Little Leaps Ahead At $50,000 MARS Eventing Showcase

Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 8 Even though she spends a large amount of time in Wellington, Florida, competing her string of show jumpers against some of the best riders in the world, Marilyn Little can still find herself feeling star struck. As she warmed up for her dressage test today at the $50,000 MARS Eventing Showcase with […]

Peters Earns A Ticket To Vegas At AGDF CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle

Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 7 Steffen Peters was a little apprehensive about how Suppenkasper would handle his first Friday Night Lights at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, but from the moment he started going around the ring, rising in trot and stretching the gelding down, he knew it would be a good ride. The pair posted a […]

Strong Storms Damage Stable View

High winds and heavy rain swept through Aiken, South Carolina, on Feb. 7, damaging Stable View and surrounding areas. Stable View owners Barry and Cyndy Olliff were waiting on a flight out of Bermuda on Thursday afternoon when they got a call that their farm had been hit. “The flight was delayed three hours because it had to […]

W Gangster Girl Brings Some Color To The Grand Prix Ring With Batchelder

Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 7 Nora Batchelder made headlines last year for helping the U.S. team to a silver medal at the Pan American Games in Peru, on U.S.-bred Faro SQF, and she’s garnering more attention this weekend at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival aboard Sally Seaver’s striking pinto W Gangster Girl in the mare’s first CDI3* […]

Ringside Chat: Perry-Glass Has Nothing To Do But Smile At AGDF

Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 6 In 2016, Kasey Perry-Glass and her teammates from the Olympic Games (Brazil) got matching Olympic ring tattoos with “Believe” written above. Since then, Perry-Glass has gotten a bit more ink, including the phrase, “I’ve got nothing to do today but smile,” running down her side, and there’s no better way to describe […]

Peters Gets A Personal Best At AGDF CDI-W Grand Prix

Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 6 Each morning when he wakes up, Steffen Peters turns on his phone and is greeted with a photo of him hoisting the FEI World Cup Final trophy in 2009 on Ravel. If he has time, he’ll listen to inspirational people like Denzel Washington, Oprah Winfrey or Morgan Freeman speaking about their struggles […]

USEF Announces List Of Athletes Selected To 2020 USEF Eventing 25 Emerging Athlete Program

U.S. Equestrian Federation officials announced on Feb. 5, the final list of athletes named to the 2020 USEF Eventing 25 Emerging Athlete Program, following four program Assessment Sessions hosted during the month of January in Ocala, Florida, Aiken, South Carolina, and Temecula, California. The USEF Eventing 25 Program offers athletes 25 years of age and […]

Combining Art, Tradition And Technical Form

Our columnist contemplates what makes—and keeps—his sport an expression of art. I watched a documentary on the American Ballet Theatre the other day and was blown away. It should be required viewing for any dressage rider, as it was a history lesson about a physical art that nearly mimics that of dressage. The dancing in the documentary […]

Self-Care… What’s That?

I see you. Yes, you, the one reading this in the bathroom because it’s literally the only way to get a break from the never-ending grind of horses and people. If I’m right, and that’s where you are, then please take a moment to read this, preferably not in the bathroom. *Ahem* -clears throat- Equine […]

U.S. Teams Named For Longines FEI Nations Cup USA

U.S. Equestrian Federation officials announced the roster of team athletes who will represent the United States at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup USA and Palm Beach Masters Youth CSIO competition hosted at Deeridge Farms in Wellington, Florida, Feb. 12-16. The NetJets U.S. Jumping Team will begin their quest for qualification to the Longines FEI […]