Here’s a thought that makes sense: “Success starts before you enter the show ring.” That’s also the title of a clinic April 21-22 featuring experts who can offer behind the scenes advice with everything from veterinary tips to sport horse maintenance, shoeing,...

  He was the voice of authority, a master at conveying his observations with wit and style. Mike Tucker, whose commentary was heard over the loudspeaker for years at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event and the Badminton Horse Trials, as well as on the BBC, died...

The word “unicorn,” once restricted to describing a white horse with a horn growing out of its forehead, has taken on a new meaning. It now also can mean someone or something who is an ideal, or perhaps, too good to be true. The LEGISequine.com insurance firm...

Dr. Pearse Lyons, whose Alltech was the title sponsor of the 2010 and 2014 World Equestrian Games, died March 8 due to an acute lung condition that developed during his recovery from heart surgery. He was 73. The president and founder of Alltech, Dr. Lyons was a...

Work has gotten under way on the long-awaited massive improvement of the grand prix arena at the Horse Park of New Jersey. Drainage and footing issues will be corrected, with the plan that all will be ready for the start of the season in mid-April and the Jersey Fresh...

Want to be part of September's FEI World Equestrian Games at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina? Why not volunteer? The WEG Volunteer Management Program is in the "Scope Phase," receiving inquiries from prospective WEG volunteers. If you want...

Who doesn’t love a parade? Riders with the kind of horses that can handle excitement are invited by the New Jersey Quarter Horse Association to participate in Sussex County’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Newton March 17. You don’t have to be an NJQHA member to...

Olympic judge Marilyn Payne will be presenting a program called “You Be the Judge” at the Horse Park of New Jersey March 31—just in time to get ready for the start of the putdoor competition season. She will introduce the 2018 eventing dressage tests and the U.S....

Riders 25 and under may apply for a 2018 Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Session, where both mounted and unmounted horsemanship instruction is featured. The session in New Jersey will be held June 18-22 at Centenary...

March 1 is the entry deadline for the New Jersey Equine Artists’ Association Eighth Biennial “NJEAA Art of the Horse” contest and exhibition, which runs May 20-June 17. Works will be exhibited at Prallsville Mills in Stockton. Judging from past exhibitions, it's...