It was going to be a family trip: my non-horsey husband, toddler son, and me on a six-hour road trip to Lexington for the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event. But when we started to lay out the details, both husband and son had previous commitments that would make the trip logistically difficult. My husband, perhaps detecting […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected for the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Rome CSIO5* in Rome, May 23-26. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and team leader Lizzy Chesson and supported by U.S. Jumping Team veterinarian Dr. Diego Ulibarri and equine therapist Janus […]
When Meghan O’Donoghue first met the off-track Thoroughbred Palm Crescent back in 2011 as a 5-year-old, there was no inkling that he would ever be hers, much less become her next five-star mount. She can’t claim any clairvoyant foresight into his potential, because as it happened, they came together mostly by accident. “Honestly, ‘Palmer’ more […]
There is only one place you’d have any luck in finding 11-year-old Brynn Garrett: the barn. With her father, Brian Garrett, DVM, an equine veterinarian, and her mother, Taryn Garrett, an amateur competitor, Brynn is growing up in quite the horsey family. Brynn has been consistent with her family’s ponies and her catch-rides in the […]
“Chordae tendineae rupture.” “Mitral valve prolapse.” “Congestive heart failure.” “Palliative care is the only option.” I typed out these words as the equine cardiologist said them into the phone because I knew I wouldn’t remember them. All I felt was shock. A few days earlier, the friend who was leasing my longtime eventing partner messaged […]
In the mid-to-late 1980s, Hap Hansen and his mount Juniperus dominated the West Coast show jumping circuit and beyond. But an unlikely victory in a dressage arena at Del Mar (California) set him apart from other equine athletes of his time. “Juniperus was really successful in the jumper division,” said Hansen of the Selle Français […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale has updated the list of eventing yellow cards and recorded warnings, and two riders competing at the Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L received sanctions on Saturday, April 27, after cross-country. U.S. rider Zach Brandt received a yellow card for “Abuse of Horse—Riding an exhausted Horse” in accordance with eventing rule 526. Brandt finished […]
Back at the start of last year, Nash Gagnon had never competed in a U.S. Equestrian Federation-recognized competition. The teen was working three jobs in his hometown of Gorham, Maine, taking online classes, and saving up in hopes of heading down to Wellington, Florida, for the first time. What a difference a year and a […]
For almost two years now, the Fédération Equestre Internationale’s independent Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission has been collecting data, developing recommendations, and periodically reporting back to the equestrian community about its progress on constructing a framework to “future-proof” equestrian sport and ensure that it maintains its social license to operate. In that time, the very […]
Welcome to my journey to the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover. It sure looks just a little bit different for me this year, and I’ve been doing this competition annually since 2015. Meet Capture The Magic (Uncaptured—Magical Holiday, Speightstown), known around the barn as “Houdini,” a beautiful dark bay, appearing black, 4-year-old stallion. Regretfully he […]
It was going to be a family trip: my non-horsey husband, toddler son, and me on a six-hour road trip to Lexington for the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event. But when we started to lay out the details, both husband and son had previous commitments that would make the trip logistically difficult. My husband, perhaps detecting […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected for the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Rome CSIO5* in Rome, May 23-26. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland and team leader Lizzy Chesson and supported by U.S. Jumping Team veterinarian Dr. Diego Ulibarri and equine therapist Janus […]
When Meghan O’Donoghue first met the off-track Thoroughbred Palm Crescent back in 2011 as a 5-year-old, there was no inkling that he would ever be hers, much less become her next five-star mount. She can’t claim any clairvoyant foresight into his potential, because as it happened, they came together mostly by accident. “Honestly, ‘Palmer’ more […]
There is only one place you’d have any luck in finding 11-year-old Brynn Garrett: the barn. With her father, Brian Garrett, DVM, an equine veterinarian, and her mother, Taryn Garrett, an amateur competitor, Brynn is growing up in quite the horsey family. Brynn has been consistent with her family’s ponies and her catch-rides in the […]
“Chordae tendineae rupture.” “Mitral valve prolapse.” “Congestive heart failure.” “Palliative care is the only option.” I typed out these words as the equine cardiologist said them into the phone because I knew I wouldn’t remember them. All I felt was shock. A few days earlier, the friend who was leasing my longtime eventing partner messaged […]
In the mid-to-late 1980s, Hap Hansen and his mount Juniperus dominated the West Coast show jumping circuit and beyond. But an unlikely victory in a dressage arena at Del Mar (California) set him apart from other equine athletes of his time. “Juniperus was really successful in the jumper division,” said Hansen of the Selle Français […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale has updated the list of eventing yellow cards and recorded warnings, and two riders competing at the Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L received sanctions on Saturday, April 27, after cross-country. U.S. rider Zach Brandt received a yellow card for “Abuse of Horse—Riding an exhausted Horse” in accordance with eventing rule 526. Brandt finished […]
Back at the start of last year, Nash Gagnon had never competed in a U.S. Equestrian Federation-recognized competition. The teen was working three jobs in his hometown of Gorham, Maine, taking online classes, and saving up in hopes of heading down to Wellington, Florida, for the first time. What a difference a year and a […]
For almost two years now, the Fédération Equestre Internationale’s independent Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission has been collecting data, developing recommendations, and periodically reporting back to the equestrian community about its progress on constructing a framework to “future-proof” equestrian sport and ensure that it maintains its social license to operate. In that time, the very […]
Welcome to my journey to the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover. It sure looks just a little bit different for me this year, and I’ve been doing this competition annually since 2015. Meet Capture The Magic (Uncaptured—Magical Holiday, Speightstown), known around the barn as “Houdini,” a beautiful dark bay, appearing black, 4-year-old stallion. Regretfully he […]
