While 2020 won’t go down as a great year for most people, it couldn’t have gone any better for six Jersey calves. On May 14, at only a couple weeks old, they were sent to auction in Hagerstown, Maryland. The steers likely would have been sold and raised for veal. But in a stroke of […]
Take two gold-medal-winning Olympians, add in their 18-year-old veteran partners, and pit them against one another in a fast-paced jump-off on a grass field, and you’ve got the makings for an exciting class. That’s exactly what happened in the $137,000 Restylane Grand Prix CSI3* on Jan. 24, during the second week of the Winter Equestrian […]
The U.S. Eventing Association has launched a new system for tabulating points for the year-end leaderboards, which will begin with the 2021 competition season. Previously, leaderboard points were awarded based on placing and further determined by the number of starters in a division, often giving the focus to the quantity of rides a competitor could […]
Mavis Spencer has been out of the show ring since October, but you wouldn’t know it from watching her ride Belladonna 42 to the top of the leaderboard in the $25,000 FarmVet Grand Prix, held Jan. 21 during the first week of the Desert Circuit at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California. The […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the members of its newly repopulated Competition Task Force for 2021. These respected members of the equestrian community come to the task force with a diverse set of business skills and equestrian experience across multiple breeds and disciplines within our sport. The task force includes a mix of equestrian […]
This is my first winter in Wellington, Florida. I feel a little out of place, but honestly, I’m enjoying it. It’s great to be back in the sun and in a different area, so it’s something new and fresh. I went to the beach for the first time since middle school, which was great. We’re […]
Brooke USA has announced the election of Katherine Kaneb as the new chair of the board of directors. Kaneb joined the board in 2016 and has been instrumental in growing the organization. She developed the Brooke USA’s Sunset Polo & White Party and partnered the organization with the Tryon International Equestrian Center during the 2018 […]
As Scott Stewart rounded the corner to the second single oxer in the high performance stake class held Jan. 21, during Week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, he had a good feeling. Ever since he started riding Gochman Sport Horse LLC’s Catch Me, he thought the 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Casiro I—Wonne […]
Many of the best athletes have a spicy side. Some execute gravity-defying bucks after the fences, while others require a ground person to even make it into the ring. An aggressive style can cause as many disappointing performances as clear rounds, but that eccentricity often lends itself to star performances. Managing those big personalities requires […]
Balia may not be a household name yet in the dressage world, but Sarah Lockman hopes it’s only a matter of time. The 9-year-old Westphalian (Belissimo—Felina, Florestan I) was accepted into the Kundrun USEF Dressage Development Program and is an exciting prospect coming up behind Lockman’s 2019 Pan American Games (Peru) individual gold medal winner […]
While 2020 won’t go down as a great year for most people, it couldn’t have gone any better for six Jersey calves. On May 14, at only a couple weeks old, they were sent to auction in Hagerstown, Maryland. The steers likely would have been sold and raised for veal. But in a stroke of […]
Take two gold-medal-winning Olympians, add in their 18-year-old veteran partners, and pit them against one another in a fast-paced jump-off on a grass field, and you’ve got the makings for an exciting class. That’s exactly what happened in the $137,000 Restylane Grand Prix CSI3* on Jan. 24, during the second week of the Winter Equestrian […]
The U.S. Eventing Association has launched a new system for tabulating points for the year-end leaderboards, which will begin with the 2021 competition season. Previously, leaderboard points were awarded based on placing and further determined by the number of starters in a division, often giving the focus to the quantity of rides a competitor could […]
Mavis Spencer has been out of the show ring since October, but you wouldn’t know it from watching her ride Belladonna 42 to the top of the leaderboard in the $25,000 FarmVet Grand Prix, held Jan. 21 during the first week of the Desert Circuit at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California. The […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the members of its newly repopulated Competition Task Force for 2021. These respected members of the equestrian community come to the task force with a diverse set of business skills and equestrian experience across multiple breeds and disciplines within our sport. The task force includes a mix of equestrian […]
This is my first winter in Wellington, Florida. I feel a little out of place, but honestly, I’m enjoying it. It’s great to be back in the sun and in a different area, so it’s something new and fresh. I went to the beach for the first time since middle school, which was great. We’re […]
Brooke USA has announced the election of Katherine Kaneb as the new chair of the board of directors. Kaneb joined the board in 2016 and has been instrumental in growing the organization. She developed the Brooke USA’s Sunset Polo & White Party and partnered the organization with the Tryon International Equestrian Center during the 2018 […]
As Scott Stewart rounded the corner to the second single oxer in the high performance stake class held Jan. 21, during Week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, he had a good feeling. Ever since he started riding Gochman Sport Horse LLC’s Catch Me, he thought the 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Casiro I—Wonne […]
Many of the best athletes have a spicy side. Some execute gravity-defying bucks after the fences, while others require a ground person to even make it into the ring. An aggressive style can cause as many disappointing performances as clear rounds, but that eccentricity often lends itself to star performances. Managing those big personalities requires […]
Balia may not be a household name yet in the dressage world, but Sarah Lockman hopes it’s only a matter of time. The 9-year-old Westphalian (Belissimo—Felina, Florestan I) was accepted into the Kundrun USEF Dressage Development Program and is an exciting prospect coming up behind Lockman’s 2019 Pan American Games (Peru) individual gold medal winner […]
