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A thoughtful look at eventing safety
Olympic eventing multi-medalist Phllip Dutton put his concerns about the dangers of his sport on social media, and they are worth sharing. He stated: "With the 2024 eventing season coming to a close, I feel it has been a great year for our sport in many respects with...
WEF showgrounds sale is official
The former majority owners of Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, Mark Bellissimo, Marsha Dammerman, Lisa Lourie and Roger Smith issued a statement saying their new entity, WI FL Acquisition, LLC completed the purchase of Wellington International from Global...
It’s a change of venue for USDF Finals
The U.S. Dressage Federation Finals for 2025 and 2026 are moving to the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio, ending its run at the Kentucky Horse Park, where the competition has been held since its inception. The weather at the end of October in Kentucky...
A strong FEI initiative fights the push to drop equestrian sport from the Olympics
The International Olympic Committee got a wave of petitions with 194,555 signatures during and after the Paris Games seeking to discontinue equestrian competition in the Olympics. According to the FEI's (international equestrian federation) update of the October...
Cook excels as show jumping returns to Santa Anita
Forty years ago, California’s Santa Anita racetrack hosted one of the greatest show jumping competitions of all time—the Olympics. That ended in a team gold for the USA, as well as individual gold for Joe Fargis and silver for Conrad Homfeld. On Saturday night, the...
A special horse show survives and thrives
It’s the West coast’s version of “indoors,” the time-honored circuit that runs from the end of September through the beginning of November in the East. The Las Vegas National, hosting the Marshall+Sterling Insurance/U.S. Hunter Jumper Association National...
Cook excels as show jumping returns to Santa Anita
Forty years ago, California’s Santa Anita racetrack hosted one of the greatest show jumping competitions of all time—the Olympics. That ended in a team gold for the USA, as well as individual gold for Joe Fargis and silver for Conrad Homfeld. On Saturday night, the...
A special horse show survives and thrives
It’s the West coast’s version of “indoors,” the time-honored circuit that runs from the end of September through the beginning of November in the East. The Las Vegas National, hosting the Marshall+Sterling Insurance/U.S. Hunter Jumper Association National...
On The Rail
A thoughtful look at eventing safety
Olympic eventing multi-medalist Phllip Dutton put his concerns about the dangers of his sport on social media, and they are worth sharing. He stated: "With the 2024 eventing season coming to a close, I feel it has been a great year for our sport in many respects with...
WEF showgrounds sale is official
The former majority owners of Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, Mark Bellissimo, Marsha Dammerman, Lisa Lourie and Roger Smith issued a statement saying their new entity, WI FL Acquisition, LLC completed the purchase of Wellington International from Global...
It’s a change of venue for USDF Finals
The U.S. Dressage Federation Finals for 2025 and 2026 are moving to the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio, ending its run at the Kentucky Horse Park, where the competition has been held since its inception. The weather at the end of October in Kentucky...
A strong FEI initiative fights the push to drop equestrian sport from the Olympics
The International Olympic Committee got a wave of petitions with 194,555 signatures during and after the Paris Games seeking to discontinue equestrian competition in the Olympics. According to the FEI's (international equestrian federation) update of the October...
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