Karl Cook, who won the 2023 American Gold Cup last weekend with Caracole de la Roque, has been named with an all-star group of riders to the U.S. squad for the Barcelona Nations Cup final later this month. The  2018 FEI World Equestrian Games gold medal teammates...

At the age of 24, the durable eventer Mr. Medicott left us last weekend. Retired in Virginia at the farm of Jacqueline Mars, the Irish-bred son of Cruising was a star for the U.S. with three different riders. The first was Karen O'Connor, who took over the reins from...

Peggy Thomas, the owner of U.S. dressage star Brentina, died this month at her farm in Idaho. She was 97. Debbie McDonald, who guided Brentina to an FEI World Cup Finals victory, as well as medals in the Pan American Games, the World Equestrian Games and the Olympics,...

"The nicest guy" is the way friends characterized Mike Polaski, who was well-known on the horse show circuit and in thoroughbred circles as well. A self-made man "who lived life to the fullest," Mike died Sept. 10 at age 76 after being hospitalized for a stroke....

The U.S. Junior Jumping Team made the podium and the Young Rider Team was fourth at the 2023 FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth Final at Sentower Park in Belgium last weekend. “The juniors were great,” said U.S. Chef d’Equipe Anne Kursinski. "Overall, they were...

Mexican sculptor Jose Amador Lobato Juarez will be holding an exhibition of his art Sept. 30 at Meg Sleeper's Godwink Farm in Frenchtown. Amador is a Mexican artist who uses baling wire, driftwood and horse shoes to make his creations. He will create commissioned and...

Does your horse crib, weave or pace? Dr. Katherine Houpt may have an answer for you. She will present: "Stable Vices: Theirs or Ours? Abnormal Behavior in Horses.”  The James Law Professor Emeritus of Behavior Medicine at Cornell University's College of Veterinary...

Show manager, judge, course designer and governance veteran Britt McCormick was elected president of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association by the board of directors on Monday. He will not succeed current president Mary Knowlton until December 2024 after a 15-month...

Devin Ryan of Long Valley, N.J., has been named to the team for the FEI Nations Cup final in Barcelona this month, along with his 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games gold medal teammates McLain Ward and Laura Kraut. Also traveling to Spain for the competition are 2021...

The Tewksbury Trail Association will return to Christie Hoffman Farm Park in Tewksbury for its annual Trail Pace Sept. 17. There are opportunities for riders at all levels and ages to participate. TTA President Jeannie Shuster said an eight-mile course will offer both...