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Eric Lamaze will compete no more
Eric Lamaze, the Canadian Olympic show jumping gold medalist has retired from competition due to his health issues, but will continue to serve as technical advisor and chef d'equipe for his country's show jumping team. Eric, who has been battling brain cancer since...
Brits get show jumping help from Belgium
Stanny Van Paesschen, who represented Belgium at the Olympics and managed medal-winning showjumping teams internationally, will take on the technical expert role for British Equestrian and British Showjumping. Several new roles have been developed following a full...
Jury still out in Barisone trial
The jury finished its third day of deliberations this afternoon in the attempted murder trial of dressage trainer Michael Barisone. The panel of 10 men and two women in Morristown, N.J., spent the morning listening to an audio track that replayed the testimony from...
The jury gets Michael Barisone’s case
The prosecution and defense summed up today in the Michael Barisone attempted murder case. Click here to read the story. The defense is trying to convince the jury that Brisone was insane, pushed over the edge by his tenants Lauren Kanarek and Robert Goodwin. Barisone...
No verdict yet in Barisone trial
The jury in dressage trainer Michael Barisone's attempted murder case continued deliberations today and left this afternoon without returning a verdict. The panel of 10 men and two women has asked to have the lengthy testimony of defense psychiatrist Dr. Steven...
Did Barisone remember the shooting? Experts disagree
Michael Barisone had "interpersonal problems" and "a longstanding conflict" with student Lauren Kanarek and her boyfriend, Robert Goodwin, in Florida during the winters of 2018 and 2019, according to Dr. Louis Schlesinger, a psychology professor at the John Jay...
Barisone gets a psychiatric diagnosis
An increasingly panicked and desperate Michael Barisone was trying to get help as his life was spinning out of control, a psychiatrist testified today in the dressage trainer's trial on attempted murder and weapon charges. The expert witness, Dr. Steven Simring,...
Nancy Whitehead is gone
Beloved Illinois trainer Nancy Whitehead has died. She was found on a recliner in her condo yesterday. An autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death, according to her longtime friend, Nick Novak. Nancy was the winner of the U.S. Hunter Jumper...
UPDATE: Testimony about Barisone’s mental state came from high-profile riders on the seventh day of his trial
(There is a correction in the 15th paragraph) Just days before the shooting of Lauren Kanarek, wheels were in motion to have her leave dressage trainer Michael Barisone's farm, where testimony in his attempted murder trial revealed the atmosphere had become poisonous....
The defense begins in the Barisone attempted murder trial
A truck driver hired by Michael Barisone to keep watch over the dressage trainer's stable amid discord at the property said his friend was "so messed up he could hardly even talk." An ongoing dispute between Barisone and two tenants he was trying to evict from his...
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