The night before thousands flocked to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California, on May 29, to protest George Floyd’s murder, Brianna Noble was at home with her husband, Adolfo Gutierrez, venting about how little had changed since she protested police brutality on that same square 11 years earlier. Noble was barely in high school […]
The first time Jennifer Sappington Truett turned out Lafayette HQ, he spun off into a bucking, twisted caper across the field. As she watched, she said to her groom with a laugh, “I do not want to ride that!” “Taffy” was part of a string of sale horses breeder Suzanne Quarles sent to Truett’s Dancing […]
“He’s never met a cross-country jump he doesn’t like,” was how Stephanie Caston described her latest project horse to her friend Mary Curran. With that sentence, Curran’s interest was piqued. At the time, she was eventing a horse that preferred dressage over galloping at solid obstacles. “That’s so disheartening,” Curran said. “You’re leading after the […]
The first time I sat on a horse I was probably 3. It was a pony ride, one of those that happened at a community day or a festival. When I was 8 years old I was invited to a pony birthday party at Wildwood Paddocks, a lesson barn in Vancouver. I was hooked, and […]
Robert “Bob” McDonald, of Hailey, Idaho, was added to the U.S. Center For SafeSport suspension list on June 10. His violation is listed as “sexual conduct-involving minors.” McDonald, who is a hunter/jumper trainer and husband of Debbie McDonald, the technical advisor for the U.S. dressage team, has been deemed “permanently ineligible” from the U.S. Equestrian Federation and […]
Three-time winner of the USHJA International Hunter Derby Championships, Liza Boyd runs Finally Farm in Camden, South Carolina, with her father Jack Towell. Boyd has won the WCHR Pro Finals at Capital Challenge (Maryland) three times and along with her father she’s trained numerous winning junior hunters. Boyd and her husband, Blake Boyd, have two […]
I appreciate that Missy Clark took the time to write a response to Sophie Gochman’s article. Fostering a discourse where people feel free to voice their opinions is a very productive way to build a stronger community. However, if we are going to highlight the opinions of established, privileged individuals, we also need to elevate […]
The number of horses before her in the order of go slowly ticked down. Leslie Burr-Howard was nearing the end of her warm-up when Donna Speciale sent a shoe flying. Her team looked everywhere, but they couldn’t locate the wayward bit of metal. With Burr-Howard’s spot in the order rapidly approaching and just four more […]
We hear your concerns about “Sometimes You Have To Read Between The Lines,” the opinion piece published online on June 8, and thank you for expressing them to us and to each other. We realize that it was painful for many people to read these words, and we’ve debated whether the piece should be removed. […]
I considered using this column to address the lack of minority representation in equestrian sport, our industry with a demographic that doesn’t mirror global diversity. I weighed dissecting the legitimacy of privilege and the role it plays in keeping horses out of reach from the average human being. There may be no better time than […]
The night before thousands flocked to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California, on May 29, to protest George Floyd’s murder, Brianna Noble was at home with her husband, Adolfo Gutierrez, venting about how little had changed since she protested police brutality on that same square 11 years earlier. Noble was barely in high school […]
The first time Jennifer Sappington Truett turned out Lafayette HQ, he spun off into a bucking, twisted caper across the field. As she watched, she said to her groom with a laugh, “I do not want to ride that!” “Taffy” was part of a string of sale horses breeder Suzanne Quarles sent to Truett’s Dancing […]
“He’s never met a cross-country jump he doesn’t like,” was how Stephanie Caston described her latest project horse to her friend Mary Curran. With that sentence, Curran’s interest was piqued. At the time, she was eventing a horse that preferred dressage over galloping at solid obstacles. “That’s so disheartening,” Curran said. “You’re leading after the […]
The first time I sat on a horse I was probably 3. It was a pony ride, one of those that happened at a community day or a festival. When I was 8 years old I was invited to a pony birthday party at Wildwood Paddocks, a lesson barn in Vancouver. I was hooked, and […]
Robert “Bob” McDonald, of Hailey, Idaho, was added to the U.S. Center For SafeSport suspension list on June 10. His violation is listed as “sexual conduct-involving minors.” McDonald, who is a hunter/jumper trainer and husband of Debbie McDonald, the technical advisor for the U.S. dressage team, has been deemed “permanently ineligible” from the U.S. Equestrian Federation and […]
Three-time winner of the USHJA International Hunter Derby Championships, Liza Boyd runs Finally Farm in Camden, South Carolina, with her father Jack Towell. Boyd has won the WCHR Pro Finals at Capital Challenge (Maryland) three times and along with her father she’s trained numerous winning junior hunters. Boyd and her husband, Blake Boyd, have two […]
I appreciate that Missy Clark took the time to write a response to Sophie Gochman’s article. Fostering a discourse where people feel free to voice their opinions is a very productive way to build a stronger community. However, if we are going to highlight the opinions of established, privileged individuals, we also need to elevate […]
The number of horses before her in the order of go slowly ticked down. Leslie Burr-Howard was nearing the end of her warm-up when Donna Speciale sent a shoe flying. Her team looked everywhere, but they couldn’t locate the wayward bit of metal. With Burr-Howard’s spot in the order rapidly approaching and just four more […]
We hear your concerns about “Sometimes You Have To Read Between The Lines,” the opinion piece published online on June 8, and thank you for expressing them to us and to each other. We realize that it was painful for many people to read these words, and we’ve debated whether the piece should be removed. […]
I considered using this column to address the lack of minority representation in equestrian sport, our industry with a demographic that doesn’t mirror global diversity. I weighed dissecting the legitimacy of privilege and the role it plays in keeping horses out of reach from the average human being. There may be no better time than […]
