Junior Spotlight: Gabby Young Wins Big In Gulfport

Hailing from Spring Hill, Kansas, 14-year-old Gabrielle “Gabby” Young can be found ringside most weekends, traveling all over the Midwest and Southeast to show with her family’s Rolling Acres Stable. Aboard veteran Welsh-Quarter Horse cross Hidden Springs Woodstar, Gabby is a regular competitor in the large pony hunters and has contested U.S. Pony Finals multiple […]

From The Magazine: Colic Questions Answered

Whether it’s a mild stomachache or a surgical situation, it’s good to know the basics of one of the most common equine ailments. Colic is one of the scariest words in a horse owner’s lexicon. Visions of a distressed horse rolling, twisting its intestines and being rushed into surgery spring to mind, but statistically you’re […]

Behind The Stall Door With: Caillou 24

When Caillou 24 approached the in-gate with rider Karl Cook for the $100,000 Horsetaxi Grand Prix on March 8 at the Desert International Horse Park (California), groom Jenni Giannini stayed by his side until the last possible second. After he crossed the finish line, she was waiting to escort him out the exit. The process repeated […]

Hoffmann Sweeps Inaugural Pacific Coast CDI3*

Temecula, Calif.—March 9 With the loss of the Adequan West Coast Dressage Festival circuit this year, the Pacific Coast CDI stepped up to host competitors at Galway Downs, March 6-8. Jennifer Hoffman had a banner weekend, winning the CDI3* Grand Prix (70.39%) and Grand Prix Special (70.31%) aboard Lisa Bradley’s Finesse and the Prix St. […]

Toolbox Building, With Help From The Dressage Foundation

The Dressage Foundation was kind enough to honor me with a Major Lindgren Instructor Education grant to allow me to ride with Olympic bronze medalist and living legend Mike Poulin. I have a fair bit of experience bringing lunatics up the levels, but I don’t have a lot of mileage doing it with more reasonable […]

Coyle Bookends World Cup Season With Win At Live Oak

Ireland’s Daniel Coyle finished the 2019/2020 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup North American League the same way he started it—with a victory. After beginning the season with a win in Vancouver, Coyle rode Farrel to the top of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Ocala, besting an eight-horse jump-off on March 8 at the Live […]

Verdades To Retire At 2020 FEI World Cup Finals

Laura Graves’ Olympic and World Games medal-winning partner Verdades will make two public appearances at the 2020 FEI World Cup Finals in Las Vegas, April 15-19. “Diddy” will headline the Devoucoux Dressage Showcase on Friday afternoon, April 17 and then have his official retirement ceremony on Saturday evening during the intermission of the Grand Prix […]

Watch Ashlee Bond Log Her First Five-Star Grand Prix Win In Wellington

March 9—Wellington, Fla. Ashlee Bond recorded her first career five-star grand prix victory riding Donatello 141 in the $401,000 Douglas Elliman Real Estate Grand Prix CSI5* on March 7 at the Winter Equestrian Festival. Forty riders started in the “Saturday Night Lights” feature, four of which found the path to a clear round to advance […]

British Court Confirms Validity Of Threats To Princess Haya

On March 5, a high court in England released a fact-finding judgment confirming that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and noted endurance athlete and supporter, had held two of his daughters in the country against their will and threatened his former wife Princess Haya bint Hussein, who was the Fédération Equestre […]

FEI Cancels In-Person Sports Forum Due To Coronavirus Concerns, World Cup Finals Still On

The Fédération Equestre Internationale has canceled the in-person FEI Sports Forum, scheduled to take place April 6-7 in Lausanne, Switzerland, amid fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. Time-sensitive portions of the Sports Forum, including sessions on the FEI Anti-Doping Rules and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, will […]