Had 2020 functioned like any regular year, Ellen Halle would have never found herself horse showing—let alone at Capital Challenge in Wilmington, Ohio. As the daughter of two horse lovers, she always had an equine outlet, whether it was steeplechasers, foxhunting or showing on the circuit. But since the final salute of her junior years, her […]
It’s been a slightly less busy show season for one of eventing’s busiest top riders—not only did the pandemic lead to a slew of cancellations, but Boyd Martin is also recovering from some injuries and taking things just a little bit slower. As he’s easing back into the full swing of competition, he’s not riding […]
As 2020 dawned, Shayna Simon knew it was time for a change. She’d earned success in the CDI small tour ring on the West Coast with her longtime partner Harley Davidson and qualified for the national championship. But after selling “Harley,” a 15-year-old Hanoverian gelding (His Highness—Walt Lady, Walt Disney I) she’d had since he was […]
At 13 years old, Kat Fuqua boasts an impressive résumé of competitive achievements. A U.S. Equestrian Federation Pony Finals hunter and equitation champion and U.S. Dressage Federation bronze medalist, Fuqua has stepped up to the junior hunters and equitation and is now earning tricolors at 3’6″, even contesting several international hunter derbies this year. She […]
Upper-level dressage horse pedigrees don’t typically include names like Dreamboat Annie and Texas Tea, but Rose Goetsch’s versatile gelding Zip Two Dust is anything but typical. The 18-year-old red roan with distinctive blanket spots covering his hindquarters was purchased, sight unseen, through an online ad in 2016. Goetsch, from Fort Worth, Texas, met the shipper […]
Most of us, when aiming to compete in the North American Adult Amateur Equitation Championships, would have a mount lined up at least a few weeks in advance, allowing adequate time for introductions. But most of us aren’t Jordan Allen. Coltrane arrived at Ken and Emily Smith’s Ashland Farms in Lexington, Kentucky, just a week […]
Despite the turbulent months following the COVID-19 outbreak and the suspension of all competition from March to June, we finally have arrived at indoors season and the start of Capital Challenge. Like most things in this pandemic world, the horse show looks a little different this year. Instead of taking place in its normal location […]
With a personality as adorable as his name, Paddy The Caddy makes everyone who meets him smile. Erin Kanara (née Sylvester) and the 13-year-old Thoroughbred gelding (Azamore—Slamy) have racked up top placings at the four- and five-star level for the last four years. They won the Rebecca Farm CCI4*-L (Montana) in 2017, were second at […]
Jonathan Horowitz is looking forward to the day when sporting events return to normal. A professional sports commentator based in Denver, he misses the routine of announcing, a hobby turned career that began at the Los Alamitos Race Course in California, where he announced his first race at the age of 14. As a teenager, […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale board has suspended the national federation of the United Arab Emirates following a detailed investigation into the circumstances around two national endurance events in January and February 2020—the Sheikh Mohammed Cup and The President’s Cup— that should have been held as international endurance events since the number of foreign athletes far exceeded […]
Had 2020 functioned like any regular year, Ellen Halle would have never found herself horse showing—let alone at Capital Challenge in Wilmington, Ohio. As the daughter of two horse lovers, she always had an equine outlet, whether it was steeplechasers, foxhunting or showing on the circuit. But since the final salute of her junior years, her […]
It’s been a slightly less busy show season for one of eventing’s busiest top riders—not only did the pandemic lead to a slew of cancellations, but Boyd Martin is also recovering from some injuries and taking things just a little bit slower. As he’s easing back into the full swing of competition, he’s not riding […]
As 2020 dawned, Shayna Simon knew it was time for a change. She’d earned success in the CDI small tour ring on the West Coast with her longtime partner Harley Davidson and qualified for the national championship. But after selling “Harley,” a 15-year-old Hanoverian gelding (His Highness—Walt Lady, Walt Disney I) she’d had since he was […]
At 13 years old, Kat Fuqua boasts an impressive résumé of competitive achievements. A U.S. Equestrian Federation Pony Finals hunter and equitation champion and U.S. Dressage Federation bronze medalist, Fuqua has stepped up to the junior hunters and equitation and is now earning tricolors at 3’6″, even contesting several international hunter derbies this year. She […]
Upper-level dressage horse pedigrees don’t typically include names like Dreamboat Annie and Texas Tea, but Rose Goetsch’s versatile gelding Zip Two Dust is anything but typical. The 18-year-old red roan with distinctive blanket spots covering his hindquarters was purchased, sight unseen, through an online ad in 2016. Goetsch, from Fort Worth, Texas, met the shipper […]
Most of us, when aiming to compete in the North American Adult Amateur Equitation Championships, would have a mount lined up at least a few weeks in advance, allowing adequate time for introductions. But most of us aren’t Jordan Allen. Coltrane arrived at Ken and Emily Smith’s Ashland Farms in Lexington, Kentucky, just a week […]
Despite the turbulent months following the COVID-19 outbreak and the suspension of all competition from March to June, we finally have arrived at indoors season and the start of Capital Challenge. Like most things in this pandemic world, the horse show looks a little different this year. Instead of taking place in its normal location […]
With a personality as adorable as his name, Paddy The Caddy makes everyone who meets him smile. Erin Kanara (née Sylvester) and the 13-year-old Thoroughbred gelding (Azamore—Slamy) have racked up top placings at the four- and five-star level for the last four years. They won the Rebecca Farm CCI4*-L (Montana) in 2017, were second at […]
Jonathan Horowitz is looking forward to the day when sporting events return to normal. A professional sports commentator based in Denver, he misses the routine of announcing, a hobby turned career that began at the Los Alamitos Race Course in California, where he announced his first race at the age of 14. As a teenager, […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale board has suspended the national federation of the United Arab Emirates following a detailed investigation into the circumstances around two national endurance events in January and February 2020—the Sheikh Mohammed Cup and The President’s Cup— that should have been held as international endurance events since the number of foreign athletes far exceeded […]
