Paula Oliver always wanted to pursue riding, and dressage in particular, as a young person, but when the time came to attend graduate school for genetics and pathology, she knew horses would have to move to the back burner while she established a career that could fund her passion. Oliver earned her doctorate and now […]
The air is getting crisper and the days shorter, beckoning the start of fall, and with it the beginning of the indoor show season. As always, the Capital Challenge Horse Show kicks the fun off with 11 days of equitation, hunters and jumpers in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The BigEq.com Equitation Showcase is the opening act, […]
On Sept. 20, owner Akiko Yamazaki of Four Winds Farm announced the retirement of her dressage superstar, Suppenskasper. Ridden by six-time Olympian Steffen Peters, “Mopsie’s” storied career included representing the U.S. Dressage Team at two World Championships, two Olympics, an FEI Dressage World Cup Final, and numerous Nations Cup competitions. In the retirement announcement, Peters […]
In Pennsylvania the leaves are changing colors, and there’s a bit of a chill in the air at night, which can only mean one thing: It’s time for Kingsview Partners Dressage At Devon. Competition kicked off Tuesday with the start of the Kingsview Partners Dressage At Devon Breed Show. On Thursday, the breed show wraps […]
The athletes who will represent the United States at the inaugural Longines League of Nations Final on Oct. 6 have been announced. Eight countries qualified for the Final, which will be held during the CSIO Barcelona (Spain), with the United States and the Netherlands tying for seventh place behind Ireland, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Brazil and […]
Emma Kane-Mikan once thought she wanted to be a professional horse trainer. She was a working student at a dressage barn, worked in a program that paired veterans with mustangs and worked at a private hunter/jumper farm. But those experiences helped her realize that making horses her livelihood wasn’t for her, and that she preferred […]
Ensuring U.S. Hunter Jumper Association championships and feature classes don’t compete with each other for entries, the expansion of national classes at the upcoming Las Vegas National Horse Show under its new management and changes in store to the annual USHJA meeting were among the topics discussed Monday at the final virtual USHJA Town Hall […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced that as of Dec. 1, the use of progestogens in stallions and geldings while competing at USEF-licensed competitions will be prohibited under Chapter 4, Drugs and Medications, of the USEF rulebook. Progestogens are still permitted in mares. Altregonest, commercially known as Regu-Mate, is the FDA-approved synthetic progestogen commonly administered […]
Richard Spooner’s partner for numerous major show jumping wins, Cristallo, died Sept. 12 at 26. He was euthanized after being diagnosed with a neurological condition. Spooner, who paired up with the Cristallo when the Holsteiner (Caretino 2—Cambrina, Cicero) was 5, called him a once-in-a-lifetime horse. Together they won five-star classes in Chantilly (France), La Coruña […]
Irish Olympian Shane Sweetnam added his name to the American Gold Cup for the second time Sunday. Riding his Paris Olympic mount James Kann Cruz, he raced to the win in the $340,000 CSI5* to cap the final week of Traverse City Horse Shows (Michigan). In front of an enthusiastic local crowd, Sweetnam and the […]
Paula Oliver always wanted to pursue riding, and dressage in particular, as a young person, but when the time came to attend graduate school for genetics and pathology, she knew horses would have to move to the back burner while she established a career that could fund her passion. Oliver earned her doctorate and now […]
The air is getting crisper and the days shorter, beckoning the start of fall, and with it the beginning of the indoor show season. As always, the Capital Challenge Horse Show kicks the fun off with 11 days of equitation, hunters and jumpers in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The BigEq.com Equitation Showcase is the opening act, […]
On Sept. 20, owner Akiko Yamazaki of Four Winds Farm announced the retirement of her dressage superstar, Suppenskasper. Ridden by six-time Olympian Steffen Peters, “Mopsie’s” storied career included representing the U.S. Dressage Team at two World Championships, two Olympics, an FEI Dressage World Cup Final, and numerous Nations Cup competitions. In the retirement announcement, Peters […]
In Pennsylvania the leaves are changing colors, and there’s a bit of a chill in the air at night, which can only mean one thing: It’s time for Kingsview Partners Dressage At Devon. Competition kicked off Tuesday with the start of the Kingsview Partners Dressage At Devon Breed Show. On Thursday, the breed show wraps […]
The athletes who will represent the United States at the inaugural Longines League of Nations Final on Oct. 6 have been announced. Eight countries qualified for the Final, which will be held during the CSIO Barcelona (Spain), with the United States and the Netherlands tying for seventh place behind Ireland, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Brazil and […]
Emma Kane-Mikan once thought she wanted to be a professional horse trainer. She was a working student at a dressage barn, worked in a program that paired veterans with mustangs and worked at a private hunter/jumper farm. But those experiences helped her realize that making horses her livelihood wasn’t for her, and that she preferred […]
Ensuring U.S. Hunter Jumper Association championships and feature classes don’t compete with each other for entries, the expansion of national classes at the upcoming Las Vegas National Horse Show under its new management and changes in store to the annual USHJA meeting were among the topics discussed Monday at the final virtual USHJA Town Hall […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced that as of Dec. 1, the use of progestogens in stallions and geldings while competing at USEF-licensed competitions will be prohibited under Chapter 4, Drugs and Medications, of the USEF rulebook. Progestogens are still permitted in mares. Altregonest, commercially known as Regu-Mate, is the FDA-approved synthetic progestogen commonly administered […]
Richard Spooner’s partner for numerous major show jumping wins, Cristallo, died Sept. 12 at 26. He was euthanized after being diagnosed with a neurological condition. Spooner, who paired up with the Cristallo when the Holsteiner (Caretino 2—Cambrina, Cicero) was 5, called him a once-in-a-lifetime horse. Together they won five-star classes in Chantilly (France), La Coruña […]
Irish Olympian Shane Sweetnam added his name to the American Gold Cup for the second time Sunday. Riding his Paris Olympic mount James Kann Cruz, he raced to the win in the $340,000 CSI5* to cap the final week of Traverse City Horse Shows (Michigan). In front of an enthusiastic local crowd, Sweetnam and the […]
