This May, the United States Equestrian Federation announced a new structure for the Platinum Performance/USEF Talent Search, long known as a proving ground for top young riders in the USA. The Talent Search serves as a showcase for their show jumping skills, but in recent [...]
It’s a rare equine that can compete in its first grand prix, switch tack and go on to lay down a top equitation round within the space of an hour. So when the horse version of an all-star athlete was spotted over the weekend at Sonoma Horse [...]
Last week, the Federation Equestre Internationale thrilled the people of Omaha, Nebraska with its announcement that 2017 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping and FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals will be held there. Eschewing the more likely candidate locales of London and Holland, the FEI chose to [...]
[Sonoma, CA] It's so nice to be "home" again on the West Coast, where the horse shows are filled with friends, the atmosphere is laid back, and if you're at the Sonoma Horse Park, the wine flows freely. Ashley Herman continues to put together a [...]
If not for a horse aptly named Classified, Amber Aslin may have never been inspired to start her online hunter/jumper marketing and sales business. Classified, or “Casey,” is a constant reminder of why she works so hard at her job to facilitate that perfect match [...]
So, what did you do last weekend? If you were a top-level (or top income level) show jumper, chances are you were in St. Tropez, France, at Brazil’s most exclusive horse show. That’s right, a CSI5* show that saw its first two editions unfold in [...]
[North Salem, NY] Darragh Kenny captured his third victory at the 2014 Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows in the $35,000 New York Welcome Stake on Friday, May 9th, this time on Postage Stamp Farm's Prof de la Roque. The pair went first in a 14-horse [...]
Today I retuned from six days on the road coaching the Stanford University collegiate equestrian team at the 2014 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Finals. I have never been so hungry for so long in all of my life. As all of us who spend [...]
[North Salem, NY] The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows return for their 32nd year in 2014 with two weeks of exceptional equestrian sport on May 6-11 and May 13–18 at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, NY. The shows feature over 130 hunter and [...]
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 [...]