The new World Equestrian Center in Ocala, which is set to open in January, has been allocated the U.S. Longines FEI Nations Cup™ qualifier by the FEI. The prospective dates for the show hosting it are March 16-21, although the full FEI calendar is still...

The Vermont Summer Festival, which was held at HITS’ Saugerties, N.Y., facility this year due to Covid restrictions in is home state, is returning to its regular venue in 2021. However, HITS is remaining on board to handle the logistics. “I am very excited to be a...

Ticket sales for April’s Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event have been delayed until a date to be announced in January, due to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 situation. While the tickets normally would be available in the autumn of the year before the Kentucky...

There will be a hunter/jumper/equitation show at Duncraven in Titusville, Mercer County, Oct. 11 to raise money for Kevin Babington, who was paralyzed in August 2019 when his horse fell in a grand prix. The show, which debuted last year, offers raffles and sales of...

Reacting to the Eventing Nation website’s “attack” on the use of the name Plantation Field for the major eventing series in Unionville, Pa., property owner Cuyler Walker announced today that he is cancelling the lease of his land for the competitions. The Plantation...

The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association, the last of the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s affiliates in the Olympic disciplines to make a decision about what to do with their annual meeting, has gone the same route as the U.S. Dressage Federation and U.S. Eventing. Its board...

Texan Col. John Russell is now the oldest living Olympic medalist. The colonel, a show jumper, was on the U.S. bronze medal team at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952. Col. Russell, who turned 100 in February, assumed the honor following the death of Swedish runner Folke...

Kip Rosenthal, a successful hunter and jumper rider who became a top trainer and respected mentor, died today after a long illness.  She was 69. Her sister, Jo Michaels, noted that Kip “loved her career of over 50 years working with horses and their people. In turn,...

The Morven Park Fall Horse Trials in Virginia Oct.2-4 has cancelled its plans to hold FEI divisions, including the CCI 4-star Long that it was offering for the first time. It will only present national divisions. The problem with the FEI competition was, as usual...

Cleaning out your tack room or closet? Donations are being taken for tack sales at Mane Stream and Riding with HEART, two organizations involved with therapeutic riding. Riding with HEART’s fall tack sale Oct. 24-25 at 639 Route 513 in Pittstown will accept a variety...