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A double winner for Badminton

What do you call a horse who has never toppled a rail in the show jumping phase of eventing? You call it Lordships Graffalo, who won his second Badminton (the first was in 2023) on Sunday with a clear trip over the painted poles to move up from second to first and set...

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Now Kent, Boyd and Fiona all are number 1 for USA!

The U.S. can claim the top riders on both the FEI show jumping and eventing ranking lists. Kent Farrington just took the first place ranking on the Longines show jumping roster, succeeding Sweden's Henrik von Eckermann, who held the spot for a record number of months,...

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SafeSport CEO fired

The U.S. Center for SafeSport has fired CEO Ju'Riese Colón in the wake of an investigation by U.S. Sen Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) into the organization's hiring of an investigator who subsequently was charged with rape. The CEO, who was let go on Tuesday, assumed her...

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Boyd’s Number One!

While he is the most visible U.S. eventer with a huge social media presence, Boyd Martin was only number two on the FEI world ranking list. That is, until Thursday. With the new month, he becomes the first American to make the top spot on that roster since Kim...

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Learn a lot via Dressage at Devon: UPDATE

Sabine Schut-Kery, who clinched a silver medal for the U.S. dressage team at the Tokyo Olympics, will be offering a clinic May 9-11 to benefit Dressage at Devon in Pennsylvania as it prepares to mark its fiftieth anniversary. And at Dressage at Devon itself on Sept....

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Dr. Timothy Holekamp has left us

Noted breeder Dr. Timothy Holekamp, a former president of the American Trakehner Association, died on Sunday. He was a founder of the Young Event Horse Program and co-chaired the Young Event Horse Committee. The physician and his wife, Cheryl, were the owners of...

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Trotting up at Defender Kentucky’s 5-star

Although the weather forecast for the next few days in Lexington, Ky., isn't the best, the sun shone bright (as the song goes) on the Kentucky Horse Park for the Defender 5-star eventing horse inspection Wednesday. Boyd Martin had three horses he showed to the judges,...

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