Defending champions Black Watch ticked past team Veuve Clicquot in a 6-5 victory at the fourth annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, held on New York City’s Governors Island June 5. Led by renowned Argentine polo player and internationally famous face of Ralph Lauren’s Polo Fragrances, Nacho Figueras led his Black Watch team through four chukkas […]
Olympic champion Eric Lamaze, 43, is celebrating after securing the No. 1 slot on the Rolex World Jumper Rankings this week. The Canadian’s back-to-back Grand Prix wins at La Baule and Rome on the super-stallion Hickstead have put him 111 points ahead of 31-year-old Kevin Staut of France, who had topped the Rolex Rankings since […]
Running a 65-horse stable on top of a busy competition and training schedule doesn’t seem like it would leave much time for starting a sideline business, but San Diego’s Shannon Peters has done just that, with her ShowRingShine boot polishing kit. The wife of Olympic rider Steffen Peters and an accomplished dressage competitor in her […]
National Horse Show president Mason Phelps, Jr., announced in May that E. Hunter Harrison was named chairman of the board for the National Horse Show Association of America Ltd. Born in Tennessee, Harrison served for many years as president and CEO of the Canadian National Railway before retiring in 2009. He has left a legacy […]
Adolfo Cambiaso returns for his second season of high goal polo at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. Cambiaso was the top ranked polo player in the world when he made his SBP debut last year, joining John Muse and the Lucchese team. He ultimately helped Lucchese maintain a perfect record for the season […]
On June 3 the Netherlands galloped off with first place at the Nation’s Cup in St. Gallen, finishing on a mere 5 faults. Rich Fellers and Flexible placed second at the Longines Grand Prix of Switzerland. In the third round of the FEI summer Cup series, Great Britain and the home team of Switzerland tied […]
As summer comes to Southern California and most people are heading to the beach, we’ll all be heading to the barn. Getting into our breeches, however, can sometimes be as frustrating as finding that perfect bikini. Luckily, with so many brands and styles available, it’s easier than ever to shop for your body type. Here […]
For 20 years, riders from the Paddock Riding Club in Atwater Village and other equestrians in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles have been trying to get a bridge built that would allow proper access to the trails of Griffith Park without having to ford the sometimes slick and treacherous L.A. River. On April […]
The 2011 Western States Trail Ride, also known as the Tevis Cup, runs July 16–17 (editor’s note: The Tevis Cup was rescheduled for October and the educational ride to July), starting in Lake Tahoe. To help riders prepare for that grueling test of 100 miles in 24 hours, organizers are mounting the fourth annual Tevis […]
There’s much concern—and even some hysteria and misinformation—about an outbreak of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) caused by Equine Herpes Virus 1 (EHV-1) that occurred at the National Cutting Horse Association’s Western National Championships in Ogden, Utah, from April 30–May 8. As of May 25, there were 18 confirmed cases of EHM in California; one was […]
