Greetings from Virginia. My team, the horses and I are settled back in after a productive Florida season, and I’m ramping back into the mayhem of spring horse shows, teaching clinics and generally running all over the place at Mach 2 with my hair on fire. It’s not left time for … well, anything else, […]
Want to ‘stirrup’ a lesson barn controversy? Start talking about banning peacock stirrups. That’s exactly what’s happening now that both the U.S. Pony Clubs and U.S. Equestrian Federation have announced rule changes prohibiting the use of peacock stirrups in their recognized events. While the intent behind these changes is clear—enhancing rider safety—the ripple effects are […]
In this article, the third in my series on the future of the horse industry (click to read financial planning and business management strategies), let’s tackle boarding. This is an issue that should be of interest to almost all of us. Even if you are not a professional, you probably need boarding barns to be […]
Three broken collarbones. A shattered tibia-fibula. A spiral fracture of the leg extending down into the ankle. Any one of those injuries could cause even the most dauntless athlete to take an extended break. Not Cole Horn. In the past two years, the 26-year-old professional equestrian has suffered each of those injuries, with the most […]
I’m drafting this blog in my “office,” which is also a pantry/art supply room (AKA, the place where my kids dump their junk). The dog and my youngest daughter are fighting under my feet. I’m typing as fast as I can, because I won’t remember any of this tomorrow. My regular life is chaos, and […]
Australian eventer Hazel Shannon says that when you have a 20-year-old horse in active riding and competition, you “don’t have a big picture plan—it’s just a day by day thing.” But when your horse is WillingaPark Clifford, on some of those days you win the Adelaide International CCI5*-L (Australia). “I was just really happy that […]
If my mother could have chosen any hobby for her daughter, she wouldn’t have picked horses. She’d have much preferred it had I immersed myself in ballet, or softball, or music, or … anything, really, that didn’t involve a stinky thousand-pound animal around whom she has always felt rather uncomfortable. But alas, a horse kid […]
This year’s Kentucky Derby drew 147,406 people to Churchill Downs, most of whom were soaked by persistent rain as they awaited an impressive performance by eventual winner Sovereignty. No matter what they paid for their tickets though, very few of them had as great a view of the race as Deputy Taya Workum. Workum works […]
With the recent news that Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, will again host Olympic equestrian events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, we’re looking back at the 1984 Olympic Games, a highlight for the U.S. Equestrian Team, with riders earning multiple show jumping and eventing medals in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Among the […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to represent the U.S. Jumping Team at the Jumping Nations Cup of Rome CSIO5* and Jumping Nations Cup La Baule CSIO5* (France). The Jumping Nations Cup of Rome CSIO5* will be May 22-25 at the Piazza di Siena in Rome. The Jumping Nations Cup La Baule […]
Greetings from Virginia. My team, the horses and I are settled back in after a productive Florida season, and I’m ramping back into the mayhem of spring horse shows, teaching clinics and generally running all over the place at Mach 2 with my hair on fire. It’s not left time for … well, anything else, […]
Want to ‘stirrup’ a lesson barn controversy? Start talking about banning peacock stirrups. That’s exactly what’s happening now that both the U.S. Pony Clubs and U.S. Equestrian Federation have announced rule changes prohibiting the use of peacock stirrups in their recognized events. While the intent behind these changes is clear—enhancing rider safety—the ripple effects are […]
In this article, the third in my series on the future of the horse industry (click to read financial planning and business management strategies), let’s tackle boarding. This is an issue that should be of interest to almost all of us. Even if you are not a professional, you probably need boarding barns to be […]
Three broken collarbones. A shattered tibia-fibula. A spiral fracture of the leg extending down into the ankle. Any one of those injuries could cause even the most dauntless athlete to take an extended break. Not Cole Horn. In the past two years, the 26-year-old professional equestrian has suffered each of those injuries, with the most […]
I’m drafting this blog in my “office,” which is also a pantry/art supply room (AKA, the place where my kids dump their junk). The dog and my youngest daughter are fighting under my feet. I’m typing as fast as I can, because I won’t remember any of this tomorrow. My regular life is chaos, and […]
Australian eventer Hazel Shannon says that when you have a 20-year-old horse in active riding and competition, you “don’t have a big picture plan—it’s just a day by day thing.” But when your horse is WillingaPark Clifford, on some of those days you win the Adelaide International CCI5*-L (Australia). “I was just really happy that […]
If my mother could have chosen any hobby for her daughter, she wouldn’t have picked horses. She’d have much preferred it had I immersed myself in ballet, or softball, or music, or … anything, really, that didn’t involve a stinky thousand-pound animal around whom she has always felt rather uncomfortable. But alas, a horse kid […]
This year’s Kentucky Derby drew 147,406 people to Churchill Downs, most of whom were soaked by persistent rain as they awaited an impressive performance by eventual winner Sovereignty. No matter what they paid for their tickets though, very few of them had as great a view of the race as Deputy Taya Workum. Workum works […]
With the recent news that Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, will again host Olympic equestrian events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, we’re looking back at the 1984 Olympic Games, a highlight for the U.S. Equestrian Team, with riders earning multiple show jumping and eventing medals in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Among the […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to represent the U.S. Jumping Team at the Jumping Nations Cup of Rome CSIO5* and Jumping Nations Cup La Baule CSIO5* (France). The Jumping Nations Cup of Rome CSIO5* will be May 22-25 at the Piazza di Siena in Rome. The Jumping Nations Cup La Baule […]
