Versailles, France—July 30 Carl Hester, the longtime mentor of disgraced British Olympian Charlotte Dujardin, made his first public comments on his friend and pupil being banned from competition after a video of her whipping a student’s horse came out. Speaking after his ride on Fame at the Paris Olympic Games, Hester expressed both sympathy for […]
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games weren’t necessarily on my bucket list this year, but when one of your best friends since you were badly behaved teenaged working students together 25 years ago reserves tickets and accommodations for you, you say yes. That was how I found myself walking through the golden gates of the most […]
Versailles, France—July 30 Marcus Orlob, the first U.S. rider in the ring for dressage at the Paris Olympic Games, has been eliminated. Judges stopped his test during the canter zig-zag. The mare had blood on her leg, Orlob said, speculating that she might have interfered and hit it with the other leg as they entered […]
Dressage teams around the world are gearing up for a serious showdown at the Olympic Games in Paris where the best in the world go head-to-head over four days. As in Tokyo, each team is made up of three horse-and-rider combinations, with no drop score. The United States will be represented by five-time Olympian Steffen […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association has announced this year’s recipients of the $25,000 Hamel Family Scholarship for Further Education as Karlie Dennis and Amber Ide. The scholarship was designed to encourage further education among equestrians, and recipients can use the funding for college, trade or professional school. This year, the $25,000 scholarship will help two equestrians pursue […]
Versailles, France—July 29 Michael Jung is no stranger to heading into the final phase of an event on top, and his coolness under pressure has been proven time and time again. Coming into the Paris Olympics he already had two individual Olympic gold medals, not to mention his four European individual golds and his world […]
Versailles, France—July 29 “On top of the world,” were the first words out of Laura Collett’s mouth as she met the press following the team show jumping for eventing at the Paris Olympics. The defending gold medalists took the lead of the team competition on dressage day and never relinquished it. They looked poised to […]
Versailles, France—July 28 South African eventer Alex Peternell is his country’s only representative in the equestrian competition at these Paris Olympic Games. It’s a lonely position, but not an unfamiliar one, for the athlete. It’s also one that carries the responsibility of not only representing South Africa well, but also to encouraging younger riders working […]
Versailles, France—July 29 The dressage horses had their horse inspection Sunday, July 28, for the Paris Olympic Games. All four U.S. horses passed. Three other horses will be reinspected Tuesday at 7:45 a.m. local time (1:45 a.m. ET): Christian Schumach’s Amplemento (Austria), Jose Daniel Martin Dockx’s Malagueno (Spain) and Zaneta Sworonska-Kozubik’s Love Me (Poland). All […]
Versailles, France—July 29 It was a tense morning for the Japanese eventing team, who were in bronze-medal position after cross-country, at the Paris Olympics after two of their horses: Cekatinka, ridden by Ryuzo Kitajima, and MGH Grafton Street, ridden by Yoshiaki Oiwa, were sent to the hold box. Cekatinka was withdrawn from the hold box, […]
Versailles, France—July 30 Carl Hester, the longtime mentor of disgraced British Olympian Charlotte Dujardin, made his first public comments on his friend and pupil being banned from competition after a video of her whipping a student’s horse came out. Speaking after his ride on Fame at the Paris Olympic Games, Hester expressed both sympathy for […]
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games weren’t necessarily on my bucket list this year, but when one of your best friends since you were badly behaved teenaged working students together 25 years ago reserves tickets and accommodations for you, you say yes. That was how I found myself walking through the golden gates of the most […]
Versailles, France—July 30 Marcus Orlob, the first U.S. rider in the ring for dressage at the Paris Olympic Games, has been eliminated. Judges stopped his test during the canter zig-zag. The mare had blood on her leg, Orlob said, speculating that she might have interfered and hit it with the other leg as they entered […]
Dressage teams around the world are gearing up for a serious showdown at the Olympic Games in Paris where the best in the world go head-to-head over four days. As in Tokyo, each team is made up of three horse-and-rider combinations, with no drop score. The United States will be represented by five-time Olympian Steffen […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association has announced this year’s recipients of the $25,000 Hamel Family Scholarship for Further Education as Karlie Dennis and Amber Ide. The scholarship was designed to encourage further education among equestrians, and recipients can use the funding for college, trade or professional school. This year, the $25,000 scholarship will help two equestrians pursue […]
Versailles, France—July 29 Michael Jung is no stranger to heading into the final phase of an event on top, and his coolness under pressure has been proven time and time again. Coming into the Paris Olympics he already had two individual Olympic gold medals, not to mention his four European individual golds and his world […]
Versailles, France—July 29 “On top of the world,” were the first words out of Laura Collett’s mouth as she met the press following the team show jumping for eventing at the Paris Olympics. The defending gold medalists took the lead of the team competition on dressage day and never relinquished it. They looked poised to […]
Versailles, France—July 28 South African eventer Alex Peternell is his country’s only representative in the equestrian competition at these Paris Olympic Games. It’s a lonely position, but not an unfamiliar one, for the athlete. It’s also one that carries the responsibility of not only representing South Africa well, but also to encouraging younger riders working […]
Versailles, France—July 29 The dressage horses had their horse inspection Sunday, July 28, for the Paris Olympic Games. All four U.S. horses passed. Three other horses will be reinspected Tuesday at 7:45 a.m. local time (1:45 a.m. ET): Christian Schumach’s Amplemento (Austria), Jose Daniel Martin Dockx’s Malagueno (Spain) and Zaneta Sworonska-Kozubik’s Love Me (Poland). All […]
Versailles, France—July 29 It was a tense morning for the Japanese eventing team, who were in bronze-medal position after cross-country, at the Paris Olympics after two of their horses: Cekatinka, ridden by Ryuzo Kitajima, and MGH Grafton Street, ridden by Yoshiaki Oiwa, were sent to the hold box. Cekatinka was withdrawn from the hold box, […]
