Patience and persistence paid off for Marcus Orlob with the temperamental Jane on Saturday, as they scored a personal best in the 5-star Grand Prix Special at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Fla. Exposing the mare to different showgrounds and...

Although seven-figure purchase prices for horses are all too common these days in both racing and showing, Saturday's Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park in Florida illustrates that it's still possible to buy a winner for a price that doesn't break the...

A New Jersey thoroughbred gelding was named 2025's Champion Male Sprinter at racing's Eclipse Award ceremonies in Palm Beach this week. Book'em Danno, by Bucchero our of the Ghostzapper mare Adorabella, raced for a New Jersey-based partnership of friends and business...

Olympic eventer Liz Halliday, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 2024 fall, has returned to her base in Lexington, Ky., after many months of working hard at rehabilitation. She posted about her progress on social media, saying, "This is the most important...

It's back to the drawing board yet again for the proposed Isla Carroll development in Wellington, Fla., which eked out a 3-2 approval from the Village Council on first reading Monday night. But both Mayor Michael Napoleone and Councilman John McGovern, who reluctantly...

The U.S. Equestrian Federation and the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation are handing out honors with a look back to 2025. It's no surprise that Kent Farrington's illustrious Greya received the USEF's SmartPak/International Horse of the Year title. Kent, the world's...

A dedicated worker who started as a volunteer for the Kentucky Three-Day Event when she was in the Keeneland Pony Club has been named CEO of the  5-star competition's parent organization, Equestrian Events Inc. Vanessa Coleman, who was EEI’s chief competition and...

Irrepressible eventer Boyd Martin received international equestrian of the year honors for 2025 Thursday at the U.S. Equestrian Federation's Pegasus dinner, while hunter rider Daniel Geitner was named national equestrian of the year. Boyd, who won the first USEF...

As the Winter Equestrian Festival officially got under way this week, it was an opportunity to look at what lies ahead through the end of March at the Wellington International showgrounds in Florida. With a re-do over the last year, the facility has been spruced up,...