Akiko Yamazaki and Four Winds Farm have announced the retirement of Suppenkasper, a staple of the U.S. Dressage Team for the past six years. Ridden by six-time Olympian Steffen Peters, Suppenkasper represented the United States at two FEI World Championships, two Olympics, an FEI Dressage World Cup Final and numerous Nations Cup competitions. “Mopsie” earned […]
In early July of this year, I decided to write a post on Facebook explaining my decision to radically change my business. I had already told my clients, family, and friends, but I figured I would let everyone know. I tried to decide if a short, upbeat post was the best way to go—no intimate […]
Summertime and early fall are great times to plan for and install automatic waterers in the paddock, stall or pasture. Automatic waterers keep the water fresh, clean and at a temperature that is appealing to your horse throughout all seasons. On average a horse drinks 8 to 12 gallons of water a day and having […]
I recently spent 12 hours at our 4-H district’s horse show with our lesson program’s show team. It was the last of the season, and today I’m nursing a severe horse show hangover. When my alarm went off this morning at 5:15 a.m. for my “real job,” it felt like the middle of the night, […]
As recently as last year, Amy Rodriguez’s current ride, Gettin’ Ziggy Wit It, didn’t have a consistent right lead canter. So when the 8-year-old piebald gelding qualified for the U.S. Eventing Association’s Area I Championships at beginner novice this season—his first year of showing—she had zero expectations of a top finish at the event. “He […]
Update: Trial proceedings have been suspended for the week of Sept. 23. The trial will resume Sept. 30. A Texas equine veterinarian and amateur dressage rider is in court this week facing a felony charge of animal cruelty related to using a cattle prod on a horse she was treating. A jury in Brazos County, […]
My last blog was about our triumphant 2024 Paris Paralympic Games for American dressage enthusiasts. Gold after gold, a brilliant week of consistent and extraordinary excellence. It was a contrast to the Olympic Games, where our team suffered the two most inconveniently timed hiccups ever, following a team selection process that required the throwing of a lot […]
The head of an equine drug-testing lab that previously handled work for the U.S. Equestrian Federation has been fired after a six-month investigation into allegations of misconduct that included falsifying test results. USEF officials said Tuesday that misconduct revealed at the lab did not affect USEF’s samples. Scott Stanley, who led UK’s equine analytical chemistry […]
Will Coleman might have picked up a pair of Fédération Equestre Internationale wins at The Fork at Tryon in Mill Spring, North Carolina, Sept. 12-15, but he’s got his focus firmly on the future with his blue-ribbon mounts Off The Record, who won the CCI4*-S, and Cold Red Rum, winner of the CCI3*-S. Off The […]
When Braden Speck leaves the cross-country start box for the Plantation Field CCI4*-S this weekend, he might have the biggest cheering section on course. Not only did the 21-year-old grow up in Unionville, Pennsylvania, where the event is held, but his friends and family there know exactly what he’s been through to reach this point—the […]
Akiko Yamazaki and Four Winds Farm have announced the retirement of Suppenkasper, a staple of the U.S. Dressage Team for the past six years. Ridden by six-time Olympian Steffen Peters, Suppenkasper represented the United States at two FEI World Championships, two Olympics, an FEI Dressage World Cup Final and numerous Nations Cup competitions. “Mopsie” earned […]
In early July of this year, I decided to write a post on Facebook explaining my decision to radically change my business. I had already told my clients, family, and friends, but I figured I would let everyone know. I tried to decide if a short, upbeat post was the best way to go—no intimate […]
Summertime and early fall are great times to plan for and install automatic waterers in the paddock, stall or pasture. Automatic waterers keep the water fresh, clean and at a temperature that is appealing to your horse throughout all seasons. On average a horse drinks 8 to 12 gallons of water a day and having […]
I recently spent 12 hours at our 4-H district’s horse show with our lesson program’s show team. It was the last of the season, and today I’m nursing a severe horse show hangover. When my alarm went off this morning at 5:15 a.m. for my “real job,” it felt like the middle of the night, […]
As recently as last year, Amy Rodriguez’s current ride, Gettin’ Ziggy Wit It, didn’t have a consistent right lead canter. So when the 8-year-old piebald gelding qualified for the U.S. Eventing Association’s Area I Championships at beginner novice this season—his first year of showing—she had zero expectations of a top finish at the event. “He […]
Update: Trial proceedings have been suspended for the week of Sept. 23. The trial will resume Sept. 30. A Texas equine veterinarian and amateur dressage rider is in court this week facing a felony charge of animal cruelty related to using a cattle prod on a horse she was treating. A jury in Brazos County, […]
My last blog was about our triumphant 2024 Paris Paralympic Games for American dressage enthusiasts. Gold after gold, a brilliant week of consistent and extraordinary excellence. It was a contrast to the Olympic Games, where our team suffered the two most inconveniently timed hiccups ever, following a team selection process that required the throwing of a lot […]
The head of an equine drug-testing lab that previously handled work for the U.S. Equestrian Federation has been fired after a six-month investigation into allegations of misconduct that included falsifying test results. USEF officials said Tuesday that misconduct revealed at the lab did not affect USEF’s samples. Scott Stanley, who led UK’s equine analytical chemistry […]
Will Coleman might have picked up a pair of Fédération Equestre Internationale wins at The Fork at Tryon in Mill Spring, North Carolina, Sept. 12-15, but he’s got his focus firmly on the future with his blue-ribbon mounts Off The Record, who won the CCI4*-S, and Cold Red Rum, winner of the CCI3*-S. Off The […]
When Braden Speck leaves the cross-country start box for the Plantation Field CCI4*-S this weekend, he might have the biggest cheering section on course. Not only did the 21-year-old grow up in Unionville, Pennsylvania, where the event is held, but his friends and family there know exactly what he’s been through to reach this point—the […]
