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Jung does it again in the 5-star; Coleman repeats a 4-star win at Kentucky
Boyd Martin stood second with Commando 3 going into the show jumping finale at the Defender Kentucky 5-star three-day event on Sunday. The highest-ranked American in the competition knew he had just two chances — slim and none -- of defeating the...
Jung is still number one at the Kentucky 5-star event
Hard to believe, but German superstar Michael Jung fell just short of perfection on the cross-country course at the Defender Kentucky 5-star three-day event Saturday afternoon. The Olympic multi-gold medalist and the superlative fischerChipmunk FRH...
The weather can’t deter Boyd Martin at the Kentucky 5-star
Riding amidst the downpour that wrapped up day two of the Defender Kentucky 5-star eventing dressage on Friday, Boyd Martin did not flinch during the soaking that drenched much of his performance with Commando 3. That type of heroic perseverance,...
Who’s leading at Kentucky? It’s an easy guess
Paraphrasing a saying from the Eighteenth Century that referred to the dominant racehorse, Eclipse, you could sum up the results from day one of the Defender Kentucky 5-star three-day event by saying, “Michael Jung first, the rest nowhere.” The...
Trotting up at Defender Kentucky’s 5-star
Although the weather forecast for the next few days in Lexington, Ky., isn't the best, the sun shone bright (as the song goes) on the Kentucky Horse Park for the Defender 5-star eventing horse inspection Wednesday. Boyd Martin had three horses he...
Yippee! Cowboy up for different kind of World Cup finals
I’ve attended 25 World Cup Finals since the first one held in the U.S. in 1980. Aside from a few special touches, most were like your average fancy European horse show, such as those staged when Volvo was the Cup sponsor in its home city of...
Why it was Santa Anita for the LA28 Olympic equestrian venue (Updated)
In case you're wondering what swung the choice of Santa Anita Park racetrack over Galway Downs to host the 2028 Olympic equestrian competitions, comments from LA 28 Project Director Reynold Hoover may make the decision easier to understand. As...
A venue change for the LA28 Olympic equestrian events
The rumbling and the grumbling have been going on for some time. While Galway Downs in Temecula, Calif., seemed likely to be selected as the host venue for the 2028 Olympic equestrian events, there always was conversation when it was proposed about...
There’s a new spirit at Wellington International
As he drove his golf cart around the Wellington International showgrounds this week, Equestrian Sport Productions CEO Murray Kessler spotted a piece of rubbish in the stabling area. He stopped the cart, retrieved the stray plastic bottle and some...
France tops Show Jumping World Cup final, U.S. rider makes top 10
From start to finish, over three days of competition in Basel, Switzerland, Jullien Epaillard took the lead in the Longines FEI Show Jumping World Cup and never let it go. Over four rounds of jumping, he and his homebred Donatello D'Auge dropped...
Lottie Fry wins World Cup dressage freestyle, where U.S. riders have their ups and a down
You can't always count on a foregone conclusion in dressage, but victory in the Longines FEI World Cup Final for Lottie Fry and the appropriately named Glamourdale had all the earmarks of a sure thing. And that's the way it turned out on Saturday...
Wise riders save their horses at World Cup SJ final
Julien Epaillard took a chance. The Frenchman, who led after Thursday's opening round of the Longines FEI Show Jumping World Cup Final, decided not to compete in what would have been a six-horse jump-off for Friday's second leg of the championship...
A special occasion brings the equestrian community together
With so many social events in the Wellington, Fla., area during the Winter Equestrian Festival, it takes a lot for one to stand out, especially at the end of an intense 12-week circuit. Yet Kevin’s Rockstars Lip Sync Fundraiser was a spectacular...
It takes the best to beat the best in the Rolex grand prix
When show jumper Christian Kukuk said he had quite an "incredible" time on Saturday, he wasn't exaggerating. It started with the birth of his first child, a daughter named Lila. Then in the evening, the 2024 Olympic individual gold medalist faced...
Freestyle success for a duo with heart
Heartbeat is a character. The Dutchbred son of Charmeur doesn’t like other horses, wears a hood with sound-dulling earpieces so he can sleep and has been a “bit of a project,” over the last three years, revealed his rider, Kasey Perry-Glass. But it...
Have fun and do good at the Babington Foundation’s big event: EVENT SOLD OUT
It’s been more than five very long years since show jumper Kevin Babington had a life-changing accident when his horse fell with him in a grand prix. A spinal injury that paralyzed the Irish Olympian from mid-chest down has meant he can’t walk, use...
Longines show jumping headed for New Jersey
The high-profile Longines Global Champions Tour is coming to Liberty State Park in Jersey City, bringing top level show jumpers from around the world to a new venue for the series. They're calling the Sept. 19-21 competition the Longines Global...
The Olympic champ can’t be beaten in Ocala
Being the first to go in a nine-horse jump-off at a $350,000 grand prix is hardly an ideal starting position, but Christian Kukuk of Germany made it pay off Thursday night at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Fla. “It’s always quite difficult,”...
U.S. wins Longines League of Nations
When McLain Ward was making his entrance into the arena for the second round of the Longines League of Nations Saturday night, the crowd welcomed him with a booming roar of appreciation. But they might as well have been silent; McLain didn’t hear...
U.S. Olympians are winners at Global
Helix, who has been Adrienne Lyle's partner for little more than a year, worked with her in impressive harmony to earn a personal best during Friday night's 5-star Grand Prix Freestyle to turn in a score of 80.6 percent at the Adequan Global...
The next generation of show jumpers shines in the 5-star
The younger set took over in the $500,000 Bainbridge Grand Prix Saturday night at the Winter Equestrian Festival, with 24-year-old Emilie Conter of Belgium earning her first 5-star victory. Great Britain's 25-year-old Olympic team gold medalist...
Keep an eye on Skylar Wireman
Versatility, commitment and pure ability all have served jumper rider Skylar Wireman well, but that combination of assets was never better illustrated than by her achievements during February. Still eligible for Under 25 classes, the young...
U.S. dominant in show jumping Nations Cup
The U.S. Show Jumping Team took its tenth victory in the $150,000 Nations Cup in Wellington, Fla., Saturday night. The only all-female squad in the competition accumulated a mere 5 penalties, and the margin was so good that anchor rider Laura Kraut...
New leadership for U.S. eventing
An innovative arrangement to spearhead the USA’s high performance three-day eventing efforts will be led by Leslie Law, who has been serving as the country's eventing development coach. He becomes the team's chef d'equipe while taking on the role...
Where are the dressage kids?
Trainer/rider Nicole DelGiorno is concerned about why more children and young people aren’t riding dressage in the U.S., even as the hunter/jumper/hunt seat equitation ranks are crammed with kids. A four-time North American Youth Championships...
The roots of a local equestrian tradition
About 30,000 or so people go to the Far Hills Race Meeting in New Jersey’s Somerset Hills each October, enjoying an occasion that is social as well as sporting. But who among the steeplechase fans these days has any idea that the glitzy tailgating...
Barisone gets a leg up on a new life
The reins were loosened a bit on dressage trainer Michael Barisone Tuesday, as a judge gave him permission to conduct clinics further afield than he had been permitted to travel since being charged with second-degree attempted murder nearly six...
Doug Payne has turned the page
A team gold medal and individual fourth place in eventing at the Pan American Games, along with the best U.S. finish in the discipline at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, all have made Doug Payne crave more international team experience. But he’s going in...
A devotion to horses inspires Heather Mason
Heather Mason is no dressage queen. That’s not to say she isn’t successful in her chosen discipline—an impressive collection of ribbons and trophies on display in her Lebanon, N.J., home speaks to expertise in training and riding. But for Heather,...
The Essex Horse Trials will return!
The Essex Horse Trials in New Jersey has lived several lives since its founding in the late 1960s, and now it’s about to embark on yet another. This year, it will run on Sunday, June 1, for one day rather than two; hold everything at a single...
Good news on Wellington International upgrade
During a four-week competition-free window at the Wellington International showgrounds in Florida, a lot of improvements have been accomplished—but more are to come once showing is over for the season. Murray Kessler, Wellington International’s...
Eventer suspended on abuse allegations
Allegations of horse abuse "involving numerous horses over an extensive period of time" has prompted the FEI (international equestrian federation) to provisionally suspend American eventer Andrew McConnon and open disciplinary hearings in his...
Utilizing horses to combat wildfires?
How can the risk of devastating western wildfires be reduced in the future? Could part of the solution be horses—wild horses? There is so much blame to go around for the horrific fires raging in Los Angeles. From feckless governmental “leadership”...
Bellissimo sees Wellington as “the quality standard for equestrian living”
Mark Bellissimo hasn’t always been the most popular person in Wellington, Fla. That’s the case even though he revitalized the Winter Equestrian Festival when he bought and improved its showgrounds, and established a special venue for dressage...
Big questions on equestrian element of Isla Carroll project
Wellington, Florida’s Equestrian Preserve Committee was skeptical about plans for a proposed development’s equestrian club, with a 24-stall barn whose occupants would include retired and rescue horses, to be used for riding experiences ranging from...
With the holidays behind us, let’s see what’s ahead for 2025
The empty champagne bottles were recycled. The confetti scattered on the floor has been swept away. A few people returned to work at the end of this week; others will be heading there on Monday. Back to reality. The holidays — which felt like quite...
A look at the year gone by…
Wait just a few minutes before you pop the cork on that bottle of New Year’s Eve champagne. It’s time to look back over 2024, and give our memories a final airing before heading into 2025. When we think about the last 12 months, the first thing...
Remembering those who left us in 2024
As the year comes to a close, let’s put aside some time for paying tribute to those the equestrian community lost this year. Be grateful for the contributions they made and rejoice that we knew them -- or at least knew of them, and admired what...
Thinking of a very special jumper champion from the past
It’s the season for reminiscing, a time to recall the year gone by, which I will do on this website before 2024 ends. But at the moment, I am reaching further back with my nostalgia; a half-century, in fact, remembering a horse and rider who made...
Dutch Olympic dressage horse coming to U.S., courtesy of guess who?
Zen Elite Equestrian has done it again. The stable that bought Helix, Adrienne Lyle's U.S. team Paris Olympic mount, and Bohemian, who was reserve for the Paris Games with Endel Ots, has purchased Indian Rock for Adrienne's 22-year-old student,...
A merry Christmas in London for an Irishman
“I went as fast as I could go and hoped it was good enough,” said Darragh Kenny, explaining the strategy that won him the Longines FEI World Cup Show Jumping Qualifier as the London International Horse Show wrapped up its festive run on Sunday....
Dressage World Champion takes London
From the moment that the majestic notes of “God Save the King” rang out as Lottie Fry entered the ring for her dresage Freestyle at the London International Horse Show on Thursday evening, there was a sense of a great occasion. The British star...
A smoldering jump-off wins Rolex Geneva grand prix for Harrie
McLain Ward came close to topping a historically strong show jumping field on Sunday, but a heartbreaking rail at the last fence in the jump-off gave the Rolex Grand Prix in Geneva to the Netherlands’ Harrie Smolders, who picked up a check for...
It’s a Swiss atop the Rolex IJRC Top Ten
As of Nov. 30, Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs was ranked number 11 in the world, which meant at the entry deadline, he didn’t qualify for Friday night’s Rolex International Jumper Riders Club Top Ten Final competition in Geneva. But when number 10,...
An important boost coming for sport horse well-being
Ask yourself this question: Do you know what medication and therapy your horse is receiving, and why? Is there a good reason for it? Most of all, is it safe? The Chromatic Fund, formally unveiled last week, will pay for collaborative research and...
Ashlee Bond claims her million
There was a time when $1 million show jumping grands prix practically abounded—we had the granddaddy of them all at Spruce Meadows, which was worth $3 million (Canadian) in September, while $1 million classes earlier in this century were offered in...
Show ring great Rodney Jenkins has passed away
A born horseman whose natural ability made him a legend, Rodney Jenkins was the ultimate winner in the days when he reigned as a dominant force on the grand prix circuit with his most famous mount, the equally talented Idle Dice. The Red Rider, who...
Dujardin formally penalized for “abuse of horse,” other charges
Charlotte Dujardin, the former dressage heroine, was penalized Thursday by the FEI with a year’s suspension for a horse-whipping incident captured on video and publicized just before the Paris Olympics, when it gained worldwide attention and...
An event that’s never under the weather
It takes more than a little rain to put a damper on a custom that goes back decades. A field of 20-plus riders braved the showers to ride their beautifully turned-out horses at the Essex Fox Hounds Thanksgiving Meet in Peapack, N.J. “Rain, snow;...
A thoughtful look at eventing safety
Olympic eventing multi-medalist Phllip Dutton put his concerns about the dangers of his sport on social media, and they are worth sharing. He stated: "With the 2024 eventing season coming to a close, I feel it has been a great year for our sport in...
WEF showgrounds sale is official
The former majority owners of Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, Mark Bellissimo, Marsha Dammerman, Lisa Lourie and Roger Smith issued a statement saying their new entity, WI FL Acquisition, LLC completed the purchase of Wellington...
It’s a change of venue for USDF Finals
The U.S. Dressage Federation Finals for 2025 and 2026 are moving to the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio, ending its run at the Kentucky Horse Park, where the competition has been held since its inception. The weather at the end of...
Cook excels as show jumping returns to Santa Anita
Forty years ago, California’s Santa Anita racetrack hosted one of the greatest show jumping competitions of all time—the Olympics. That ended in a team gold for the USA, as well as individual gold for Joe Fargis and silver for Conrad Homfeld. On...
A special horse show survives and thrives
It’s the West coast’s version of “indoors,” the time-honored circuit that runs from the end of September through the beginning of November in the East. The Las Vegas National, hosting the Marshall+Sterling Insurance/U.S. Hunter Jumper Association...
What role will Artificial Intelligence play (someday) in your dressage score?
Not too far down the road, your dressage test likely will be judged to some extent by Artificial Intelligence (AI), as well as a human official. And you probably can expect AI to be used to a certain degree in horse inspections at competitions in...
Matz dominates at the Royal
Three times a winner at Toronto’s Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Alex Matz wrapped up that trifecta with his first-ever Longines FEI World Cup qualifier victory Saturday night. Alex is the 28-year-old son of U.S. Olympian Michael Matz, who won the...
Another equitation victory for Taylor Cawley
“Consistency.” According to judge Scott Fitton, that was the key to Taylor Cawley’s hard-won victory in the ASPCA Maclay hunt seat horsemanship championship at the National Horse Show on Sunday. “We just felt like she stayed right there the same...
What’s next for the Maryland 5-star event?
The MARS Maryland 5-star made a big leap in quality for its third year in 2023, then burnished the details in 2024. “Every year, we just constantly try to figure out, `How do we tweak and adjust elements?’ ” said Terry Hasseltine, executive...
A horse show that’s fun? The ESDCTA Championships fills the bill
The Eastern States Dressage and Combined Training Association Championships and Open Schooling Show is a long way from the high-end competitions that dominate the calendar these days. It’s laid back, relaxed and friendly, a delightful unrecognized...
Boyd ends Pau 5-star with perfect show jumping trip
The USA's Boyd Martin recovered from a rough time last weekend at the Fair Hill, Maryland, event to finish a very respectable fifth place Sunday at the Pau, France, 5-star with Federman B. Boyd took hard cross-country falls in both the 3-star and...
The Wellington showgrounds have been sold
The seemingly endless speculation is over: the Winter Equestrian Festival showgrounds have been sold, with an ambitious nine-figure plan for upgrades on an expanded venue in Wellington, Fla. The buyers are former owners, a group including...
What happened to a favorite at the Maryland 5-star
If Tamie Smith had won the MARS Maryland 5-star event with Mai Baum over the weekend, she knew exactly what she would do after stepping down from the podium. “I can canter on his back standing up. I was hoping I was going to get to do that for the...
The last 5-star eventing clash of 2024 will be fierce
Just four days after the MARS Maryland 5-star wrapped up, the final 5-star of the year got under way at France's Pau venue, known for its twisty/turney cross-country course. World number two Ros Canter of Great Britain leads after dressage on a...
Fourth time’s the charm for Townend
At last! Two thirds and a second at the first three MARS Maryland 5-star events finally added up to a victory Sunday in the fourth renewal for a doggedly determined Oliver Townend of Great Britain. As he sought to reach his goal, the former world...
There’s a leaderboard re-do at the MARS Maryland 5-star event
Could this be the year that Britain’s Oliver Townend finally wins the MARS Maryland 5-star event? After making the podium in the first three editions of the competition, but falling short of victory, he moved closer to taking the title for the...
The new leader at the Mars Maryland 5-star is no surprise
As I was telling you in Thursday’s story about the first half of the MARS Maryland 5-star event’s dressage phase, Mai Baum and Ballaghmor Class would be the ones to watch on the second day of competition at Fair Hill. And so they were. Overnight...
Mars Maryland 5-star gets under way with an exciting line-up
The world’s newest 5-star three-day event may not have drawn a huge field of entries, but there are some very impressive names among the 23 horses going for a piece of the $325,000 purse this weekend. Although the MARS Maryland 5-star is only in...
Young and determined, JJ Torano wins Medal final
JJ Torano became the youngest rider ever to win the Dover Saddlery/U.S. Equestrian Federation Hunter Seat Medal Finals, topping a field of 169 on Sunday at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. A 14-year-old who eligible to ride as age 13 (giving...
An equestrian heritage pays off in USEF Talent Search
Nature vs. nurture. It was the first thing that came to mind when I realized the top four competitors in the Platinum Performance/ U.S. Equestrian Federation Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East came from equestrian families. In case you’re not...
A partnership of dreamers who get things done
They’re a hard-working power couple who rode away from Dressage at Devon with several blue ribbons last weekend. But the story of Shannon Stevens and her husband, Olympic team member Marcus Orlob, is about more than victories. Behind each of the...
Dance-Off jazzes up Dressage at Devon
How does she do it? Silva Martin has three rambunctious little boys at home (and an energetic eventer husband, Boyd Martin). At Dressage at Devon she is riding five horses. No, make that six, because five wasn’t enough. Friday night, Silva got on...
Lots to applaud in the Dressage at Devon freestyle
It’s been 15 years since Kevin Kohmann last rode at Dressage at Devon, and now he’s busy making up for lost time. The Floridian won Friday’s Prix St. Georges and Saturday’s Intermediate I, both with scores over 70 percent on Scala, an intriguing...
A masterful Masterclass during Dressage at Devon
“It’s a simple sport, but it’s hard to do,” mused Brett Parbery as he wrapped up the Jewel Court Stud USA's Masterclass Thursday evening during Dressage at Devon, after giving short lessons to five riders involved in everything from western...
A key player is missing from Dressage at Devon
It was going to be a second chance, of sorts. Marcus Orlob’s Olympic ride on Jane in Paris was cut short after a judge spotted a tiny scratch on her white hind leg, a trifle she sustained after spooking when the horse before her left the ring. Jane...
It’s the end of an era for Suppenkasper, Steffen Peters and Four Winds Farm
They have been a pillar of U.S. dressage teams through more than 80 international competitions, with 59 victories over eight years. The career of Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper has included silver medals at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games and...
Dressage at Devon has it all: Who will be riding? (UPDATE)
The breed and performance competition is great during the week of Kingsview Partners Dressage at Devon, but going beyond that, this Heritage show offers a fun experience combined with the opportunity to learn. It’s really a multi-dimensional...
Princeton shows cancelled for the autumn
A lack of entries has led Princeton Show Jumping to cancel its three remaining shows for the season, which would have been held this month and in October. Andrew Philbrick, who runs the hunter/jumper venue in Montgomery Township, N.J., attributes...
USEF replies to Princeton Show Jumping concerns
Entries for U.S. Equestrian Federation-licensed shows were up 30,000 from 2022 to 2023, and figures for this year through July are on track for another projected increase, according to the federation’s CEO, Bill Moroney. “Overall, our numbers are...
Development plans for Monmouth Park include racing as a priority
Multifamily housing, a 200-room hotel, retail offerings, entertainment elements and youth sports facilities are slated for the 80 acres around Monmouth Park, where racing is slated to continue at the New Jersey track under an 85-year lease...
Bad news, good news for competitions in Las Vegas
Cancellation of the November Las Vegas qualifier for the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League has led to new possibilities for the Marshall+Sterling Insurance/USHJA National Championships, which had been scheduled to run...
What a wild weekend!
So much incredible competition went on in all the disciplines this weekend that it was positively head-spinning trying to keep up. But we managed. First, let's deal with the richest grand prix in the world, the $3 million (Canadian) CPKC...
HITS grand prix topped by an international trio
Jump-offs can be cutthroat affairs when the stakes are high and there is, as the British would say, all to play for. Speaking of the British, they accounted for two-thirds of the top placings in Saturday’s Core Specialty Insurance $250,000 4-star...
Belgian Olympic event horse positive for banned substance, could change results
The fourth-place finish of the Belgian eventing team at the Paris Olympics could be in jeopardy The Belgian Equestrian Federation has been informed that Tine Magnus’ horse, Dia van het Lichterveld, had a positive test (A-sample) for a banned...
They did it! U.S. Para team takes gold
The U.S. Paralympic Dressage Team earned its first-ever team gold, securing the title with a score of 235.567 following three team rides Friday from Roxanne Trunnell (Grade I) and Fanta Tastico H, Fiona Howard (Grade II) and Diamond Dunes, and...
Weber sets a four-in-hand record
Chester Weber, who has long been a star in the dressage segment of four-in-hand driving, outdid himself on Friday in Hungary with a record score of 31.06 penalties. He leads the field of 41 at the world championships, earning four 10s and one 9.5...
A mentor who was a special inspiration has left us
Jack Levy wasn’t a horseman to begin with. He was in the nursing uniform industry, where he did wholesale, retail and catalogues when he got a call from Miller Harness Co., which was looking for a CEO with his skill set.. His experience got him the...
Michael Barisone is heading south
Michael Barisone made progress toward resuming his career as a dressage trainer on Friday, when a judge gave permission for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team alternate to leave New Jersey and travel to his Florida horse farm. “I do think it is appropriate...
U.S. Open championships will showcase the country’s best horses and riders
A new competition series with $1 million in prize money for dressage, show jumping and eventing is being launched by the U.S. Equestrian Federation, with an eye toward the 2028 Olympics in California. The disciplines all will have qualifiers and a...
Help Kevin Babington while you enjoy a special horse show
Six years ago, the life of the Babington family changed forever. Top international show jumper Kevin Babington suffered a disastrous fall with his horse in a grand prix, a crash that left him with a contusion of the spinal cord as a result of...
Dalera goes out on top
It was an obvious decision -- after winning her second Olympic individual gold medal this month and earning a host of other global titles over the years, German dressage queen TSF Dalera BB will be retired from competition, rider Jessica von...
Chromatic’s loss has resulted in a gain for U.S. sport horses
The tragic death of Chromatic BF at April’s FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final in Saudi Arabia has sparked a three-part U.S. Equestrian Federation welfare initiative, designed to improve the safety and well-being of sport horses. In the bigger...
A young star on the way up: Simonson takes Brentina Cup
For three-time Olympian Adrienne Lyle, the Adequan®/USEF Brentina Cup Dressage National Championship has taken on the status of a tradition. The Cup for riders under 25, is named for the stellar dressage mare ridden by Adrienne’s coach and mentor,...
Vale gets a piece of the Dublin grand prix
It’s been a long road for Aaron Vale and Carissimo 25 this year, winding through Abu Dhabi, Rome, elsewhere in Europe and now Dublin. But he and the brilliant chestnut reached the personal pinnacle of their partnership (so far) with a third-place...
Dublin is golden for US show jumpers
The prestigious Nations Cup of Ireland on Friday stacked up to be a match between the U.S., which hadn’t won the Aga Khan trophy since 2017 and Ireland, a country with a habit of fielding winning teams this year. And so it was at the end of the...
It’s time to bid the Paris Olympics “adieu”
The 2024 Paris Olympics is a long way from Chariots of Fire, the Best Picture of 1981, which depicted the Paris Games of 100 years ago. That was an idealistic time, with participation limited to amateurs, when athletes sought glory for their...
The incredible backstory of an Olympic gold medalist and his horse
The new Olympic individual show jumping gold medalist, Christian Kukuk, is known to have been mentored by another Olympic gold medalist, Ludger Beerbaum. But it would seem that the foundation for his prowess was laid in Christian's genes by his...
Germany does it again with victory in the Olympic individual show jumping
Germany clinched a clean sweep of the individual equestrian medals at the Paris Olympics today, with Christian Kukuk and the dazzling grey Westfalian gelding, Checker, producing the only double-clear effort in a dramatic tiebreaker for the show...
Germans get dressage gold again, but not the highest individual score
For the fifteenth time, Germany won dressage team gold at the Olympics, but the margin in Paris on Saturday was so small that the outcome was in doubt until the very end of the competition. Germany’s edge over silver medal Denmark in the Grand Prix...
U.S. Olympic equestrian medal drought ends in show jumping silver
Britain earned its first Olympic show jumping team gold since the landmark 2012 London Olympics with a mere 2 time penalties Friday, as the U.S. claimed silver on 4 faults and France was third with 7. The Brits took the lead with a 1-time penalty...
Jung takes individual gold; Britain dominates in Paris team eventing: UPDATE
It was a historic day at the Olympics, for Germany's Michael (Michi) Jung and the British. Let's rename the country "Very Great" Britain. The British eventing team of Laura Collett Ros Canter and Tom McEwen at the Paris Games defended its Tokyo...
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