McLain Ward, who has piled up triumph after triumph since winning the first leg of the Rolex Grand Slam in Geneva last December, had to settle for sixth place tonight in the $500,000 Rolex 5-star Grand Prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival. The 40-horse field faced...

Charles "Champ" Hough was only 18 when he made history in Helsinki with the 1952 U.S. Olympic squad, earning a team bronze medal in eventing as the youngest equestrian competitor at those Games. That was the USA's first civilian equestrian team at the Olympics, after...

Laura Roberts, who had been the U.S. Equestrian Federation's dressage performance and event support director, will now be the managing director of dressage. She has moved up to fill the spot vacated by Hallye Griffin when she was promoted to the organization's...

Canadian show jumper Jonathon Millar, who fell and hit his head March 12, underwent brain surgery to stop a bleed and relieve swelling. He is now off sedation and breathing on his own  at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, where he is showing promising...

HITS' announcement last month that John Ammerman would return in a mangement capacity to the company's Vermont Summer Festival shows was "premature," Ammerman has said. "After asking for my help as a co-manager (with Joe Dotoli) at the Vermont Summer Festival, the...

Weeks of qualification at Wellington International culminated Friday in the Winter Equestrian Festival Equitation Championship presented by NetJets. Topping the field of 43 was Carlee McCutcheon, from the famous reining family, who has also made a name for herself...

Ralph L. “Larry” Roberts, Sr., 77, patriarch of the family that owns the World Equestrian Centers, died March 19 in Ocala. Mr. Roberts, known as "Senior", was the founder of R+L Carriers. He started in the trucking business in 1965 with a single Ford truck, moving...

Riding with HEART in Pittstown, N.J., is running its spring tack sale next month. Want to donate? (Contributions are tax deductible.) They will accept new and "gently used" equestrian equipment (for horse, rider, or barn) from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, and...

There are some heavy hitters who were named today to the team for the May 14 U.S. Nations Cup, the country's next step toward earning a berth at the Paris Olympics next year. Unlike the Nations Cup in Wellington earlier this month, the May Cup in California is a...

Instead of marking its 50th anniversary next month at the Horse Park of New Jersey, the Four Seasons show will be in limbo. "We're taking a year to regroup," said show manager Mason Garrity as he announced cancellation of the fixture. However, he's not making...