Woodside, Calif.—Oct. 6 Ebay had a nice pre-wedding gift for his owner Helen Bouscaren. It took the form of what the bride-to-be described as a “very brave” run over Ian Stark’s CCI4*-S course at the Woodside International Horse Trials, where the international divisions concluded in Woodside, California. They led the small but strong four-star field […]
The win in the 2019 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—East went to 17-year-old Ellie Ferrigno of Newtown, Connecticut, after four phases of competition on Oct.5-6 at the United States Equestrian Team Foundation headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey. “I find it such an honor to be able to take the top spot in this […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.—Oct. 6 Juliette Joseph doesn’t get much time to ride San Marco—if really any time at all. This week at Capital Challenge she only got to sit on him the morning before her first class in the small junior, 16-17, division. But that doesn’t really bother the 17-year-old one bit. She’s used to […]
The 2019 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final came to thrilling climax Oct. 6 in Barcelona, and it was Irish eyes that were smiling when Rodrigo Pessoa’s team of Peter Moloney, Paul O’Shea, Darragh Kenny and Cian O’Connor clinched victory in fine style. Completing with just a single time fault, they pinned the defending champions […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.–Oct. 5 Reminiscing a few hours later, Taylor Ashe Cawley admits it really wasn’t the worst horse show morning in the world—but it also wasn’t that amazing either. She’d finished 10th on her small pony Reidell Day Dream in the first over fences round out of 41 competitors, but she felt her handy […]
Lexington, Ky.—Oct. 5 Katherine Deichmann didn’t think much of Tenpin Sugar when she first met the 6-year-old mare (Tenpins—Hurricane Amy, Storm Cat). Deichmann’s grandfather breeds race horses, and sourced the mare from trainer Edelmiro Carrizales. “We’ve gotten so many horses off the track before that my grandfather knew she would fit right in with us,” […]
Leesburg, Va.—Oct. 5 Hot off a win at the Plantation Field International CCI4*-S (Pennsylvania), Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights captured the Morven Park CCI4*-S this morning with a clear cross-country round right on the optimum time of 6 minutes 17 seconds. Rutledge and “CR,” a 13-year-old Thoroughbred-Clydesdale cross (BFF Incognito—Let’s Get It Right, Covert Operation) […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.–Oct. 4 After years of collecting prestigious titles, from the pony divisions to the junior ranks to “Gosh we need a separate storage room for USHJA International Hunter Derby coolers,” it’s unusual to hear Tori Colvin announced as a first-time winner of a national championship. Yet despite three previous appearances at the World […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.–Oct. 4 If you were to download the entirety of Vivian Yowan’s show record on USEF—after many minutes of computer groaning—you’d discover her detailed 218-page resume compiled over 15 years. From Devon (Pennsylvania) championships to North American Junior and Young Rider Championships individual gold, the mammoth record shows, quite literally, what the 22-year-old […]
Lexington, Ky.—Oct. 4 The second annual Makeover Master Class at the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium challenged three trainers from diverse backgrounds to work with three randomly assigned Thoroughbreds for three hours, showcasing their unique strategies for retraining horses off the track. Meet The Trainers • Emily Brollier Curtis is a Grand […]