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Britain sorts its Olympic teams from its alternates: UPDATE
Can you imagine a country that leaves a world champion off its Olympic team? That's what Britain has done for its Paris eventing squad, putting Yasmin Ingham and Banzai du Loir as its alternate combination. Britain announced Wednesday who will ride in the Games and...
McLain Ward sets the record straight
Rumors have been circulating that the timing malfunctioned during the Rolex Grand Prix at Aachen on Sunday, and that runner-up McLain Ward actually had a faster time with Ilex than the rider who was declared the winner, Germany's Andre Thieme and DSP Chakaria. But you...
USA fourth at Falsterbo
The U.S. finished close to the podium Friday in the Falsterbo, Sweden, show jumping Nations Cup, just as a different American team had done at Rome in May. The fourth-place Cup result was the best for a U.S. squad since Rome. The home side, featuring world number one...
Tying up the loose ends at Aachen
So much went on at Aachen while it showcased five disciplines, with the Rolex Grand Prix of show jumping being the big news (our piece is the main story on this website) as the International Equestrian Festival ended its 10-day run. But we shouldn’t overlook the three...
A new look at the loss of show jumper Chromatic BF
The sudden death of Chromatic BF after a competition at the FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last spring will never be forgotten by the horse’s owner/breeder, Kc Branscomb, who is determined to ensure nothing like that happens to another horse...
U.S. Olympic show jumping team selected
Laura Kraut, Kent Farrington and McLain Ward, all of whom rode on the Tokyo Olympic team three years ago, have been selected for the squad that will go to the Paris Games later this month. Laura, the only rider to go clear in the Nations Cup at Aachen last week, will...
Dressage riders from the U.S. make their mark at Aachen
There was some good news for U.S. dressage at the Aachen International Equestrian Festival Saturday. It was comeback time for Steffen Peters in the 4-star Grand Prix Freestyle, where he and Suppenkasper finished third in the wake of a frustrating nineteenth-place...
Chester Weber a driving winner at Aachen
The only U.S. entry in the Aachen four-in-hand driving, Chester Weber showed style and grace in winning the dressage phase with a score of 35.59 penalties over Australia's Boyd Exell, the world number one, marked at 38.79. Chester, the world number 11, said modestly,...
Rider eventing rankings are shuffled
Boyd Martin remains the top American on the FEI's eventing ranking list, but he has dropped from second to sixth. Meanwhile, Caroline Martin Pamukcu, who will be his teammate at the Olympics this month, made a big jump up from twenty first to eleventh. Liz Halliday...
USHJA has a new executive director
One of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association's first employees has become its executive director, as Whitney Allen succeeds Kevin Price in the role. Whitney, formerly USHJA's director of operations, started her work in governance with the American Horse Shows...
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