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U.S. jumping junior team takes bronze at championships
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...
Top-notch team named for Barcelona Nations Cup final
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...
Remembering Mike Polaski
"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....
How to handle your horses’ stable vices
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...
Team named for Barcelona to try for Paris berth
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...
Britt McCormick next up as USHJA president
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...
Fuchs is the one at Spruce Meadows
Switzerland's Martin Fuchs on Leone Jei was the only combination to achieve three clear rounds in the world's richest grand prix, the $3 million (Canadian) CPKC International, part of the Rolex Grand Slam series. The competition at the Spruce Meadows Masters in...
We need to remember 9/11 2001
As I listened on the radio this morning to the names being read at the annual ceremony for the 9/11 terrorism victims while bells tolled, I saw a Facebook post by horse show judge and trainer Jimmy Lee about this day in 2001. He and other show officials were called to...
Who won at the Europeans–the stallion or the mare?
So much for the widely touted head-to-head match-up between British World Dressage Champion Lottie Fry on Glamourdale and Olympic (as well as defending European) Champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl of Germany with TSF Dalera BB. Jessica came out on top guiding the...
Strong U.S. dressage team named for Pan American Games
Two big winners from the USEF Dressage Festival of Champions earlier this summer have been named for the squad that will represent the country at the Pan American Games in Chile this autumn. Codi Harrison, victorious in the Grand Prix competition at the championship...
