Since the age of 15, Callie Seaman has experienced debilitating back issues, which culminated in a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease when she was in her mid-20s. Through multiple corrective and therapeutic spinal surgeries, this amateur rider has remained focused on one goal: stay in the saddle. Then she broke her right leg in a […]
Texan-born eventer Will Faudree attended his first championship as a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Elkton, Maryland. Faudree was the reserve rider for the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece and rode at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen (Germany). The 39-year-old is based in Hoffman, […]
Woodside, Calif. – Oct. 12 Tamra Smith continued to prove she is a force to be reckoned with at the Woodside International Horse Trials this weekend. With nine horses in the international divisions and one horse in the training, she was non-stop all weekend, winning the CCI2*-S with AEV Above Authority, the CCI3*-S with Solaguayre […]
The Dressage Foundation has announced that Emily Smith and Quantum Jazz have been selected to receive this year’s $25,000 Anne L. Barlow Ramsay Grant for U.S.-Bred Horses. The purpose of the grant is to showcase talented American-bred horses ridden by U.S. citizens, by providing money to train and compete in Wellington, Florida, or in Europe. Quantum […]
With a test that included a double add, a no-stirrups portion, and a pair of tricky counter-canter fences, judges Ralph Caristo and Rachel Kennedy presented the top six in the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final with quite the challenge. To perform it well, riders had to have a strong partnership with their mount and […]
It wasn’t a crazy early day because my student Annalise “Ally” Manoog was in the third course walk [management did four different course walks to allow for social distancing]. We walked at her assigned time, 7:24, so I arrived around 7. Then right after she walked I had her get on to ride Carollo because […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 11 The top twelve riders stood together in the ring while announcer Peter Doubleday read the results of the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final, starting from 12th. The pressure was on when it came down to the final two riders, with just Elli Yeager and Taylor Griffiths-Madden lined up together. When […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 10 The scores were tight heading into the final round of the Neue Schule/USEF Junior Jumper National Championship, with the top four places separated by less than a rail. With the pressure on, second-ranked Violet Lindemann Barnett and Picobello Choppin PC put in a flawless round, and when top-ranked Caelinn Leahy and […]
Mill Sping, N.C.—Oct. 10 When it comes to equitation, Grace Debney has been on a roll. She came to the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunt Seat Medal Final fresh off a wire-to-wire win in the Gladstone Cup at the Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships—East Coast (Michigan), and today she topped the preliminary round. Debney, who trains with […]
Tryon, N.C.—Oct. 9 Heading into the ring aboard Brighton Bay for her second round in today’s Neue Schule/USEF Prix Des States, Emma Seving could already breathe a sigh of relief. Her Zone 1 teammates—Skyler Fields/Elegance de Pessel, Tessa Brown/Herman Hof Ter Zeedycke and Eva Fisherman/Rock Street—had already secured the gold medal without her even competing, […]
Since the age of 15, Callie Seaman has experienced debilitating back issues, which culminated in a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease when she was in her mid-20s. Through multiple corrective and therapeutic spinal surgeries, this amateur rider has remained focused on one goal: stay in the saddle. Then she broke her right leg in a […]
Texan-born eventer Will Faudree attended his first championship as a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Elkton, Maryland. Faudree was the reserve rider for the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece and rode at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen (Germany). The 39-year-old is based in Hoffman, […]
Woodside, Calif. – Oct. 12 Tamra Smith continued to prove she is a force to be reckoned with at the Woodside International Horse Trials this weekend. With nine horses in the international divisions and one horse in the training, she was non-stop all weekend, winning the CCI2*-S with AEV Above Authority, the CCI3*-S with Solaguayre […]
The Dressage Foundation has announced that Emily Smith and Quantum Jazz have been selected to receive this year’s $25,000 Anne L. Barlow Ramsay Grant for U.S.-Bred Horses. The purpose of the grant is to showcase talented American-bred horses ridden by U.S. citizens, by providing money to train and compete in Wellington, Florida, or in Europe. Quantum […]
With a test that included a double add, a no-stirrups portion, and a pair of tricky counter-canter fences, judges Ralph Caristo and Rachel Kennedy presented the top six in the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final with quite the challenge. To perform it well, riders had to have a strong partnership with their mount and […]
It wasn’t a crazy early day because my student Annalise “Ally” Manoog was in the third course walk [management did four different course walks to allow for social distancing]. We walked at her assigned time, 7:24, so I arrived around 7. Then right after she walked I had her get on to ride Carollo because […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 11 The top twelve riders stood together in the ring while announcer Peter Doubleday read the results of the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final, starting from 12th. The pressure was on when it came down to the final two riders, with just Elli Yeager and Taylor Griffiths-Madden lined up together. When […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 10 The scores were tight heading into the final round of the Neue Schule/USEF Junior Jumper National Championship, with the top four places separated by less than a rail. With the pressure on, second-ranked Violet Lindemann Barnett and Picobello Choppin PC put in a flawless round, and when top-ranked Caelinn Leahy and […]
Mill Sping, N.C.—Oct. 10 When it comes to equitation, Grace Debney has been on a roll. She came to the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunt Seat Medal Final fresh off a wire-to-wire win in the Gladstone Cup at the Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships—East Coast (Michigan), and today she topped the preliminary round. Debney, who trains with […]
Tryon, N.C.—Oct. 9 Heading into the ring aboard Brighton Bay for her second round in today’s Neue Schule/USEF Prix Des States, Emma Seving could already breathe a sigh of relief. Her Zone 1 teammates—Skyler Fields/Elegance de Pessel, Tessa Brown/Herman Hof Ter Zeedycke and Eva Fisherman/Rock Street—had already secured the gold medal without her even competing, […]
