As the hand sanitizer supplies at Heather Luing’s First Coast Integrative Psychiatry practice dwindled in early April, Luing began wondering if she was going to have to shut down. The clinic, located in St. Augustine, Florida, focuses on treatment-resistant depression and offers cutting-edge treatments, such as the nasal spray Spravato or transcranial magnetic stimulation, that […]
At the end of 2018, Tyler Held got together with her friend, four-star rider Emily Hamel, to talk about their goals for the next year. They came up with 19 goals for 2019, one of which was supposed to be “easy to check off.” For Held, that meant trying a new physical activity, so she […]
Brought to you by Merck From world-class shows to riding stables nestled in between skyscrapers, equestrianism has a long and storied history in New York City. But for the past decade, GallopNYC has brought a different type of horse culture to the metropolis. The nonprofit organization provides therapeutic horsemanship to people with developmental, emotional, social […]
I was a typical horse-crazy kid in suburbia who begged constantly for riding lessons. I began riding at a hunter/jumper barn when I was 9. When I was 12, my parents noticed a drastic change in my behavior. I had a diary, and it starts off like, “I can’t wait to get my own horse,” and […]
On May 12, the World Equestrian Center owners announced they would close the Wilmington, Ohio, facility from Sept. 1, 2020, to March 21, 2021, in response to the predicted resurgence of COVID-19 in the fall months. Roby Roberts has seen first-hand the effects of the coronavirus, and after taking into account the enclosed nature of […]
On May 6, U.S. Hunter Jumper Association President Mary Babick answered dozens of questions about how the association could help shows get back to normal while keeping participants safe during a virtual town hall meeting. It will take a major effort by everyone in the horse show community to minimize the risk of virus transmission […]
Officials from the Military Boekelo CCIO4*-L announced on May 14 that the top Dutch event, scheduled to run from Oct. 1-4 in Boekelo, the Netherlands, is canceled due to COVID-19. This year’s event would have marked the 50th anniversary. “The possibility to continue the Military, possibly without an audience, has been considered until the last […]
On June 1, the U.S. Equestrian Federation and U.S. Eventing Association’s suspension of recognized competitions will expire, and horses will leave the start box once again. But the novel coronavirus is not entirely in the rearview mirror. Therefore competition is going to look different for the foreseeable future. USEF Managing Director of Eventing Jenni Autry […]
The National Horse Show announces important changes to the ASPCA Maclay Championships qualification process due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes are in accordance with the guidelines produced by the U.S. Equestrian Federation and are subject to change based on the ongoing nature of the pandemic and its effects on equestrian sporting events around the […]
If amateurs are really the lifeblood of the sport, our columnist believes we need to do a better job of respecting them and their aspirations. Months ago I had a conversation with an amateur client and friend. She’d just come back from watching one of those big production clinics, where the horses and riders are […]
As the hand sanitizer supplies at Heather Luing’s First Coast Integrative Psychiatry practice dwindled in early April, Luing began wondering if she was going to have to shut down. The clinic, located in St. Augustine, Florida, focuses on treatment-resistant depression and offers cutting-edge treatments, such as the nasal spray Spravato or transcranial magnetic stimulation, that […]
At the end of 2018, Tyler Held got together with her friend, four-star rider Emily Hamel, to talk about their goals for the next year. They came up with 19 goals for 2019, one of which was supposed to be “easy to check off.” For Held, that meant trying a new physical activity, so she […]
Brought to you by Merck From world-class shows to riding stables nestled in between skyscrapers, equestrianism has a long and storied history in New York City. But for the past decade, GallopNYC has brought a different type of horse culture to the metropolis. The nonprofit organization provides therapeutic horsemanship to people with developmental, emotional, social […]
I was a typical horse-crazy kid in suburbia who begged constantly for riding lessons. I began riding at a hunter/jumper barn when I was 9. When I was 12, my parents noticed a drastic change in my behavior. I had a diary, and it starts off like, “I can’t wait to get my own horse,” and […]
On May 12, the World Equestrian Center owners announced they would close the Wilmington, Ohio, facility from Sept. 1, 2020, to March 21, 2021, in response to the predicted resurgence of COVID-19 in the fall months. Roby Roberts has seen first-hand the effects of the coronavirus, and after taking into account the enclosed nature of […]
On May 6, U.S. Hunter Jumper Association President Mary Babick answered dozens of questions about how the association could help shows get back to normal while keeping participants safe during a virtual town hall meeting. It will take a major effort by everyone in the horse show community to minimize the risk of virus transmission […]
Officials from the Military Boekelo CCIO4*-L announced on May 14 that the top Dutch event, scheduled to run from Oct. 1-4 in Boekelo, the Netherlands, is canceled due to COVID-19. This year’s event would have marked the 50th anniversary. “The possibility to continue the Military, possibly without an audience, has been considered until the last […]
On June 1, the U.S. Equestrian Federation and U.S. Eventing Association’s suspension of recognized competitions will expire, and horses will leave the start box once again. But the novel coronavirus is not entirely in the rearview mirror. Therefore competition is going to look different for the foreseeable future. USEF Managing Director of Eventing Jenni Autry […]
The National Horse Show announces important changes to the ASPCA Maclay Championships qualification process due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes are in accordance with the guidelines produced by the U.S. Equestrian Federation and are subject to change based on the ongoing nature of the pandemic and its effects on equestrian sporting events around the […]
If amateurs are really the lifeblood of the sport, our columnist believes we need to do a better job of respecting them and their aspirations. Months ago I had a conversation with an amateur client and friend. She’d just come back from watching one of those big production clinics, where the horses and riders are […]
