Almost two weeks after Irish Olympian Kevin Babington fell at the Hampton Classic Horse Show (New York) and injured his spinal cord, he remains at New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan as doctors and his family look toward the next step. Following his surgery on Sept. 3, Babington contracted pneumonia, which isn’t uncommon […]
In an age where fancy warmbloods are taking over the eventing scene, successful five-star eventer Never Outfoxed is solid proof that the Thoroughbred still reigns supreme. Holly Payne Caravella brought “Fox,” a 13-year-old (Veronica’s Sir—Caroverse, Opening Verse) owned by the Fox Syndicate, from training to CCI5*-L level in four years. Together they’ve earned three top-20 […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association announced the 16 athletes and four stable managers selected to participate in the 11th annual Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session at The University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio. Olympic showjumper Peter Wylde returns this year alongside stable management expert Anne Thornbury to lead the session […]
When you ask Emily Dulin, executive director of Brooke USA, about the donkey skin trade, she starts talking fast. Millions of donkeys are currently being killed for their hides every year. Overwhelmed slaughterhouses have only one stun bullet for every five donkeys, making for agonizing, inhumane conditions. Add in rampant donkey theft and trafficking, which […]
Eventers are always looking for the next set of red-and-white flags on course, but when Juliana Yenne and her pinto gelding, The Diceman, leave the start box, they add one more flag to the course: the 11-year-old Arabian-Saddlebred’s exuberant tail. “People always try to guess what breed he is,” said Yenne, 17, who lives in […]
The CP International, held during the Spruce Meadows “Masters,” Sept. 4-8, in Alberta, Canada, is one of the most coveted prizes in international show jumping. It’s not just the massive prize money ($3 million Canadian) or the opportunity to vie for the Rolex Grand Slam Of Show Jumping, but there’s an air of prestige to […]
Caring for a horse in a big class at a horse show is an adrenaline rush. I live for it. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a class like the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championships (Kentucky) or indoors or the $500,000 grand prix in Wellington, Florida. It could just be a 2’6” non-pro […]
The United States Hunter Jumper Association Foundation is pleased to announce that applications are open for the inaugural Alvin Topping Governance Grant, which will be awarded to one USHJA member 25 years old or younger to assist them with attending the USHJA or USEF Annual Meeting. The USHJA Annual Meeting will be Dec. 8-12 in […]
Officials at the Fédération Française d’Equitation released a statement on Sept. 7 saying that French eventer Thaïs Meheust died on cross-country during the French Championship for Young Horses at Haras du Pin. She was competing Chaman Dumonteceau, a 7-year-old Selle Français gelding (Top Berlin Du Temple—Cocagne Des Pins, Narcos II), when the pair fell at […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the dates for the ninth annual Robert Dover Horsemastership Clinic Week as Jan. 2-5, in Wellington, Florida. Designed to identify and develop the next generation of U.S. equestrian team talent, participants will receive instruction from experts in a variety of aspects of horsemanship. Training sessions will feature intense, mounted sessions led […]
Almost two weeks after Irish Olympian Kevin Babington fell at the Hampton Classic Horse Show (New York) and injured his spinal cord, he remains at New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan as doctors and his family look toward the next step. Following his surgery on Sept. 3, Babington contracted pneumonia, which isn’t uncommon […]
In an age where fancy warmbloods are taking over the eventing scene, successful five-star eventer Never Outfoxed is solid proof that the Thoroughbred still reigns supreme. Holly Payne Caravella brought “Fox,” a 13-year-old (Veronica’s Sir—Caroverse, Opening Verse) owned by the Fox Syndicate, from training to CCI5*-L level in four years. Together they’ve earned three top-20 […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association announced the 16 athletes and four stable managers selected to participate in the 11th annual Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session at The University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio. Olympic showjumper Peter Wylde returns this year alongside stable management expert Anne Thornbury to lead the session […]
When you ask Emily Dulin, executive director of Brooke USA, about the donkey skin trade, she starts talking fast. Millions of donkeys are currently being killed for their hides every year. Overwhelmed slaughterhouses have only one stun bullet for every five donkeys, making for agonizing, inhumane conditions. Add in rampant donkey theft and trafficking, which […]
Eventers are always looking for the next set of red-and-white flags on course, but when Juliana Yenne and her pinto gelding, The Diceman, leave the start box, they add one more flag to the course: the 11-year-old Arabian-Saddlebred’s exuberant tail. “People always try to guess what breed he is,” said Yenne, 17, who lives in […]
The CP International, held during the Spruce Meadows “Masters,” Sept. 4-8, in Alberta, Canada, is one of the most coveted prizes in international show jumping. It’s not just the massive prize money ($3 million Canadian) or the opportunity to vie for the Rolex Grand Slam Of Show Jumping, but there’s an air of prestige to […]
Caring for a horse in a big class at a horse show is an adrenaline rush. I live for it. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a class like the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championships (Kentucky) or indoors or the $500,000 grand prix in Wellington, Florida. It could just be a 2’6” non-pro […]
Officials at the Fédération Française d’Equitation released a statement on Sept. 7 saying that French eventer Thaïs Meheust died on cross-country during the French Championship for Young Horses at Haras du Pin. She was competing Chaman Dumonteceau, a 7-year-old Selle Français gelding (Top Berlin Du Temple—Cocagne Des Pins, Narcos II), when the pair fell at […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the dates for the ninth annual Robert Dover Horsemastership Clinic Week as Jan. 2-5, in Wellington, Florida. Designed to identify and develop the next generation of U.S. equestrian team talent, participants will receive instruction from experts in a variety of aspects of horsemanship. Training sessions will feature intense, mounted sessions led […]
