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Jury still out in Barisone trial
The jury finished its third day of deliberations this afternoon in the attempted murder trial of dressage trainer Michael Barisone. The panel of 10 men and two women in Morristown, N.J., spent the morning listening to an audio track that replayed the testimony from...
Costello takes the helm heading toward the eventing world championships
More than four months after the U.S. Equestrian Federation decided not to renew the contract of eventing performance director Erik Duvander, the organization named Bobby Costello as the interim chef d'equipe and team manager for the discipline. He will serve through...
No verdict yet in Barisone trial
The jury in dressage trainer Michael Barisone's attempted murder case continued deliberations today and left this afternoon without returning a verdict. The panel of 10 men and two women has asked to have the lengthy testimony of defense psychiatrist Dr. Steven...
The jury gets Michael Barisone’s case
The prosecution and defense summed up today in the Michael Barisone attempted murder case. Click here to read the story. The defense is trying to convince the jury that Brisone was insane, pushed over the edge by his tenants Lauren Kanarek and Robert Goodwin. Barisone...
Arno Gego has died
Respected show jumping course designer, teacher and mentor, Arno Gego passed away at the age of 84. The German master designed courses all over the world, but Aachen was his mainstay, where he laid out the routes for the 1986 show jumping world championships. The...
Did Barisone remember the shooting? Experts disagree
Michael Barisone had "interpersonal problems" and "a longstanding conflict" with student Lauren Kanarek and her boyfriend, Robert Goodwin, in Florida during the winters of 2018 and 2019, according to Dr. Louis Schlesinger, a psychology professor at the John Jay...
Barisone gets a psychiatric diagnosis
An increasingly panicked and desperate Michael Barisone was trying to get help as his life was spinning out of control, a psychiatrist testified today in the dressage trainer's trial on attempted murder and weapon charges. The expert witness, Dr. Steven Simring,...
Brits get show jumping help from Belgium
Stanny Van Paesschen, who represented Belgium at the Olympics and managed medal-winning showjumping teams internationally, will take on the technical expert role for British Equestrian and British Showjumping. Several new roles have been developed following a full...
UPDATE: Testimony about Barisone’s mental state came from high-profile riders on the seventh day of his trial
(There is a correction in the 15th paragraph) Just days before the shooting of Lauren Kanarek, wheels were in motion to have her leave dressage trainer Michael Barisone's farm, where testimony in his attempted murder trial revealed the atmosphere had become poisonous....
The defense begins in the Barisone attempted murder trial
A truck driver hired by Michael Barisone to keep watch over the dressage trainer's stable amid discord at the property said his friend was "so messed up he could hardly even talk." An ongoing dispute between Barisone and two tenants he was trying to evict from his...
