Christie’s is proud to announce The Art of the Horse, a ground-breaking cross-departmental private sales exhibition to be showcased in Shanghai and Hong Kong this fall at the culmination of the Chinese Year of the Horse. Coinciding with the grand opening of Christie’s new Shanghai [...]
A single morning of riding in Iceland provided enough scenic views and exciting moments to fill not only a magazine article, but an entire book. How do you sum up the trip of a lifetime? While I try to figure that out, let’s start with [...]
If you want to get to know a horse, spend eight hours per day in the saddle either riding him or observing him as he runs loose beside you. It was in that unique way to that I learned the personalities and herd dynamics of the [...]
"I feel like it's a bit of a dream, like pinch me. I'm still a little bit in shock." That is what the winner of the 2014 USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals had to say after her finish, and it is no wonder Liza Boyd [...]
Let’s go with “determined, ” rather than “stubborn,” when describing the people of Iceland. After all, it was a very determined farmer who, when told by the government that it would not be possible to develop a road along sheer ocean cliffs on the literal edge of the [...]
Lexington, Ky. - The United States Equestrian Federation has named four athletes to the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Additionally, one horse-and-athlete combination has been named as the Traveling Reserve, and five horse-and-athlete combinations have been named as alternates. [...]
They say that the descent into the Ísafjörður Airport in Iceland is one of the world’s most difficult landings. The plane skims so close to the mountain on its right side that passengers can make out every rock and goat path on its slope before the [...]
It's been an adjustment living in Ireland, but not for the reasons you might think. Whenever I hear the clip clop of hooves I rush to my window to catch a glimpse of a carriage horse trotting down my street. So for me, and the [...]
The brand new book Sandsablaze, by Kimberly Gatto, pays due deference to the amazing partnership between rider Buddy Brown and one of the greatest American Thoroughbreds of the past century. Their achievement, which will probably never be repeated, demonstrates an equine versatility that is 100 [...]
It was a lucky elderly lady who happened to wander up ringside and stand next to me last night at the Menlo Charity Horse Show in Atherton, CA. With something like stars in their eyes, they watched the horses gallop by and asked questions out [...]