"They look like two little tanks." That description accompanied a very good hunter round I had just completed on a stallion pony I was catch riding at the Carousel Horse Show, in Antioch, CA in the mid 1990s. That line, written on the judge’s card, [...]
Peter Samuels holds a distinct honor among 44 years of artists associated with the Menlo Charity Horse Show – he is the very first photographer to be chosen as Menlo’s “Artist of the Year." He has produced a vast body of work during his 20 [...]
If anyone can appreciate a lady in a gown on top of a Thoroughbred, it’s pony people. Gracie did a little jig when I bounced on top of her. She’s a feisty little mare that’s more used to a saddle touching her back, rather than [...]
Get your etiquette on, ladies and gentlemen. I think it’s high time we put down our tellies and picked up some quill and ink, don’t you think? Call me old fashioned, but sometimes a text message just doesn’t have the same charm as a handwritten [...]
An American living outside Paris, France is the unofficial godmother to Nougat du Vallet, Katie Dinan’s phenomenal show jumper. Petite with a pixie hair cut, 57-year-old Sandy Kofmehl trained and competed Nougat de Vallet, better known as “NuNu” in the stable, to great success over [...]
With unmistakable style and a wild sense of humor, Jessie Drea lit up the Saut Hermès Jumping International in Paris, France, back in March. Her triumphant win on Touchable (Touchdown x Irco Mena) in the Les Talent Hermès under 25 team competition put her on [...]
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 [...]
A master shoe cobbler works quietly on a strange machine of a bygone industrial era. A second-generation worker hammers countless nails into a single shoe. Anyone could say that it’s an art of the past, or even, a dying art. But they are master shoe [...]
Wellington, FL specializes in combining fundraisers and equestrian activities during winter season, and this past Friday night there was one more reason to gather for a good cause during the annual Challenge of the Americas. It's not hard to tell from the pink theme that [...]
Last week, the show jumping world was pleasantly surprised by the announcement of a new partnership between Hermès and the United States Show Jumping Team. H&S was invited to attend the official announcement and celebration of the partnership, held in one of Wellington, Florida's poshest barns, [...]