Ali Potasky has put in the hard work throughout her dressage career since picking up the sport as a child, and her careful and measured training with her Grand Prix partner INXS, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Everdale—Whinca, Harmony’s Roussaeu), paid off at Kingsview Partners Dressage At Devon, held Sept. 24-29 in Devon, Pennsylvania, with […]
This year 45 rule change proposals—up from 33 last year—are up for discussion at the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Annual Meeting, which will take place Dec. 9-12 in Tucson, Arizona. Rule change proposals go through a lengthy process to getting approved or disapproved and are currently in the member comment period. USHJA members can weigh […]
After spending almost a year flying across the country, trying horses on a tight budget, and reviewing failed vet checks, Jill Mincks was ready to give up on finding her first dressage horse. But then she stumbled on an ad for Caminante Del Sol. “When we saw the ad for him, I was on the […]
The Veterinary Corner series, brought to you by Merck Animal Health, features insights from leading veterinarians on some of the most pressing health issues affecting horses today. By Bryant Craig, DVM As the leaves begin to change and the air turns crisp, it’s important to recognize that while fall brings an increased risk of common […]
So many things with horses are a leap of faith. When Bailey Bohrmann went looking for an off-track Thoroughbred to take to the 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover, she took a risk. She came across a Facebook post with an old race photo of a gelding in Kentucky looking for a new career. After a phone conversation […]
The Dressage Foundation has announced that, for the first time, two grants have been awarded from its $25,000 Anne L. Barlow-Ramsay Grant for U.S.-Bred Horses Fund. The recipients are Lauren Chumley with Leeloo Dallas (New Jersey) and Molly O’Brien with Fortunato H2O (Florida). The purpose of the grant is to showcase talented U.S.-bred horses ridden […]
The second stop on the U.S. fall indoors tour, the Pennsylvania National, kicks off Thursday in Harrisburg and lasts 11 days, featuring top equitation, hunter and jumper competition. Junior weekend runs from Thursday, Oct. 10, to Sunday, Oct. 13, with highlights including the Turnham Green/USEF Junior Jumper National Championships—showcasing both team competition in the Prix […]
For Paralympic dressage rider Fiona Howard, the invitation from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to reunite with her teammates at the White House, where she’d meet President Joe Biden, was well-timed. She’d been feeling nostalgic for the Paris Paralympic Games in early September, where she and her teammates Rebecca Hart and Roxanne Trunnell made […]
For most of his life, Andrew Diemer has been on the back of a horse. Starting as a 3-year-old being ponied by his parents on foxhunts, to joining Pony Club, eventing through the intermediate level and playing polocrosse internationally, horses and horse sports have always served as an anchor for Diemer. Even during the brief […]
The 2024 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final—East wrapped up on Sunday at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey, crowning Taylor Cawley as the winner after Phases III and IV. During Phase III, athletes tackled a jumper-style course under the supervisions of judges Nicole Shahinian-Simpson and Ellen Raidt, with scores doubled for the […]
Ali Potasky has put in the hard work throughout her dressage career since picking up the sport as a child, and her careful and measured training with her Grand Prix partner INXS, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Everdale—Whinca, Harmony’s Roussaeu), paid off at Kingsview Partners Dressage At Devon, held Sept. 24-29 in Devon, Pennsylvania, with […]
This year 45 rule change proposals—up from 33 last year—are up for discussion at the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Annual Meeting, which will take place Dec. 9-12 in Tucson, Arizona. Rule change proposals go through a lengthy process to getting approved or disapproved and are currently in the member comment period. USHJA members can weigh […]
After spending almost a year flying across the country, trying horses on a tight budget, and reviewing failed vet checks, Jill Mincks was ready to give up on finding her first dressage horse. But then she stumbled on an ad for Caminante Del Sol. “When we saw the ad for him, I was on the […]
The Veterinary Corner series, brought to you by Merck Animal Health, features insights from leading veterinarians on some of the most pressing health issues affecting horses today. By Bryant Craig, DVM As the leaves begin to change and the air turns crisp, it’s important to recognize that while fall brings an increased risk of common […]
So many things with horses are a leap of faith. When Bailey Bohrmann went looking for an off-track Thoroughbred to take to the 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover, she took a risk. She came across a Facebook post with an old race photo of a gelding in Kentucky looking for a new career. After a phone conversation […]
The Dressage Foundation has announced that, for the first time, two grants have been awarded from its $25,000 Anne L. Barlow-Ramsay Grant for U.S.-Bred Horses Fund. The recipients are Lauren Chumley with Leeloo Dallas (New Jersey) and Molly O’Brien with Fortunato H2O (Florida). The purpose of the grant is to showcase talented U.S.-bred horses ridden […]
The second stop on the U.S. fall indoors tour, the Pennsylvania National, kicks off Thursday in Harrisburg and lasts 11 days, featuring top equitation, hunter and jumper competition. Junior weekend runs from Thursday, Oct. 10, to Sunday, Oct. 13, with highlights including the Turnham Green/USEF Junior Jumper National Championships—showcasing both team competition in the Prix […]
For Paralympic dressage rider Fiona Howard, the invitation from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to reunite with her teammates at the White House, where she’d meet President Joe Biden, was well-timed. She’d been feeling nostalgic for the Paris Paralympic Games in early September, where she and her teammates Rebecca Hart and Roxanne Trunnell made […]
For most of his life, Andrew Diemer has been on the back of a horse. Starting as a 3-year-old being ponied by his parents on foxhunts, to joining Pony Club, eventing through the intermediate level and playing polocrosse internationally, horses and horse sports have always served as an anchor for Diemer. Even during the brief […]
The 2024 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final—East wrapped up on Sunday at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey, crowning Taylor Cawley as the winner after Phases III and IV. During Phase III, athletes tackled a jumper-style course under the supervisions of judges Nicole Shahinian-Simpson and Ellen Raidt, with scores doubled for the […]
