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UDATED: Show jumper Rich Fellers in custody on sex assault charges
Olympic show jumper Rich Fellers was arrested this morning in Oregon in relation to an indictment on four counts of second-degree sexual assault. Fellers, who gained stardom in 2012 by becoming the first U.S. rider to take the World Cup Finals in a quarter century,...
It doesn’t sound like fun, but there’s a higher purpose in Tokyo
The Olympic Games always have been more than an athletic competition: in the past, they offered an opportunity for athletes to mingle with their counterparts from other countries, swap pins and (time permitting) visit a variety of venues to watch sports other than...
UPDATED: There’s more to U.S. performance in Rome than a finish off the podium
What could well be the U.S. show jumping team for Tokyo got a test run at Rome's Intesa Sanpaolo Nations Cup in the scenic Piazza di Sienna, and it showcased top American talent, even with a disappointing fifth-place finish. First of all, the placing off the podium...
U.S. eventing team for Tokyo named
While the dressage and show jumping disciplines are still going through their selection processes for the teams that will go to Tokyo, the U.S. eventing squad was announced today. The short-listed dressage riders and show jumpers are still in their trials process, but...
Judgement, a remarkable stallion, is gone
The first KWPN (Dutch) approved stallion bred and foaled in America, Judgement ISF passed on last week, just shy of his 30th birthday. He is buried at his home, Iron Spring Farm in Pennsylvania. He had a 10-year career as a grand prix jumper with Michael Matz and then...
A little personal Covid relief from USEF
Good news! Beginning May 17, the U.S. Equestrian Federation says anyone who is fully vaccinated is no longer required to wear a face covering outdoors at licensed competitions. You have to read the fine print, though. Even vaccinated people have to stay six feet from...
Another one bites the dust; Burghley won’t be held
September's Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is being cancelled for the second year in a row due to the Covid situation, leaving Britain without a 5-star event over a two-year stretch during which both Burghley and Badminton in May have been cancelled twice. "Despite...
Brentina has left us UPDATED
Brentina, synonymous with what became a new excellence in American dressage, has been euthanized at the age of 31. The Hanoverian mare by Brentano boosted the popularity of her discipline as she and rider Debbie McDonald showed the world that the U.S. had something...
Maybe fans can go back to horse shows next month
Are you missing going to horse shows? Virtual may be useful, but it can't match the thrill of being in the stands or on the rail to watch a competition. The U.S. Equestrian Federation has barred the general public from shows since last June due to Covid (shows were...
Final observation for U.S. Olympic dressage team set for Florida, not Europe
With an uncertain immediate future for horse sports in Europe in the wake of the EHV-1 outbreak and suspension of competition there, it has been decided that U.S. Olympic dressage team candidates will not be going abroad as usual for their final selection outing....
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