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Time to gear up for the Essex Horse Trials

After its successful reinvention as a one-day competition last year, the Essex Horse Trials is expanding to offer for the first time a Modified division, as well as an intercollegiate team challenge. The event, which offers divisions ranging from Starter to...

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The National Horse Show is moving to Tryon

The National Horse Show is adding another chapter to its storied history by relocating to North Carolina's Tryon International Equestrian Center this autumn, pending approval from the U.S. Equestrian Federation. During 142 years spread over three different centuries,...

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Veterinarian cleared of SafeSport charges

Following a multi-day binding arbitration before an independent and neutral arbitrator, veterinarian Dr. Chris Newton was found to have fully prevailed against charges made against him by the US Center for SafeSport, according to a release from the law firm of Sparrow...

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A legend has left us

La Biosthetique Sam FBW, the only eventing horse to claim the Olympic, world championship and European gold eventing titles in the same time frame, has died at the age of 25. He and Germany's Michael Jung, his equally great rider, became a match early in this century...

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The equestrian world will miss Robert Duvall

I was saddened to hear that actor Robert Duvall died over the weekend at the age of 95, after earning fame for roles in such beloved movies as "To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Godfather," "Tender Mercies" and "The Great Santini." But his favorite, as he told me when I...

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Tori Colvin does it again in WCHR Spectacular

World Championship Hunter Rider Week at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla., was highlighted with a victory by Victoria Colvin and Dicoblue PS in the $150,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular. That combination, which won the USHJA...

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More worries about the Maryland 5-star

The future of October's Maryland 5-star eventing competition became even more of a question mark this week, after the state Division of Legislative Services discussed 2027 budget proposals before the state Senate Budget and Taxation Committee. To insure that "new...

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Werth was no surprise in Wellington freestyle

A rare appearance by German dressage luminary Isabell Werth at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival ended the way anyone in the know could have predicted -- with a victory in the the Zen Elite Equestrian FEI Dressage World Cup™ Grand Prix Freestyle with a score...

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