Officials from the Split Rock Jumping Tour announced March 2 that it will not be holding its planned $1.5 Million “Ante Up” Grand Prix which had been scheduled to debut April 7 at Pomponio Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe, California. “From the start, SRJT has tried to push the envelope and try new things for the betterment of our sport,” said Derek Braun, founder and CEO […]
Paso Robles, Calif.—March 1 It was almost 20 years ago that the Baxter family purchased 500 acres in the sleepy Central California Coast town of Paso Robles. Where others saw fallow farmland, they saw the potential for international equestrian competition. The team has grown, and the venue has transformed in those nearly 20 years, but […]
Officials at the Colorado Horse announced March 2 that LEG Shows & Events will be hosting seven weeks of horse show competition at the venue in 2020. The complete schedule being produced by LEG Shows & Events is as follows: Summer in the Rockies II – June 10-14 Summer in the Rockies III – June […]
Wellington, Fla.—March 2 Friday Night Lights at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival is always entertaining as it’s freestyle night. Week 8 was no different, with Jessica Jo Tate taking the top spot in the CDI4* Grand Prix freestyle with Faberge on a 73.42 for their first Global victory. You can read about their win here […]
Altoona, Fla.—Feb. 29 The U.S. Eventing Association announced that Canadian eventer Katharine Morel and her 8-year-old Thoroughbred mare Kerry On suffered a rotational fall at fence 8 of the intermediate level cross-country course while competing at the Rocking Horse Stables Winter III Horse Trials on Feb. 29. The horse suffered fatal injuries and died shortly after the […]
Wellington, Fla.—Mar. 1 Two weeks ago to the day, Beezie Madden, Margie Engle, Laura Kraut and Jessica Springsteen made a pact following their Longines Nations Cup of the United States of America win at the Palm Beach Masters in Wellington. The four riders, and Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland, agreed to maintain a united front in […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 29 Adrienne Lyle didn’t want to say the words out loud, so she silently held knowledge of her desire for an 80 percent before entering the ring for Saturday’s CDI4* Grand Prix Special at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington. As the penultimate rider in a class of nine, Lyle entered the ring with […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 28 Jessica Jo Tate has done her share of competing at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, but she’s never been able to clinch a CDI4* Grand Prix freestyle victory. That all changed on Friday, when she rode the 17-year-old Westphalian gelding Faberge to a score of 73.42 percent, which topped the scoreboard. “I […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 28 In a corner of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, sectioned off from the flair of the main arenas, there’s a piece of land designated to the congregation of ponies and their people. Today though, Pony Island saw the absence of its namesake, instead hosting a field of 55 combinations in the $25,000 USHJA International […]
If you walked past Loreli at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California, and did a double-take, you wouldn’t be alone. After all, it’s not often you see a horse wearing what appears to be a pair of horse ski goggles. But the 13-year-old gelding won’t be hitting the slopes anytime soon, and the […]