Two of eventing’s riders at the top of the game will compete in a field of 25 this week at the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill. Great Britain’s Oliver Townend, ranked world number one, will mark the U.S. debut of his talented up-and-comer, Cooley Rosalent. And world...

Time flies—except when you’re watching 12 hours worth of the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunt Seat Medal Finals. Do you really need to have 208 starters for this marathon at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show? It’s tough enough for anyone to win without having to deal with...

Whether he was riding, grooming or helping mares foal, Buddy King did it all to perfection. “He was the consummate professional horseman,” said Carol Molony, founder of the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame. A friend to whoever needed one, Buddy died Thursday night...

Forget the rumors. There were always whispers that at least one of the three traditional Olympic equestrian disciplines might not be held during the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. But dressage, eventing and show jumping will have their place in the line-up, just as...

Olympic show jumper Rich Fellers will be going to federal prison for 50 months, following his sentencing Thursday  in Portland, Ore., for sexual abuse of a longtime student who was underage. In July, the 2012 World Cup Finals champion, 63, pleaded guilty to traveling...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has sustained the FEI's (international equestrian federation) suspension of international show jumper Andrew Kocher until 2030 for using electric spurs, along with a fine of 10,000 Swiss francs, court costs of 7,500 Swiss Francs and...

A Sussex County property has been quarantined after two horses developed highly infectious equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM). A seven-year-old Standardbred mare became sick on Oct. 1 and improved after prompt medical treatment. Six days later, a three-year-old...

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...

The FEI has suspended Eric Lamaze, the 2008 Olympic show jumping individual gold medalist, for four years on a tampering charge. It's in connection with an anti-doping rule violation when he ducked a test in 2021. Lamaze, who served as the Canadian show jumping...