David O’Connor’s partner for individual gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Custom Made, died on Oct. 2 at age 34. “He got a little bit of a colic last night,” said O’Connor. “He’d lost a lot of weight over the summer. He was 34, and he had a whole beautiful fantastic retirement career out […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.–Oct. 3 Many top amateur riders are quick to thank the team of trainers, barn managers and grooms that helps them fit riding and competing into their busy lives. And usually those team members don’t need an explanation of how a hunter round is judged or which finals take place at which venue. […]
Lexington, Ky.—Oct. 3 Diplomat made a big impression on Sara Katz when the two first met. In the last three furlongs of the 2017 New York Turf Writers Handicap, Diplomat charged from the back of the pack into the lead and claimed his first Grade 1 win while Katz watched. Diplomat has transitioned from leading […]
Team Belgium, winners in 2015 and again last year, looked supremely confident when topping today’s first round of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain. But the battle between the seven countries fighting for the single qualifying spot on offer for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games […]
It’s a good time to be Martin Fuchs. The Swiss rider is No. 2 on the Longines FEI World Rankings list behind his countryman Steve Guerdat and was just nominated for the annual best athlete award by the Fédération Equestre Internationale. The 27-year-old is the reigning European Champion, having ridden his superhorse Clooney 51 to […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.–Oct. 2 Cassandra Kahle has only shown Monday Balous three times, but she made their trip to Capital Challenge a memorable one. On Monday, the pair topped the high performance hunters and qualified for the $30,000 World Championship Hunter Rider Pro Challenge Class, which they won Wednesday night. That victory earned them a […]
To say it’s been a tough month for Gwyneth Babington would be an understatement. Her father, Kevin Babington, injured his spinal cord in a serious fall at the Hampton Classic (New York) on Aug. 30 and spent the last month in the hospital before being transferred to a rehabilitation center. But despite everything, Kevin encouraged […]
The Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium attracts entrants from across the U.S. and Canada, but few will have traveled as far as Shelby Dennis and Bionic to get to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. “We live across the street from the U.S. border in Langley, British Columbia,” said Dennis, 23. “So […]
Officials at the U.S. Eventing Association have announced Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia, as the host of a new fall CCI4*-L. After the Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International (Maryland) was awarded a fall CCI5*-L, organizers at Morven Park, host to beginner novice through advanced horse trial divisions and CCI2*-S, CCI3*-S, CCI4*-S divisions on the first weekend of October, […]
In the last decade, I’ve embraced the educational approach of having one coach. Too many voices in my head aren’t good for me or for my riding; it seemed to muddy the waters. Over the last nine years, I’ve dabbled in the occasional clinic with phenomenal people—USEF and USDF training sessions with the team coaches […]
David O’Connor’s partner for individual gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Custom Made, died on Oct. 2 at age 34. “He got a little bit of a colic last night,” said O’Connor. “He’d lost a lot of weight over the summer. He was 34, and he had a whole beautiful fantastic retirement career out […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.–Oct. 3 Many top amateur riders are quick to thank the team of trainers, barn managers and grooms that helps them fit riding and competing into their busy lives. And usually those team members don’t need an explanation of how a hunter round is judged or which finals take place at which venue. […]
Lexington, Ky.—Oct. 3 Diplomat made a big impression on Sara Katz when the two first met. In the last three furlongs of the 2017 New York Turf Writers Handicap, Diplomat charged from the back of the pack into the lead and claimed his first Grade 1 win while Katz watched. Diplomat has transitioned from leading […]
Team Belgium, winners in 2015 and again last year, looked supremely confident when topping today’s first round of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain. But the battle between the seven countries fighting for the single qualifying spot on offer for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games […]
It’s a good time to be Martin Fuchs. The Swiss rider is No. 2 on the Longines FEI World Rankings list behind his countryman Steve Guerdat and was just nominated for the annual best athlete award by the Fédération Equestre Internationale. The 27-year-old is the reigning European Champion, having ridden his superhorse Clooney 51 to […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.–Oct. 2 Cassandra Kahle has only shown Monday Balous three times, but she made their trip to Capital Challenge a memorable one. On Monday, the pair topped the high performance hunters and qualified for the $30,000 World Championship Hunter Rider Pro Challenge Class, which they won Wednesday night. That victory earned them a […]
To say it’s been a tough month for Gwyneth Babington would be an understatement. Her father, Kevin Babington, injured his spinal cord in a serious fall at the Hampton Classic (New York) on Aug. 30 and spent the last month in the hospital before being transferred to a rehabilitation center. But despite everything, Kevin encouraged […]
The Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium attracts entrants from across the U.S. and Canada, but few will have traveled as far as Shelby Dennis and Bionic to get to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. “We live across the street from the U.S. border in Langley, British Columbia,” said Dennis, 23. “So […]
Officials at the U.S. Eventing Association have announced Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia, as the host of a new fall CCI4*-L. After the Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International (Maryland) was awarded a fall CCI5*-L, organizers at Morven Park, host to beginner novice through advanced horse trial divisions and CCI2*-S, CCI3*-S, CCI4*-S divisions on the first weekend of October, […]
In the last decade, I’ve embraced the educational approach of having one coach. Too many voices in my head aren’t good for me or for my riding; it seemed to muddy the waters. Over the last nine years, I’ve dabbled in the occasional clinic with phenomenal people—USEF and USDF training sessions with the team coaches […]
