Josie Galvin set out for her first Junior North American Field Hunter Championships on Nov. 9 with just a few hunt meets under her belt, no idea what to expect, and her helmet forgotten back home. But a veteran pony, a well-prepared friend, and her own competitive experience as a state 4-H champion helped her […]
On Nov. 7 and 8, an independent arbitration was held in New York regarding former U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe and Olympian George Morris’ lifetime ban from the U.S. Equestrian Federation for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor. The ban was announced by the U.S. Center for SafeSport in August and has since been listed as “pending appeal” […]
Despite recording a World Cup victory just a week prior in Thermal, California, Adrienne Sternlicht and Bennys Legacy came to Las Vegas’ South Point Arena with some unanswered questions. The duo had never before competed indoors, but the smaller venue proved no problem for them, as they recorded a second straight World Cup victory. They […]
Reddick, Fla.—Nov. 17 Arden Wildasin was in disbelief as she watched her name move up the leaderboard one placing at a time during today’s show jumping. As top riders like cross-country leader Leslie Law (Zick Zack) and Phillip Dutton (Fernhill PickPocket) dropped rails, she found herself atop the leaderboard of the CCI3*-L at the Ocala […]
Reddick, Fla.—Nov. 17 It was just in July that Campground was cantering around a training level event with his owner Marnie Kelly—or rather pulling her enthusiastically around the cross-country. The Thoroughbred gelding does double duty with Kelly and Erin Sylvester, and this weekend it was Sylvester’s turn in the irons. Moving up an incredible 23 […]
Reddick, Fla.—Nov. 17 All horses in the CCI3*-L and CC4*-L that presented at this morning’s final horse inspection passed and will move on to show jumping this afternoon. In the CCI2*-L, Kimberly Keeton’s Evita-Veron was sent to the holding box, and Keeton withdrew. Sara Kozumplik Murphy did not present Delta Queen. Show jumping for the […]
Reddick, Fla.—Nov. 15 Seventy-one pairs took to the CCI2*-L cross-country today at the Ocala Jockey Club International, and we were out on course to capture the action. From young riders to young horses and old campaigners alike, we saw some impressive rides! Who’s your favorite? Follow along at COTH.com all weekend for more from the […]
Reddick, Fla.—Nov. 15 If you wanted to move up the leaderboard at the Ocala Jockey Club International CCI4*-L today, you needed to be fast. No one made the time last year, and it was looking to be a similar situation this year over Clayton Fredericks’ cross-country course of 10 minutes 26 seconds until Lauren Kieffer […]
Host cities for the 2022 FEI World Championships and other major events up to 2023/2024 were allocated today by the FEI Board at its in-person meeting in Moscow. FEI World Championships in four disciplines: jumping, dressage, para-dressage and vaulting will be staged in Herning, Denmark in August 2022. The Danish city, which runs a qualifier […]
Reddick, Fla.—Nov. 16 If you’re superstitious, you might have heard the saying that bad things come in threes. This spring, Sara Kozumplik Murphy thought her luck was ready to turn around after fracturing her knee in a freak accident in 2017 and losing her best friend’s daughter suddenly, then breaking her back and neck in […]