In the past two years, we’ve made two main changes to our riding program. I wrote about the first big one, moving to sessions-style lesson packages, back in 2023. I was happy to share what was working for us to hopefully improve the financial stability of other riding programs and the hard-working equestrians who run them. […]
Seattle—Dec. 16 Eventers converged on Seattle for this year’s U.S. Eventing Association Annual Meeting and Convention, held Dec. 11-15, and conversations swirled around topics that will ensure the association and sport have a robust future. Diversity, equity and inclusion and perennial discussions on how to make the sport as safe as possible dominated conversation. At […]
U.S. Olympians Adrienne Lyle and Helix debuted a new freestyle—and added a second victory to their tally during the December Dressage week at the World Equestrian Center-Ocala (Florida)—when they won the Grand Prix freestyle CDI-W on Friday. It was a solid win for the pair in their first competition back from the 2024 Paris Olympic […]
It can be hard to describe dressage: Is it a sport? An art? Or kind of a combo—maybe a “spart”? Training a horse from the very beginning all the way to the Grand Prix is most definitely hard physical work, like a sport. And bringing a horse from knowing nothing to being able to offer these […]
At previous U.S. Hunter Jumper Association annual meetings, discussion of rule change proposals across committees took center stage, but this year, at the 20th anniversary of the organization, new president Britt McCormick trotted out a new format for the event, held Dec. 9-12 in Tucson, Arizona. While rule changes were discussed, the meeting was dominated […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes who have been invited to participate in the 2025 USEF Horsemastership Training Series, taking place Jan. 2-5, 2025, at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival show grounds in Wellington, Florida. The Horsemastership Training Series is designed to identify and develop the next generation of top U.S. show jumping […]
Dressage trainer and educator Lendon Gray will receive the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, and hunter, jumper and equitation athlete Paige Walkenbach the Junior Equestrian of the Year award, both of which will be given during the Pegasus Awards Dinner at the 2025 USEF Annual Meeting (Kentucky), the federation announced Friday. Lendon Gray […]
“It’s only a 3″ difference,” said no one ever. Bridging the gap between the two heights can prove a challenge for many riders, so we talked to three trainers about how to decide if you’re ready to make the leap. Jim Hagman If a student is ready to move up from the 3’3″ to the […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the USEF/USEA Developing Horse National Championship will continue to take place at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia, through 2027. The championship features two divisions: a division for 6-year-old horses competing at the CCI2*-S level, and another for 7-year-old horses competing at the CCI3*-S level. The championship aims to identify […]
We are delighted to introduce you to the 2024 Brilliance Horse Auction – an auction with one goal – to bring to the market twelve horses that we truly believe will become leading lights on the world show jumping stage. In other words, horses with brilliance in their DNA, in their show records and in […]
In the past two years, we’ve made two main changes to our riding program. I wrote about the first big one, moving to sessions-style lesson packages, back in 2023. I was happy to share what was working for us to hopefully improve the financial stability of other riding programs and the hard-working equestrians who run them. […]
Seattle—Dec. 16 Eventers converged on Seattle for this year’s U.S. Eventing Association Annual Meeting and Convention, held Dec. 11-15, and conversations swirled around topics that will ensure the association and sport have a robust future. Diversity, equity and inclusion and perennial discussions on how to make the sport as safe as possible dominated conversation. At […]
U.S. Olympians Adrienne Lyle and Helix debuted a new freestyle—and added a second victory to their tally during the December Dressage week at the World Equestrian Center-Ocala (Florida)—when they won the Grand Prix freestyle CDI-W on Friday. It was a solid win for the pair in their first competition back from the 2024 Paris Olympic […]
It can be hard to describe dressage: Is it a sport? An art? Or kind of a combo—maybe a “spart”? Training a horse from the very beginning all the way to the Grand Prix is most definitely hard physical work, like a sport. And bringing a horse from knowing nothing to being able to offer these […]
At previous U.S. Hunter Jumper Association annual meetings, discussion of rule change proposals across committees took center stage, but this year, at the 20th anniversary of the organization, new president Britt McCormick trotted out a new format for the event, held Dec. 9-12 in Tucson, Arizona. While rule changes were discussed, the meeting was dominated […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes who have been invited to participate in the 2025 USEF Horsemastership Training Series, taking place Jan. 2-5, 2025, at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival show grounds in Wellington, Florida. The Horsemastership Training Series is designed to identify and develop the next generation of top U.S. show jumping […]
Dressage trainer and educator Lendon Gray will receive the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, and hunter, jumper and equitation athlete Paige Walkenbach the Junior Equestrian of the Year award, both of which will be given during the Pegasus Awards Dinner at the 2025 USEF Annual Meeting (Kentucky), the federation announced Friday. Lendon Gray […]
“It’s only a 3″ difference,” said no one ever. Bridging the gap between the two heights can prove a challenge for many riders, so we talked to three trainers about how to decide if you’re ready to make the leap. Jim Hagman If a student is ready to move up from the 3’3″ to the […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the USEF/USEA Developing Horse National Championship will continue to take place at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia, through 2027. The championship features two divisions: a division for 6-year-old horses competing at the CCI2*-S level, and another for 7-year-old horses competing at the CCI3*-S level. The championship aims to identify […]
We are delighted to introduce you to the 2024 Brilliance Horse Auction – an auction with one goal – to bring to the market twelve horses that we truly believe will become leading lights on the world show jumping stage. In other words, horses with brilliance in their DNA, in their show records and in […]
