U.S. riders Rich Fellers, Richard Spooner and Reed Kessler rocked day one of the Spruce Meadows North American, winning three big classes at the event, which kicked off July 4 and runs through July 8 in Calgary. On July 5 it was countryman McLain Ward and Rothchild that won the $35,000 1.60m PwC Cup, while […]
German dressage rider Matthias Rath has withdrawn himself and his champion mount Totilas from consideration for the 2012 Olympics. The announcement was made today at the CDIO Aachen, where the duo missed its second Olympic selection trial. Rath, 27, has been suffering from mononucleosis. Totilas was the 2010 Reem Acra World Cup Dressage winner with […]
Thirty-one-year-old French rider Kevin Staut scored a surprise win at the Grand Prix of Monaco, capping one of the most unpredictable tournaments of the 2012 Global Champions Tour. Staut triumphed on the Belgian-bred gelding Reveur de Hurtebise, even though horse and rider have only been a team for a mere two months. He was last […]
At first read, the subject was a bit too close to home ―literally! Hush Money by Chuck Greaves is set in the equestrian world of Pasadena and my beloved Flintridge Riding Club, a few blocks away from where I live. But after all, this is fiction. I couldn’t wait to crack it open! I’m glad […]
