At 3:08 a.m. on an early July Monday, I awoke with a start. The distinct smell of skunk wafted through my open window and filled me with the kind of fear one only develops after their house has previously taken a direct skunk hit. Upon further investigation, I concluded that we were in the clear. […]
You won’t find Danny Ingratta passively watching the victory gallop when one of the horses in his care does well. Head groom to Canadian Olympian Amy Millar for the past nine years, Ingratta enjoys taking a “no holds barred” approach to his celebrations. “It is just the coolest thing to be at a Nations Cup […]
On Sept. 3, Kevin Babington completed a five-hour surgery at New York University Langone Medical Center to stabilize the bones in his neck following a fall at the Hampton Classic Horse Show (New York) on Shorapur. During the $75,000 Douglas Elliman Grand Prix Qualifier on Aug. 30, Babington and Shorapur crashed through the third element […]
Bob Cacchione is retiring from the executive director position of the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association, an organization he founded. Cacchione announced his decision in a letter to the IHSA board of directors, effective Sept. 1. He will continue to promote and support the IHSA and will assume the role of founder emeritus. Peter Cashman, IHSA […]
Ireland’s Cian O’Connor has resigned from his post as FEI Athlete Representative on the FEI Jumping Committee, on which he had been elected to serve from 2018-2022. He started last September following Rodrigo Pessoa’s term and acted also on the FEI Athletes Committee. But differences between personality and politics led O’Connor to believe he wasn’t suited for […]
This past month marked my third year competing at the U. S. Hunter Jumper Association International Hunter Derby Championship with Durpetti Equestrian LLC’s Cassius, and while our ribbons and results may not necessarily reflect it, in so many ways, I think it was Cassius’ best year yet. Leading up to this year’s Derby Finals, we […]
During 2017 and 2018, two years of pretty consistent disaster, I found solace in food and booze. I do not have a drinking problem, for which I am very grateful, but I certainly overindulged, as well as making some not great choices on the nutrition front. I put on weight and felt sluggish and sore, […]
On Aug. 30, Kevin Babington sustained a serious fall while competing grand prix horse Shorapur at the Hampton Classic in Bridgehampton, New York. He was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital and then transferred to the New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, according to the Irish Examiner. He’s scheduled for spine stabilization surgery […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 1 Six days, 969 competitors, 23 championships. The sun is setting on the 2019 USEA American Eventing Championships, and no matter how the week ended for the competitors, most were in agreement on one thing: The opportunity to gallop across a cross-country course that’s seen some of the greatest names in eventing and […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 1 JJ Spot didn’t exactly make the best impression when Ainsley Jacobs first started riding him in 2014. “He had real bad anxiety issues,” she said. “He was very nervous and very tense, and he would just grab the bit and run. He’d rear. I knew there was a good brain in there, […]
At 3:08 a.m. on an early July Monday, I awoke with a start. The distinct smell of skunk wafted through my open window and filled me with the kind of fear one only develops after their house has previously taken a direct skunk hit. Upon further investigation, I concluded that we were in the clear. […]
You won’t find Danny Ingratta passively watching the victory gallop when one of the horses in his care does well. Head groom to Canadian Olympian Amy Millar for the past nine years, Ingratta enjoys taking a “no holds barred” approach to his celebrations. “It is just the coolest thing to be at a Nations Cup […]
On Sept. 3, Kevin Babington completed a five-hour surgery at New York University Langone Medical Center to stabilize the bones in his neck following a fall at the Hampton Classic Horse Show (New York) on Shorapur. During the $75,000 Douglas Elliman Grand Prix Qualifier on Aug. 30, Babington and Shorapur crashed through the third element […]
Bob Cacchione is retiring from the executive director position of the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association, an organization he founded. Cacchione announced his decision in a letter to the IHSA board of directors, effective Sept. 1. He will continue to promote and support the IHSA and will assume the role of founder emeritus. Peter Cashman, IHSA […]
Ireland’s Cian O’Connor has resigned from his post as FEI Athlete Representative on the FEI Jumping Committee, on which he had been elected to serve from 2018-2022. He started last September following Rodrigo Pessoa’s term and acted also on the FEI Athletes Committee. But differences between personality and politics led O’Connor to believe he wasn’t suited for […]
This past month marked my third year competing at the U. S. Hunter Jumper Association International Hunter Derby Championship with Durpetti Equestrian LLC’s Cassius, and while our ribbons and results may not necessarily reflect it, in so many ways, I think it was Cassius’ best year yet. Leading up to this year’s Derby Finals, we […]
During 2017 and 2018, two years of pretty consistent disaster, I found solace in food and booze. I do not have a drinking problem, for which I am very grateful, but I certainly overindulged, as well as making some not great choices on the nutrition front. I put on weight and felt sluggish and sore, […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 1 Six days, 969 competitors, 23 championships. The sun is setting on the 2019 USEA American Eventing Championships, and no matter how the week ended for the competitors, most were in agreement on one thing: The opportunity to gallop across a cross-country course that’s seen some of the greatest names in eventing and […]
Lexington, Ky.—Sept. 1 JJ Spot didn’t exactly make the best impression when Ainsley Jacobs first started riding him in 2014. “He had real bad anxiety issues,” she said. “He was very nervous and very tense, and he would just grab the bit and run. He’d rear. I knew there was a good brain in there, […]
