Gothenburg, Sweden—April 8 As Alamo’s hind feet touched down following the final fence of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final having put in a double clear performance, Steve Guerdat joined an elite group of riders with three World Cup titles. You can read about Guerdat’s win, and then watch his winning round, courtesy of […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 7 With several pairs headed to the Land Rover Kentucky CCI5*-L in a few weeks, today’s advanced division at The Fork was stacked with experienced horse-and-rider combinations. Time penalties were abundant as many headed to Kentucky weren’t going all out on this run, but Clark Montgomery took advantage with his off-the-track Thoroughbred […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 7 From the moment Boyd Martin first walked the CCI4*-S course at The Fork this weekend, memories came flooding back to the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games held at the same venue, the Tryon International Equestrian Center. Martin had high hopes of a good finish with Christine Turner’s Tsetserleg in September, but […]
Gothenburg, Sweden—April 7 The list of riders who’ve won at least three FEI World Cup Show Jumping Finals is a short list of some of the sport’s greatest: Hugo Simon, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Marcus Ehning, Rodrigo Pessoa. Today Steve Guerdat joined that exclusive list, picking up his third Longines FEI World Cup Final title, this time […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 6 Rachel Wilks didn’t have the usual preparation for her spring season with Great Expectations before heading to The Fork for their first CCI4*-S together. Wilks, who normally works for Sharon White, spent the winter working for Canadian Olympic dressage rider Jacquie Brooks in Florida. She took show jump lessons from Jonathon […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 6 Eighteen months ago Starr Witness was cantering around the hunter ring on a loopy rein, but today she was jumping out of her skin with Doug Payne over Chris Barnard’s CCI3*-S track at The Fork to remain in the lead. Formerly trained by Emil Spadone, the 8-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare (Chello […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 6 Many riders come to The Fork CCI4*-S to experience the atmosphere of the Tryon International Equestrian Center in preparation for a spring three-day, and today’s show jumping gave the horses plenty to look at in the main Tryon Stadium. Chris Barnard’s course took its toll on the field, with 12 clear […]
Gothenburg, Sweden—April 6 Life is a game of inches, but dressage is a game of percentage points. In the case of today’s FEI World Cup Dressage Final freestyle, it was a game of one percentage point—the number that gave Germany’s Isabell Werth a fifth World Cup title (88.87%) and relegated Laura Graves to second (87.17%) for […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 6 Since he retired his five-star and 2016 Olympic Games (Brazil) partner Loughan Glen from the upper levels in 2017, Clark Montgomery’s been searching for his next top upper level partner, and he may have found her in Caribbean Soul, a 12-year-old off-the-track Thoroughbred mare (Cimarron Secret—Ogygian’s Dasire, Ogygian) that he bought […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 5 As Liz Halliday-Sharp dropped her hand in salute, signaling the end of her CCI4*-S test with Fernhill By Night at The Fork Horse Trials at the Tryon International Equestrian Center, she knew she could be looking at a class-leading score, and when her score was announced as 24.8, she was over […]
Gothenburg, Sweden—April 8 As Alamo’s hind feet touched down following the final fence of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final having put in a double clear performance, Steve Guerdat joined an elite group of riders with three World Cup titles. You can read about Guerdat’s win, and then watch his winning round, courtesy of […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 7 With several pairs headed to the Land Rover Kentucky CCI5*-L in a few weeks, today’s advanced division at The Fork was stacked with experienced horse-and-rider combinations. Time penalties were abundant as many headed to Kentucky weren’t going all out on this run, but Clark Montgomery took advantage with his off-the-track Thoroughbred […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 7 From the moment Boyd Martin first walked the CCI4*-S course at The Fork this weekend, memories came flooding back to the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games held at the same venue, the Tryon International Equestrian Center. Martin had high hopes of a good finish with Christine Turner’s Tsetserleg in September, but […]
Gothenburg, Sweden—April 7 The list of riders who’ve won at least three FEI World Cup Show Jumping Finals is a short list of some of the sport’s greatest: Hugo Simon, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Marcus Ehning, Rodrigo Pessoa. Today Steve Guerdat joined that exclusive list, picking up his third Longines FEI World Cup Final title, this time […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 6 Rachel Wilks didn’t have the usual preparation for her spring season with Great Expectations before heading to The Fork for their first CCI4*-S together. Wilks, who normally works for Sharon White, spent the winter working for Canadian Olympic dressage rider Jacquie Brooks in Florida. She took show jump lessons from Jonathon […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 6 Eighteen months ago Starr Witness was cantering around the hunter ring on a loopy rein, but today she was jumping out of her skin with Doug Payne over Chris Barnard’s CCI3*-S track at The Fork to remain in the lead. Formerly trained by Emil Spadone, the 8-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare (Chello […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 6 Many riders come to The Fork CCI4*-S to experience the atmosphere of the Tryon International Equestrian Center in preparation for a spring three-day, and today’s show jumping gave the horses plenty to look at in the main Tryon Stadium. Chris Barnard’s course took its toll on the field, with 12 clear […]
Gothenburg, Sweden—April 6 Life is a game of inches, but dressage is a game of percentage points. In the case of today’s FEI World Cup Dressage Final freestyle, it was a game of one percentage point—the number that gave Germany’s Isabell Werth a fifth World Cup title (88.87%) and relegated Laura Graves to second (87.17%) for […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 6 Since he retired his five-star and 2016 Olympic Games (Brazil) partner Loughan Glen from the upper levels in 2017, Clark Montgomery’s been searching for his next top upper level partner, and he may have found her in Caribbean Soul, a 12-year-old off-the-track Thoroughbred mare (Cimarron Secret—Ogygian’s Dasire, Ogygian) that he bought […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—April 5 As Liz Halliday-Sharp dropped her hand in salute, signaling the end of her CCI4*-S test with Fernhill By Night at The Fork Horse Trials at the Tryon International Equestrian Center, she knew she could be looking at a class-leading score, and when her score was announced as 24.8, she was over […]
