Dressage World Champion Charlotte (Lottie) Fry may have won the Grand Prix on the aptly named Glamourdale at the London International Horse Show Thursday, but much of the crowd's attention also was on runner-up Charlotte Dujardin aboard Alive and...

He wasn't going to make the same mistake twice. The world's number one-ranked show jumper, Kent Farrington, was a brilliant combination of determination and precision aboard Greya to win the 1.2 million Euro ($1.4 million U.S.) Rolex Grand Prix in...

World number one-ranked show jumper Kent Farrington of the USA was concise in commenting on his performance after losing the Rolex International Jumping Riders Top 10 Final by 0.16 seconds to Great Britain's Scott Brash on Friday night. "The horse...

Highlighting Santa Anita Park's continued relevance for equestrian sport, the 5-star Split Rock horse show at the vintage California track glittered with a $400,000 Longines FEI World Cup qualifier last month. The brooding multi-hued San Gabriel...

Nearly two hours before the Essex Fox Hounds moved off through the countryside Thursday morning, tailgaters were streaming into the big field at Ellistan, the Peapack, N.J., estate that has hosted the hunt's Thanksgiving meet for generations. It's...

The mentor and his protege battled it out in the $400,000 Longines FEI World Cup qualifier at Santa Anita Saturday night, with only the narrowest of margins separating them in the standings. While U.S. Olympic multi-medalist and World Cup champion...

Belgium's Gregory Wathelet "came to California to get the sun." Instead, he got rain; cold, pouring rain in Arcadia Thursday night during the 1/ST Split Rock show at Santa Anita Racetrack. But Gregory also got $30,000 for winning the $100,000...

Ben Ebeling scored a personal best with Bellena to win the Grand Prix Freestyle Saturday night at the inaugural US Open of Dressage. He came oh-so-close to the treasured 80 percent mark with a score of 79.930 percent. Two judges actually gave him...

Anna Marek, who topped the series of qualifiers for this weekend's debut of the US Dressage Open, also was first with Fayvel in the Grand Prix at California's Desert International Horse Park Friday night. Now she's looking forward to Saturday...

Right after the FEI General Assembly voted to revise some restrictions included in the blood rule for show jumping, the reaction started rolling in. The changes approved at the gathering in Hong Kong on Friday authorize issuance of warnings for the...

From his first round over the jumps to his last ride in front of the judges, JJ Torano dominated the finals of the ASPCA Maclay equitation championship at the National Horse Show in Kentucky on Sunday. The 15-year-old ranked first after all 176...

Barns, stables and related agricultural buildings have a distinctive tale to tell, wherever you can find them. They may be landmarks. Or perhaps they are hidden in plain sight; you just have to discover their charm. A variety of these iconic...

I wasn't around for the first Badminton Three-Day, or even the first Kentucky event. But I have covered every MARS Maryland 5-Star at Fair Hill since that fixture started five years ago. So I've monitored first-hand the impressive annual evolution...

From dressage through cross-country and nearly around the entire show jumping course, Will Coleman was the leader in the  inaugural $200,000 U.S. Open with his trusty Off the Record. Then the only American combination to have won eventing at Aachen...

Will Coleman made Derek di Grazia's cross-country course look easy (even though it wasn't) as the rider and his veteran, Off the Record, were able to hold their lead from dressage during the debut of the U.S. Open of Eventing Final. Timmy, as the...

The new U.S. Open of Eventing Final is ongoing at the Morven Park International Equestrian Center in Virginia, the week before the Maryland 5-star and two weeks before the Pau, France, 5-star. Next month, there's the 4-star Long at TerraNova near...

The U.S. Equestrian Federation's Show Jumping Talent Search Finals has a purpose. The class, sponsored by Platinum Performance, was conceived to scout young riders with the potential to ride on U.S. teams. Previous winners include McLain Ward,...

The half-century celebration of Kingsview Partners Dressage at Devon came to an end on Sunday, renewing many friendships as well as a determination to keep the show going and create more treasured memories for the sport. Scores of those who have...

Adrienne Sternlicht loves her horse. The affection is well-deserved He got a grateful kiss from her after a fault-free first round in the $200,000 Blue Diamond Cup Grand Prix. Then there was another heartfelt smooch after his victorious trip in the...

It's been more than three years since dressage rider Michael Barisone was found not guilty by reason of insanity on a charge of second-degree attempted murder, and bit by bit, he is regaining some autonomy. At his eighth Krol hearing Tuesday, the...

If I had asked you to guess on Sunday morning which U.S. competitor would be second in the world's richest grand prix at the Spruce Meadows Masters during the afternoon, you might have guessed Lillie Keenan, who has been rolling out double-clear...

Saturday was British Day in several ways at the Spruce Meadows Masters. The designation was made long before the hard-fought BMO Nations Cup took place this afternoon, with Sophie, Britain's Duchess of Edinburgh, as the honored guest. But the...

Not only is she a wonderful rider and trainer, three-time Olympian Adrienne Lyle also is a top class coach, whose many strengths were on display at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions over the weekend with victory after victory. She won the...

Lana Lobell was a picturesque landmark farm known around the world for the standardbreds it produced. The horses, used for harness racing, were bred and trained at the Bedminster, N.J., facility. A number won such prestigious races as the...

During his long-running career, show jumper Eddie Blue probably is best known for a surprise second-place finish in the 2018 FEI World Cup finals, before going on to be part of the U.S. gold medal team at the FEI World Equestrian Games later that...

Laura Kraut's victory on Bisquetta with the only clear round in the Rolex Grand Prix of Ireland Sunday was more than just a fantastic American triumph. The fact that a 59-year-old grandmother captured the feature on the last day of the illustrious...

Despite a bravura performance from McLain Ward and Callas, the U.S. just missed the podium in the Dublin Horse Show's Nations Cup, where a victory would have meant its second year in a row taking the coveted Aga Khan trophy. McLain was one of only...

The man who led the Desert International Horse Park in its transformation as a California venue to be reckoned with has been bought out of the partnership that purchased the venue six years ago. In his farewell statement Wednesday night, DIHP CEO...

The name of Debbie Haimowitz isn't engraved on sterling silver trophies, inscribed on Hall of Fame plaques or mentioned in books about equestrian sport. Her contributions to the horse world aren't the kind that bring fame, but they were...

It wasn't quite a wire-to-wire win, but Germany's Richard Vogel led brilliantly most of the way to take richly deserved individual honors during the Longines FEI European Jumping Championship at Casas Novas in A Coruña, Spain on Sunday. Never...

Belgium made a great podium leap from third place to take gold Friday at the Longines FEI  European Jumping Championships for the first time since 2019. The scores were so close it could have been anybody's gold among the top three. Britain, which...

A spectacular victory in the Rolex Grand Prix of Falsterbo, Sweden, once again demonstrated the effectiveness of show jumper Karl Cook and the incredible Caracole de la Roque against both the clock and a stellar field of rivals. It was the second...

But the U.S. show jumping team came very close in the Agria Falsterbo Nations Cup Friday, finishing second to the Swedish home squad by 4 penalties. It broke a tie by being better on the clock than Ireland, which also had 8 penalties over two...

The drama of running cross-country as the last phase at the Aachen UBS Cup eventing Saturday kept the tension at high velocity, as the lead switched back and forth over Giuseppe Della Chiesa's roller coaster of a course that asked intriguing...

After Friday's dressage and stadium jumping phases of Aachen's UBS Cup eventing, the U.S. stands fourth, behind Great Britain--no surprise to see that nation leading--with 91.200 penalties, New Zealand (94.400) and Germany (96.100). Although...

One of the world's fastest show jumpers blended talents with her speed-loving rider to take the $355,000 Grand Prix of Rotterdam Sunday in an eight-horse jump-off. Caracole de la Roque and Karl Cook did what they do best when the clock is ticking...

Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, an innovator for U.S.dressage and the owner of Pennsylvania's renowned Iron Spring Farm, died Monday at the age of 75. She was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from KWPN-North American in 2025, a tribute to...

Team Great Britain reminds us today about the amazing tale of how Harry Charles replicated his father's Olympic show jumping team gold medal performance, a little over a decade after Peter Charles stood on the podium in London. Since Harry has been...

"When a correction takes too long, you miss a training opportunity." "Find a better frame and neck position before asking for a canter depart." "Your horse needs to learn to be less dependent on you -- self carriage!" "I never saw the benefit of...

An eventing competition that nearly didn't happen contradicted the skeptics with a memorable Sunday of sport at Moorland Farm in Far Hills, N.J. "It was a total success," declared eventer, trainer and Olympic judge Marilyn Payne, who rode in the...

Devon was packed wall-to-wall with spectators, from the ringside blue benches and the fans in the jammed standing-room-only area behind them, up to the box seats. There were enthusiastic visitors in every nook and cranny that would permit even a...

A perfect round under pressure--which is the trademark of anchor rider McLain Ward--avoided a jump-off and clinched the first U.S. victory since 2009 in the Rome Nations Cup on Friday. Aboard his newest mount, Imperial HBF, McLain's performance in...

It was a great day for the Irish at the $135,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix on Sunday in New York. But it wasn’t the luck of the Irish that had riders from the Emerald Isle finishing first through fourth in the class, according to course designer...

Since the 1960s, there have been a few different versions of the Essex Horse Trials, though its name has always meant something in the world of three-day eventing. It started as a local event in New Jersey, growing to become one of the country’s...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...