Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 21 While many of the competitors at the U.S. Dressage Festival Of Champions were specifically bred for the flashy, lofty gaits of dressage, this year’s USEF Pony Rider Dressage National Champion had a very different purpose in his former life. Slip And Slide, a 17-year-old Quarter Horse-Haflinger cross of unrecorded breeding, got his […]
I recently shared a meme on Facebook that said, “The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.” My client, Barb Ward, kindly sent it back to me on Wednesday as a way of reminding me that even with the […]
Robert “Bob” McDonald, of Hailey, Idaho, was removed from the U.S. Center For SafeSport’s suspension list. He had been originally placed on the list on June 10 for “sexual conduct-involving minors.” McDonald, who is a hunter/jumper trainer and the husband of Debbie McDonald, technical advisor for the U.S. dressage team, had originally been deemed permanently ineligible by […]
Last week, Daphne Glenn, 14, and two other riders from Kellenbrook Farms in Gig Harbor, Washington, headed out on a journey of more than 2,000 miles to compete at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in Wayne, Illinois. It was the culmination of an even longer journey she’s taken with her pony, Squirtel. The 13.2-hand […]
Wayne, Illinois—Aug. 20 Hannah Irons knows a little bit about pressure. Last year the young rider team gold medal at the North American Youth Championships (New York) came down to the last ride, and Irons was the anchor for her Region 1 team in her first NAYC appearance. But she and Scola Bella didn’t crack, […]
A new CCI4*-L eventing competition will take place at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina, Nov. 12-15, pending U.S. Equestrian Federation and Fédération Equestre Internationale approval. The event will feature the CCI4*-L, CCI4*-S, CCI3*-L and CCI2*-L levels, and offer the only CCI4*-L competition on the East Coast for the 2020 season. […]
The Plains, Va.—Aug. 20 You might not be able to tell because of the mandatory face masks, but almost every rider at the MARS Great Meadow International is sporting a smile. International eventing has returned at the highest level this weekend after a nearly five-month break with a stacked field in the CCI4*-S, as well […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 20 When Alice Tarjan first began training her horses for the Grand Prix, she thought the hardest part would be teaching them the movements. As it turned out, the movements were just the start. “You think in the beginning, ‘Oh, I’m going to train my horse to do all the movements, and once […]
Name: Susan Jones Age: 56 Day Job: President and CEO of Seed Strategy, an innovation and strategy firm The Leap Of Faith: Even as a little girl, Susan Jones knew exactly what she wanted out of her life: She wanted to be president of a creative agency, and she wanted to ride horses to the […]
During the past several days, the U.S. Equestrian Federation staff along with the board of directors and show management teams for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show and Washington International Horse Show have worked closely together to find the best venue to host the important fall USEF National Championships and WIHS Championships following the cancellation of […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 21 While many of the competitors at the U.S. Dressage Festival Of Champions were specifically bred for the flashy, lofty gaits of dressage, this year’s USEF Pony Rider Dressage National Champion had a very different purpose in his former life. Slip And Slide, a 17-year-old Quarter Horse-Haflinger cross of unrecorded breeding, got his […]
I recently shared a meme on Facebook that said, “The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.” My client, Barb Ward, kindly sent it back to me on Wednesday as a way of reminding me that even with the […]
Robert “Bob” McDonald, of Hailey, Idaho, was removed from the U.S. Center For SafeSport’s suspension list. He had been originally placed on the list on June 10 for “sexual conduct-involving minors.” McDonald, who is a hunter/jumper trainer and the husband of Debbie McDonald, technical advisor for the U.S. dressage team, had originally been deemed permanently ineligible by […]
Last week, Daphne Glenn, 14, and two other riders from Kellenbrook Farms in Gig Harbor, Washington, headed out on a journey of more than 2,000 miles to compete at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in Wayne, Illinois. It was the culmination of an even longer journey she’s taken with her pony, Squirtel. The 13.2-hand […]
Wayne, Illinois—Aug. 20 Hannah Irons knows a little bit about pressure. Last year the young rider team gold medal at the North American Youth Championships (New York) came down to the last ride, and Irons was the anchor for her Region 1 team in her first NAYC appearance. But she and Scola Bella didn’t crack, […]
A new CCI4*-L eventing competition will take place at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, North Carolina, Nov. 12-15, pending U.S. Equestrian Federation and Fédération Equestre Internationale approval. The event will feature the CCI4*-L, CCI4*-S, CCI3*-L and CCI2*-L levels, and offer the only CCI4*-L competition on the East Coast for the 2020 season. […]
The Plains, Va.—Aug. 20 You might not be able to tell because of the mandatory face masks, but almost every rider at the MARS Great Meadow International is sporting a smile. International eventing has returned at the highest level this weekend after a nearly five-month break with a stacked field in the CCI4*-S, as well […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 20 When Alice Tarjan first began training her horses for the Grand Prix, she thought the hardest part would be teaching them the movements. As it turned out, the movements were just the start. “You think in the beginning, ‘Oh, I’m going to train my horse to do all the movements, and once […]
Name: Susan Jones Age: 56 Day Job: President and CEO of Seed Strategy, an innovation and strategy firm The Leap Of Faith: Even as a little girl, Susan Jones knew exactly what she wanted out of her life: She wanted to be president of a creative agency, and she wanted to ride horses to the […]
During the past several days, the U.S. Equestrian Federation staff along with the board of directors and show management teams for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show and Washington International Horse Show have worked closely together to find the best venue to host the important fall USEF National Championships and WIHS Championships following the cancellation of […]
