Lexington, Va. — Nov. 1 Caroline Martin added two more championship[ titles to her winning week, bringing the total to four. She started off winning the Dutta Corp. USEA Young Event Horse-East Coast Championships in the 4-year-old division on Wednesday and the 5-year-old A division on Thursday. Then she wrapped up a banner trip to the […]
Lexington, Ky.—Oct. 31 There were no wild gallops down to a big oxer. No turns that would’ve left those watching gasping as the gray horse turned in places few would’ve thought possible. In fact, if you didn’t know any better, you’d think that Devin Ryan and Eddie Blue were out for a schooling round. Their […]
Temecula, Calif. – Nov. 1 Boyd Martin had only competed once at Galway Downs, many years ago and, by his own account, “I did terrible.” After clear show jumping rounds in the CCI4*-L today secured the win on Luke 140 and third on Long Island T, Martin has a far more favorable impression to replace […]
New course designer Clayton Fredericks started working with Galway Downs this summer with the mandate of making things harder. Although yesterday’s cross-country did not change the top rung of the four-, three- and two-star leaderboards, there is evidence of mission accomplished in the standings below that and in riders’ reports. Boyd Martin and his newer horse Luke 140 maintain […]
Lexington, Ky.—Oct. 30 As Samantha Schaefer picked up a canter on In The Know for the $50,000 National Horse Show Hunter Classic she ran over her plan in her head. The class had plenty of options, and Schaefer knew she could rely on the horse underneath her. “There were two opportunities to hand gallop, which […]
A few years ago, Isabel “Izzy” Baker took a tumble that sidelined her from the saddle for five months. Doctors weren’t sure what was wrong with her at first—eventually she was diagnosed with several herniated discs—so she didn’t advertise details of her injury. She simply told friends she was taking a break. Baker started hearing […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation Board of Directors has approved Aug. 24-29 as the dates for the 2021 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. The event will once again be held at HITS Chicago at Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois. Festival of Champions includes 14 national championship divisions: USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship USEF Intermediaire […]
Lexington, Va. — Oct. 29 The Dutta Corp. USEA Young Event Horse (YEH) Championship competitors were the first to take the stage this week at the Virginia International & Horse Trials. Caroline Martin will be returning home happy with two championship titles. Martin and Redfield King (Connect—Cha Cha Cha Special) took the lead in the 5-year-old championship […]
The new normal of no spectators didn’t lessen the electric atmosphere surrounding the Galway Downs International CCI4*-L, as dressage commenced on Oct. 29, in Temecula, California. VIP tents, tables and lounge areas surrounding the Grand Prix arena were packed with masked exhibitors and their approved people as Boyd Martin and his familiar partner Long Island […]
Open the book of National Horse Show fairy tales, and High Tide’s chapter begins like so: Once upon a time, there was a bay gelding who stood in a field. A hooked blaze traveled down his nose, and he sported three dazzling white socks. But his potential was untapped, and he never ventured out to […]
Lexington, Va. — Nov. 1 Caroline Martin added two more championship[ titles to her winning week, bringing the total to four. She started off winning the Dutta Corp. USEA Young Event Horse-East Coast Championships in the 4-year-old division on Wednesday and the 5-year-old A division on Thursday. Then she wrapped up a banner trip to the […]
Lexington, Ky.—Oct. 31 There were no wild gallops down to a big oxer. No turns that would’ve left those watching gasping as the gray horse turned in places few would’ve thought possible. In fact, if you didn’t know any better, you’d think that Devin Ryan and Eddie Blue were out for a schooling round. Their […]
Temecula, Calif. – Nov. 1 Boyd Martin had only competed once at Galway Downs, many years ago and, by his own account, “I did terrible.” After clear show jumping rounds in the CCI4*-L today secured the win on Luke 140 and third on Long Island T, Martin has a far more favorable impression to replace […]
New course designer Clayton Fredericks started working with Galway Downs this summer with the mandate of making things harder. Although yesterday’s cross-country did not change the top rung of the four-, three- and two-star leaderboards, there is evidence of mission accomplished in the standings below that and in riders’ reports. Boyd Martin and his newer horse Luke 140 maintain […]
Lexington, Ky.—Oct. 30 As Samantha Schaefer picked up a canter on In The Know for the $50,000 National Horse Show Hunter Classic she ran over her plan in her head. The class had plenty of options, and Schaefer knew she could rely on the horse underneath her. “There were two opportunities to hand gallop, which […]
A few years ago, Isabel “Izzy” Baker took a tumble that sidelined her from the saddle for five months. Doctors weren’t sure what was wrong with her at first—eventually she was diagnosed with several herniated discs—so she didn’t advertise details of her injury. She simply told friends she was taking a break. Baker started hearing […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation Board of Directors has approved Aug. 24-29 as the dates for the 2021 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. The event will once again be held at HITS Chicago at Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois. Festival of Champions includes 14 national championship divisions: USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship USEF Intermediaire […]
Lexington, Va. — Oct. 29 The Dutta Corp. USEA Young Event Horse (YEH) Championship competitors were the first to take the stage this week at the Virginia International & Horse Trials. Caroline Martin will be returning home happy with two championship titles. Martin and Redfield King (Connect—Cha Cha Cha Special) took the lead in the 5-year-old championship […]
The new normal of no spectators didn’t lessen the electric atmosphere surrounding the Galway Downs International CCI4*-L, as dressage commenced on Oct. 29, in Temecula, California. VIP tents, tables and lounge areas surrounding the Grand Prix arena were packed with masked exhibitors and their approved people as Boyd Martin and his familiar partner Long Island […]
Open the book of National Horse Show fairy tales, and High Tide’s chapter begins like so: Once upon a time, there was a bay gelding who stood in a field. A hooked blaze traveled down his nose, and he sported three dazzling white socks. But his potential was untapped, and he never ventured out to […]
