These last 12 months proved that the hunter/jumper world's navy-and-white slump is a thing of the past, as color and individuality reemerged to rule style in the show ring over the course of the year. Thanks to brands like Ogilvy, Personally Preppy, Le Fash, and Grand [...]
When you take into account the sheer volume of equestrian competitions held around the globe every single week of the year, coming up with just six to highlight is no easy task. If 2014 was anything, it was the year of new and ambitious events, [...]
All of a sudden, the final days of 2014 are upon us, and a brand new season lies right around the corner. Who made 2014 worth remembering in the show jumping world? Who reigned supreme as the global leader of the sport? Who stood out [...]
It's not just the holiday season, it's that time of year when there's so much opportunity for downtime and awkward family moments that scrolling through various social feeds becomes more obsessive compulsion/social escapism than daily habit, amiright? It's ok, we're right there with you. Can't [...]
As if on cue, grey clouds parted at midday on Saturday, December 13th to reveal a brilliant citrine sun against a cerulean blue sky. On a lush emerald carpet of pasture grass, 19-year-old show jumper Saphir 270 was the subject of a joyful appreciation party [...]
Every single week of the year, a horse show is put on somewhere in the world. Large or small, glamorous or not so much, it sometimes seems there are so many that they all blend together. Not so. For all the endless options out there, [...]
Young Irishman David Simpson took the Alltech Christmas Puissance at Olympia, The London International Horse Show, by storm on Thursday, wowing a packed house with a bravado display of riding. The contest, an annual favourite, went all the way to five rounds, with Simpson, riding [...]
Let’s make no bones about it – when the news that the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup CSIO4*, traditionally held at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, would move 245 miles north to HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala in 2015, it caused quite [...]
It was a perfectly valid question. "Are you human?" they asked Scott Brash, after he laid down another superhuman win today in Geneva, Switzerland. He chuckled and said that yes, he's human, despite an accent that's often hard to understand. But in the last three [...]
According to the Equine Welfare Alliance, over 140,000 horses from the United States were sent to Mexico or Canada for slaughter last year. Luckily, this number has decreased over the years, thanks in part to selfless animal rescues like Villa Chardonnay Horses with Wings. Founded [...]