How rider Pat Bennett turned ALS into a diagnosis for not giving up No one knows how long they have. That’s what Pat Bennett’s doctor told her as she sat in a quiet medical office, staring straight ahead as the careful explanation of her diagnosis [...]
If you build it, they will come. That's been the philosophy of Nona Garson and George D'Ambrosio these last few seasons, as they've quietly grown a different kind of show series in Wellington, FL. In some ways, it exists in the shadow the the Winter [...]
Bigger, better, faster, stronger. That's right, I had the lyrics to a Kanye West song in my head during this year's opening press conference at the Winter Equestrian Festival, one day before competition began on Tuesday, January 6th. The annual event kicks off the WEF [...]
By now you've almost certainly heard that this year, everything worked out in the riders' favor at the $125,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix to produce blue skies, perfect footing, and a gorgeous afternoon of show jumping in a prestigious location. Go here to catch the [...]
During the first two years of the Trump Invitational, it seemed that we couldn’t have one thing without another. In 2013, the sun streamed down. . . onto unsafe footing that was unprepared for holding up to the test of galloping hooves. In 2014, the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]