Debbie McDonald had good intentions when she requested mandatory attendance from potential U.S. Olympic Games team riders at the Feb. 19-Feb. 23 CDI5*, held in Wellington, Florida, at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. McDonald, the U.S. dressage technical advisor, wanted to see the East and West Coast athletes go head-to-head before team selection for the […]
Our columnist suggests trainers make the time to pass on their horsemanship knowledge. I recently watched a young, talented professional longeing a horse for a vetting. It was quite eye-opening to see that this professional really had no knowledge of how to longe a horse correctly. I offered some direction to the young lady, and […]
Laura Connaway had a dilemma. A fourth generation horsewoman whose equestrian roots stretch back to a great-grandfather in the Danish cavalry, Connaway grew up riding and backing young horses at her parents’ farm in Little Rock, Arkansas. As a junior, she competed in the hunters, jumpers and equitation on a Thoroughbred-Quarter Horse cross her mother […]
Officials from the U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the athletes who will represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4* hosted at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Florida. The competition will begin on Feb. 26, and the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4* is set to take place on […]
Eventing fans may know Cooley On Show as a big, gray cross-country machine with perfect knees over fences, but there’s so much more than meets the eye. With Sharon White, the 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding (Ricardo Z—Jogantina, Grand d’Espagne) has racked up a multitude of top-10 performances in FEI competition, including finishing on their […]
Most kids a few weeks away from their 13th birthday are focused on becoming a teenager, but Lauren “Lala” Gee is just concentrating on her rides. Showing multiple ponies every weekend prepared her for her Feb. 9 win at the HITS Ocala IV in the $1,500 USHJA Pony Hunter Derby on Editor’s Note in Ocala, […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 23 Seven years ago, when Christoph Koschel began giving dressage clinics in Japan and training several of the country’s riders, the role was unaffiliated with the Japan Equestrian Federation. That all changed in April 2019, when the federation hired Koschel to be the national team trainer ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 22 There was no fist-pump from McLain Ward after he cleared the final jump-off fence of the $401,000 Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix. Rather, a sigh of relief as he crossed the timers with HH Azur, who has been on the mend since twisting a hind ankle at the Longines FEI Nations Cup Final (Barcelona) […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 22 As Steffen Peters held his helmet to his chest in salute of the national anthem—and 77.10 percent he earned in the CDI5* Grand Prix Special moments earlier, a personal best with Suppenkasper—his mount, affectionately known as “Mopsie,” was downing Mrs. Pastures cookies by the handful, courtesy of his groom Eduardo Garcia. Without fail, Mopsie gets […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 21 Katherine Bateson-Chandler’s teeth were chattering when she entered the press conference following her CDI5* Grand Prix freestyle win on Friday night with Alcazar. She’s ridden in all weather extremes, from the coldest of colds to the hottest of hots, but rarely has she been tested by both in 24 hours. “Yesterday, I […]
Debbie McDonald had good intentions when she requested mandatory attendance from potential U.S. Olympic Games team riders at the Feb. 19-Feb. 23 CDI5*, held in Wellington, Florida, at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. McDonald, the U.S. dressage technical advisor, wanted to see the East and West Coast athletes go head-to-head before team selection for the […]
Our columnist suggests trainers make the time to pass on their horsemanship knowledge. I recently watched a young, talented professional longeing a horse for a vetting. It was quite eye-opening to see that this professional really had no knowledge of how to longe a horse correctly. I offered some direction to the young lady, and […]
Laura Connaway had a dilemma. A fourth generation horsewoman whose equestrian roots stretch back to a great-grandfather in the Danish cavalry, Connaway grew up riding and backing young horses at her parents’ farm in Little Rock, Arkansas. As a junior, she competed in the hunters, jumpers and equitation on a Thoroughbred-Quarter Horse cross her mother […]
Officials from the U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the athletes who will represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4* hosted at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Florida. The competition will begin on Feb. 26, and the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4* is set to take place on […]
Eventing fans may know Cooley On Show as a big, gray cross-country machine with perfect knees over fences, but there’s so much more than meets the eye. With Sharon White, the 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding (Ricardo Z—Jogantina, Grand d’Espagne) has racked up a multitude of top-10 performances in FEI competition, including finishing on their […]
Most kids a few weeks away from their 13th birthday are focused on becoming a teenager, but Lauren “Lala” Gee is just concentrating on her rides. Showing multiple ponies every weekend prepared her for her Feb. 9 win at the HITS Ocala IV in the $1,500 USHJA Pony Hunter Derby on Editor’s Note in Ocala, […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 23 Seven years ago, when Christoph Koschel began giving dressage clinics in Japan and training several of the country’s riders, the role was unaffiliated with the Japan Equestrian Federation. That all changed in April 2019, when the federation hired Koschel to be the national team trainer ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 22 There was no fist-pump from McLain Ward after he cleared the final jump-off fence of the $401,000 Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix. Rather, a sigh of relief as he crossed the timers with HH Azur, who has been on the mend since twisting a hind ankle at the Longines FEI Nations Cup Final (Barcelona) […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 22 As Steffen Peters held his helmet to his chest in salute of the national anthem—and 77.10 percent he earned in the CDI5* Grand Prix Special moments earlier, a personal best with Suppenkasper—his mount, affectionately known as “Mopsie,” was downing Mrs. Pastures cookies by the handful, courtesy of his groom Eduardo Garcia. Without fail, Mopsie gets […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 21 Katherine Bateson-Chandler’s teeth were chattering when she entered the press conference following her CDI5* Grand Prix freestyle win on Friday night with Alcazar. She’s ridden in all weather extremes, from the coldest of colds to the hottest of hots, but rarely has she been tested by both in 24 hours. “Yesterday, I […]
