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McCutcheon takes Maclay: UPDATE
“No more testing.” That was the word which came down from the judges after the top 24 competitors had completed their rides in the second round test of the ASPCA Maclay on Sunday. The announcement had to be anticipated by anyone who was watching Carlee McCutcheon’s...
The Irish make an impact at the National Horse Show
Irish course designer Alan Wade has laid out show jumping fences across Europe and North America, with the FEI World Cup Finals and the FEI World Equestrian Games among the many competitions that have benefited from his style. But until this week, he had never...
Science and celebration will join forces at Rutgers in November
The keynote address at the Rutgers Equine Science Center's Evening of Science & Celebration will be “Welfare over Triumphs: Protecting the Juvenile Performance Horse.” The speaker at the Nov. 9 gathering in New Brunswick is Dr. Jessica Leatherwood from Tarleton...
A favorite horse is a big, big winner!
I don't usually write about horse racing these days, but I was so thrilled to watch White Abarrio win the $6 million Longines Breeders Cup Classic Saturday that I had to share my excitement. I have followed this horse from the beginning of his career (there was just...
The U.S. did it–book a plane to Paris: UPDATE
Even before the Pan Am Games team show jumping medals were decided this afternoon in Chile, after three perfect trips in the second round of today's team competition, the U.S. was set to finish high enough to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Whew! But when the...
Brazil tops Pan Am podium in a thriller, but U.S. is there too
Members of the U.S. gold medal team came close to sweeping the individual show jumping honors at the Pan American Games in Chile Friday, but they wound up settling for silver and bronze. Instead, it was Stephan de Freitas Barcha, ranked number 152 in the world, who...
Lars Sederholm is gone
Lars Sederholm. the master of Watertock training center in Englan13d, died Oct. 13. The native of Sweden trained many top riders and trainers, including Yogi Breisner, Richard Meade and David O'Connor. He is survived by his daughter, Annika. She said, "He was truly...
WEC Ocala shows to be run by former Spruce Meadows manager
Jon Garner, known by many members of the public as a commentator at Canada's Royal Winter Fair, has been named the horse show manager at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Fla. A part of the show management team there since the facility opened in January 2021, he...
Washington International wraps up with “wow” performances
In his debut at the Washington International Horse Show, Rene Dittmer of Germany took an armful of special awards. Not only was he leading international rider and leading foreign rider; his mount, Corsica X (Conor X Corofino II), won the international jumper...
Individual Pan Am show jumping medals ready to be sorted
The final equestrian drama of the Pan American Games will play out Friday, with the first round at 10 a.m. Eastern time and the second at 1 p.m. There will be 28 starters in the morning, with the USA's McLain Ward (Contagious) and Laura Kraut (Dorado 232) first and...
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