My Teachers: Izotops

Dear Rita, In 2015, Dressage Today asked me to submit a short story about a difficult training problem I had encountered in my career and how I had solved it. I offered a story about my first successful FEI horse, Izotops, which I had written years earlier for a collection of short stories about horses. […]

Wild And Wacky Virtual Eventing Raises Money For Charity

Skull cap, whip, studs, body protector. All these items are sure to be on any five-star event rider’s checklist for cross-country day. Dog (or teddy bear on a leash if for some reason you don’t have one) and an egg and spoon? Not so much. But for the 2020 NAF International 5* Event, those items […]

USEF Seeks Host For 2020 Junior Hunter National Championships-East Coast

The U.S. Equestrian Federation is now accepting host bid applications for the 2020 USEF Junior Hunter National Championships—East Coast as a result of the cancellation of the 2020 Brandywine Horse Shows. The 2020 USEF Junior Hunter National Championships—East Coast was originally scheduled to be held from July 5-7, in Devon, Pennsylvania. Host sites interested in […]

Matute Guimón In Stable Condition Following Brain Surgeries

Juan Matute Guimón is in stable condition following emergency surgeries on May 6 and 9 to stop a brain bleed. The 22-year-old was airlifted to the Hospital Universitario La Paz in Madrid on May 5 after collapsing and falling unconscious. “Juan’s condition today is stable,” his sister Paula Matute Guimón shared in an Instagram story post on Sunday, May 10. […]

FEI European Championships In Olympic And Paralympic Disciplines Canceled For 2021

The FEI European Championships in the Olympic and Paralympic disciplines of jumping, eventing, dressage and para-dressage will not be held in 2021 due to the revised dates for the Tokyo Games next year. European Championships in the non-Olympic disciplines will still be organized in 2021. The Hungarian capital of Budapest had been due to play […]

Moyne Pushes Through Fear To Fight COVID-19

When Jennifer Moyne, RN, returns home after a nursing shift at the University of Michigan Hospital, the first thing she does is strip in the garage before heading straight to a hot shower. Only once she’s sure she has washed off any potential contaminants does she revert to her more normal routine. “I’ve been a […]

James C. Wofford’s COVID-19 Quarantine Guide: Go Back To School

The class has been called, and our favorite professor James C. Wofford stands at the chalkboard asking you if a glass he’s drawn is half full or half empty.  “Half empty?” you guess. Wrong. For this is not just a makeshift scribble; this is a metaphor for the coronavirus pandemic, even as you struggle with […]

Cultivating Positivity Amidst A Pandemic

At the beginning of March, I put together a fun article for The Chronicle of the Horse illustrating a day in my life as a working student in the barn of a top dressage rider in Wellington, Florida. Never one to miss an opportunity for self-deprecating humor, I surprised many people by portraying what might […]

Babick Addresses Returning To Showing In USHJA Town Hall Meeting

With the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s ban on competition set to expire on June 1, plenty of questions remain about what horse shows will look like when they begin again. U.S. Hunter Jumper Association President Mary Babick addressed questions posed by members on May 6 on a Zoom call with more than 200 attendees. It’s her […]

USEF Releases COVID-19 Competition Toolkit

US Equestrian has released its Licensed Competitions COVID-19 Toolkit that features the USEF Action Plan, outlining mandatory requirements and recommended best practices for competition organizers and participants as equestrian competitions prepare to resume on June 1, 2020, dependent on federal, state and local regulations and restrictions. Ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of participants and […]