After more than 20 years in the business, Guillermo Obligado has learned many things, not the least of which is how to give back to the equine industry as a valuable mentor. With his most memorable horse, the striking bay gelding Carlson, Obligado enjoyed representing [...]
The riders and horses are in France, the warmup class is in the books, and on Friday, April 18th, the 2014 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final will begin! So fire up your computers, Apple TV, iPads or even your phones, and get ready to [...]
[Pinole, CA] Just in time for spring, a new product is revolutionizing how people bathe their horses!. Mrs. Conn’s Bath Day Enriched Sponges eliminate the hassle and make bathing a fun, fresh experience for horses and their riders. These innovative sponges start dry and are [...]
If to you, the perfect job with horses includes cleaning stalls in the shadow of a castle and rubbing elbows with royalty, then today is your lucky day. None other than Queen Elizabeth (or her servant’s servant’s servant) is looking for a groom at Windsor [...]
Marilyn Little walked down her barn aisle in 2010, assessing her horses one by one. It wasn’t any ordinary wellness check that the established show jumping trainer and grand prix rider was performing. She’d just watched the cross-country portion of eventing at the 2010 Alltech [...]
Excitement is building for The Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final, which begins just 8 days from now, on April 17th in beautiful Lyon, France (shown above). After a quarter-century long drought in which the USA couldn’t capture the World Cup Final trophy, Rich Fellers [...]
Every year before the American Invitational Grand Prix, a promising young show jumping rider is honored by the United States Equestrian Federation with the Maxine Beard award. This year, the Invitational was held in Miami, FL on April 5th, and before the class began, Jessica [...]
H&S friend Emily Allongo Photography stopped by the annual WEF Parade of Champions on Saturday afternoon to capture a few of the triumphant human and equine faces who earned circuit championships during the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival. Enjoy these moments from the Parade [...]
On the final afternoon of the 2014 Winter Equestrian Festival, a small chestnut gelding took his own final lap around the International Arena, regarding the small group that had gathered in his honor, and the garland of flowers placed around his neck, with an expression [...]
[Wellington, FL] As a top show jumper, Molly Ashe Cawley has ridden in her fair share of jump offs. Yesterday however, she rode in a jump off that was strikingly different than any of the others – it took place in a hunter derby. After a [...]