Kristy Taccone was studying equine science at Delaware Valley University (Pennsylvania) when the opportunity arose to lease a seasoned event horse named Ella. But three weeks before she was to take Ella home, the mare colicked and had to be euthanized. A few weeks after losing Ella, Taccone learned about Juniper, a Standardbred yearling who […]
Horse rescues face an unceasing demand for their services. Whether animals arrive via owner surrender or through law enforcement confiscation, they often show up with physical or mental baggage that requires time and dedication to repair. There are never enough stalls to go around. A new program at Colorado State University seeks to remove some […]
The United States Equestrian Federation Board of Directors has voted to prohibit the use of medroxyprogesterone acetate in horses competing in USEF-licensed competitions effective Dec. 1. In early 2017, USEF convened a panel of industry experts to review MPA and its use in horses competing at USEF-licensed competitions. The MPA Panel held a workshop and […]
I wouldn’t consider myself to be an “eq” trainer. I’ve never taken a kid to Maclay Finals. I don’t repossess stirrups for the month of November. Spoiler alert, I never did the big eq myself. After my non-existent junior career, I was fortunate to land at Hollins University (Virginia) where I spent four years riding […]
Canadian show jumper Nicole Walker has been provisionally suspended by the Fédération Equestre Internationale following a positive test for a prohibited substance at the 2019 Pan American Games, held Aug. 6-9 in Lima, Peru. The sample taken on Aug. 7, the day of the team final, tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, which […]
While my broken hand changed my plans regarding the U.S. Dressage Finals, it did not cancel them, because I had two students qualified in the amateur and open Grand Prix divisions. And when you have students at that level, you go, broken or not! In addition to being exceptionally good riders on wonderful horses, Abe […]
If you’ve been reading my stuff here for a while you know I tend to get a bit nostalgic at times. It’s no surprise, then, that I clearly remember a lot of the “last times.” Senior year of high school, sitting in the bus after my last football game, the locker room after my last […]
Adrienne Sternlicht had only jumped Bennys Legacy at three events before heading to the west coast for World Cup competition, but the pair proved their partnership is already strong with a statement-making victory in the $100,000 Longines FEI Thermal World Cup qualifier in Thermal, California, on Nov. 9. Last to go in a five-horse jump-off, […]
Fan favorite Adiah HP earned her third consecutive open Grand Prix freestyle championship at the U.S. Dressage Finals this weekend, but she had some competition in her younger relation Vashti, ridden by Kristin Wasemiller-Knutson, who finished second. Both mares share the Friesian-Dutch Warmblood stallion Nico as their sire. Check out Adiah’s Grand Prix test via USEF […]
Ireland’s Bertram Allen claimed a resounding victory in the $210,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Toronto on Nov. 9 in front of a full house to close out the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 97th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto (Ontario). Canadian course designer and Olympic individual silver medalist Michel Vaillancourt […]
Kristy Taccone was studying equine science at Delaware Valley University (Pennsylvania) when the opportunity arose to lease a seasoned event horse named Ella. But three weeks before she was to take Ella home, the mare colicked and had to be euthanized. A few weeks after losing Ella, Taccone learned about Juniper, a Standardbred yearling who […]
Horse rescues face an unceasing demand for their services. Whether animals arrive via owner surrender or through law enforcement confiscation, they often show up with physical or mental baggage that requires time and dedication to repair. There are never enough stalls to go around. A new program at Colorado State University seeks to remove some […]
The United States Equestrian Federation Board of Directors has voted to prohibit the use of medroxyprogesterone acetate in horses competing in USEF-licensed competitions effective Dec. 1. In early 2017, USEF convened a panel of industry experts to review MPA and its use in horses competing at USEF-licensed competitions. The MPA Panel held a workshop and […]
I wouldn’t consider myself to be an “eq” trainer. I’ve never taken a kid to Maclay Finals. I don’t repossess stirrups for the month of November. Spoiler alert, I never did the big eq myself. After my non-existent junior career, I was fortunate to land at Hollins University (Virginia) where I spent four years riding […]
Canadian show jumper Nicole Walker has been provisionally suspended by the Fédération Equestre Internationale following a positive test for a prohibited substance at the 2019 Pan American Games, held Aug. 6-9 in Lima, Peru. The sample taken on Aug. 7, the day of the team final, tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, which […]
While my broken hand changed my plans regarding the U.S. Dressage Finals, it did not cancel them, because I had two students qualified in the amateur and open Grand Prix divisions. And when you have students at that level, you go, broken or not! In addition to being exceptionally good riders on wonderful horses, Abe […]
If you’ve been reading my stuff here for a while you know I tend to get a bit nostalgic at times. It’s no surprise, then, that I clearly remember a lot of the “last times.” Senior year of high school, sitting in the bus after my last football game, the locker room after my last […]
Adrienne Sternlicht had only jumped Bennys Legacy at three events before heading to the west coast for World Cup competition, but the pair proved their partnership is already strong with a statement-making victory in the $100,000 Longines FEI Thermal World Cup qualifier in Thermal, California, on Nov. 9. Last to go in a five-horse jump-off, […]
Fan favorite Adiah HP earned her third consecutive open Grand Prix freestyle championship at the U.S. Dressage Finals this weekend, but she had some competition in her younger relation Vashti, ridden by Kristin Wasemiller-Knutson, who finished second. Both mares share the Friesian-Dutch Warmblood stallion Nico as their sire. Check out Adiah’s Grand Prix test via USEF […]
Ireland’s Bertram Allen claimed a resounding victory in the $210,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Toronto on Nov. 9 in front of a full house to close out the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 97th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto (Ontario). Canadian course designer and Olympic individual silver medalist Michel Vaillancourt […]
