, a good horseman is a good caretaker. You can have a good horseman who’s not that great a rider. Kenny Wheeler is a good horseman, but he […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association announced Feb. 12 that it is bringing back the USHJA Feed Aid initiative with applications for aid opening Feb.15. In 2020, USHJA Feed Aid provided relief to more than 170 farms and 2,168 lesson horses that would have not been able to afford feed due to financial hardships caused by the […]
When the announcement came out on Feb. 2 that Equestrian Events Inc. was canceling the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 restrictions for spectators, the eventing community jumped into action and active debate. Some rallied behind a last-minute effort to fundraise the money EEI needed […]
I have arrived at an interesting time in life, as a trainer of horses and an instructor of riders. The vast majority of my young friends have all leveled up into middle school, simultaneously! This is both delightful and terrifying. This is an age (11-13 for humans, and 5-6 for horses) where you get glimpses […]
No one could ever accuse In The Know of lacking character. In fact, when I asked his rider, Samantha Schaefer, to do this feature, she made a list of all his quirks to make sure she didn’t forget anything. When you live with him every day it all starts to seem commonplace, but the reality […]
Mimi Gochman fumbled for her left stirrup for several strides, but after a few failed attempts to slide her boot home, she focused on the oxer-vertical one-stride in front of her. Celina BH flew over the combination, and when they landed Gochman had six strides before the liverpool to decide: keep going or drop the […]
An unprecedented outpouring of public support and a grassroots fundraising effort have led to a reversal of the announced cancellation of the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*-L. A new partnership between Equestrian Events Inc., producer of the world-class event, and the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation combined with the support of the U.S. Equestrian Federation […]
The coronavirus pandemic has led U.S. Equestrian Federation officials to re-evaluate a number of time-honored traditions in the name of exhibitor safety. One of those is jogging in the hunters, since the in-gate becomes a congested mess when competitors line up at the end of a class. Thanks to a presidential modification in 2020, riders […]
From the start, Chablis understood the horse show game, and that’s exactly what drew amateur rider Kelly Tropin to him. While Tropin mostly shows in the adult jumpers, when she first met Chablis at her trainer Peter Lutz’s farm, she knew the gelding would be a perfect partner in the hunters. “I fell in love with how […]
Dominic Gibbs is no stranger to the thrill of winning an equitation final, having topped last year’s ASPCA Maclay Final (Kentucky). But for the Colorado Springs, Colorado, native, winning the WEC Premier Cup Equitation Final on Feb. 13 in Ocala, Florida, came with an exceptional prize: a new car. “I am super excited to win […]
Olympic show jumper and Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Michael Matz considers the importance of learning horse care and equestrian sports history. What do you consider a horseman? To me, a good horseman is a good caretaker. You can have a good horseman who’s not that great a rider. Kenny Wheeler is a good horseman, but he […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association announced Feb. 12 that it is bringing back the USHJA Feed Aid initiative with applications for aid opening Feb.15. In 2020, USHJA Feed Aid provided relief to more than 170 farms and 2,168 lesson horses that would have not been able to afford feed due to financial hardships caused by the […]
When the announcement came out on Feb. 2 that Equestrian Events Inc. was canceling the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 restrictions for spectators, the eventing community jumped into action and active debate. Some rallied behind a last-minute effort to fundraise the money EEI needed […]
I have arrived at an interesting time in life, as a trainer of horses and an instructor of riders. The vast majority of my young friends have all leveled up into middle school, simultaneously! This is both delightful and terrifying. This is an age (11-13 for humans, and 5-6 for horses) where you get glimpses […]
No one could ever accuse In The Know of lacking character. In fact, when I asked his rider, Samantha Schaefer, to do this feature, she made a list of all his quirks to make sure she didn’t forget anything. When you live with him every day it all starts to seem commonplace, but the reality […]
Mimi Gochman fumbled for her left stirrup for several strides, but after a few failed attempts to slide her boot home, she focused on the oxer-vertical one-stride in front of her. Celina BH flew over the combination, and when they landed Gochman had six strides before the liverpool to decide: keep going or drop the […]
An unprecedented outpouring of public support and a grassroots fundraising effort have led to a reversal of the announced cancellation of the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI5*-L. A new partnership between Equestrian Events Inc., producer of the world-class event, and the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation combined with the support of the U.S. Equestrian Federation […]
The coronavirus pandemic has led U.S. Equestrian Federation officials to re-evaluate a number of time-honored traditions in the name of exhibitor safety. One of those is jogging in the hunters, since the in-gate becomes a congested mess when competitors line up at the end of a class. Thanks to a presidential modification in 2020, riders […]
