Former U.S. dressage team member Belinda Nairn (Baudin) Wertman died Thursday after a battle with cancer. She would have turned 70 on Friday, June 13. A respected trainer, the Reddick, Fla., resident was reserve with Alegria on the U.S. squad at the 1984 Olympics and...

Are you feeling more secure in the saddle because you're wearing a safety vest? Many top riders, including Olympic show jumping medalist Laura Kraut and Jimmy Torano, are visible symbols of air vests' growing popularity beyond the cross-country phase of eventing. More...

Natalie Voss, who served as editor-in-chief of thoroughbred racing's Paulick Report, is now the U.S Equestrian Federation's director of corporate communications. She started with the Paulick Report as an intern in 2009 while completing her equine science degree at the...

In the five years since the first MARS Maryland 5-Star appeared on the scene at Fair Hill, it has improved what it offers with each edition. While the Oct. 16-19 eventing fixture continues to attract top horses from the U.S. and overseas, there is even more for...

Ronnie Beard, Otis Brown Jr. and Fran and Joe Dotoli were recognized for their contributions to the sport by the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame. The two horses inducted with them for 2025 are Lyle and Tindle. The Hall's Owner of the Year was plural; John and...

An icon. An original A pillar of the hunter breeding community. Diana Dodge, owner of the legendary stallion Sir Thomson, has died. She earned fame with the flashy chestnut named in honor of her grandmother, whose maiden name had been Thomson before she married one of...

We told you last month that this was going to happen, when McLain mentioned to me at Devon that Contagious was retiring, adding that it hadn't been formally announced yet. Now it has. Here's what McLain said about his reliable partner: "With a tremendous amount of...

Eve Jobs, daughter of the late Apple wizard Steve Jobs, in August will marry British Olympic team gold medal show jumper Harry Charles, according to the NY Post and other outlets. The bride-to-be is a  26-year-old rider and fashion model whose credits include a cover...

Reacting to "recent opinion pieces that raise critical concerns and alarming allegations regarding the unethical treatment of horses in our sport," the U.S. Equestrian Federation Tuesday sent out a strongly worded statement  calling on "every member of the equestrian...

Things went well for the USA in one discipline in Europe over the weekend, but not so well in another. At the Hagen, Germany CDI 3-star Friday, the U.S. was 1-2-3 in the Grand Prix Special, with Kevin Kohmann winning the class, just as he did in the Grand Prix on...