Giacomo Casadei (ITA) with his mount Darna Z (FEI / Liz Gregg) A day of fantastic sport capped off the equestrian events of the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 with a last decisive dash for the individual medals in a five-way jump off. Having produced clears all week, Giacomo Casadei (ITA) sailed through the…
Michael Jung and Lennox 364. Photo by: Mariusz Chmieliński. Michael Jung (GER) with the 10-year-old Lennox 364 won the CI-long3* class, the most prestigious class during Strzegom October Festival. It was an exhilarating showjumping trial played out between the current Olympic champion and the team gold medallist from this year’s World Equestrian Games, Gemma Tattersall…
Kent Farrington and Creedance. Photo Credit ©Sportfot. Mill Spring, NC – October 12, 2018 – Kent Farrington (USA) and Creedance secured the win in the $35,000 1.50m Horseware Ireland Welcome Stake CSI 3* at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) as part of Equus Events Tryon Fall 3 CSI 3* competition. Farrington flew through the jump-off…
Warrenton, VA (October 11, 2018) – Lighting up the show ring has been a common occurrence for Kat Fuqua and her team of hunter horses and ponies, but the accomplished pony and junior hunter rider found her talents being used in a totally new way this September. Fuqua and Finesse RF, known around the barn…
It’s all treats at Old Friends… even on Halloween. Recently, we’ve been treated to a great ride on Next Shares who flew to victory in the $250,000 Old Friends Stakes at Kentucky Downs. In the winner’s circle, trainer Richard Baltus explained that one reason he brought his five-year-old gelding from his home ground at Santa…
With his pure white coat with just a black “sun visor” for a marking, Smokin White Gun, known as “Danny,” has become one of the best-recognized horses at the Western Dressage World Show. But Danny is unique for another reason: He is deaf. Deafness can be associated with lack of skin pigmentation, says his rider,…
When a real horse walks into a child’s hospital room it is always a magical experience. Therapy horse Magic is celebrating ten years of bringing her special magic to adults and children who need it most. Magic has comforted survivors and first responders of the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT,…
USA’s Mattie Hatcher on Santa Rosa Valery. (FEI / Liz Gregg) Round 2 of the equestrian team competitions at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 had everyone on the edge of their seats, as Team North America and Team Europe battled for the gold medal in a nail-biting jump off, whilst Team Africa settled…
Peter Lutz, Eugenio Garza Perez & Kelly Cruciotti. (FEI/Winslow Photography) A victory in the $135,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Columbus stamped the 10-year-old Zangersheide Victer Finn Dh Z as a horse to watch this season on the North American League. Eugenio Garza Perez (MEX) rode the bay gelding to the top of the podium…
Photo: Mariusz Chmieliński. 420 horses have been submitted to compete at Strzegom October Festival. Morawa has not yet seen so many competitors! International eventing competition Strzegom October Festival finishes the 2018 sport season in Stragona Equestrian Centre. It’s the last chance this year for the audience to see equestrian competitions at the hippodrome in Morawa….
