Every weekend, at rodeos from Illinois to California, teams of young Mexican American women climb onto sidesaddles in elegant charra suits or ruffled adelita dresses. Weaving their horses through thrilling, high speed ballets known as escaramuzas (from the Spanish word for “skirmish”), they help to preserve the traditional equestrian culture of La Charrería brought here […]
France’s Pénélope Leprevost won the Grand Prix of Austria CSI5*, but it’s Aussie Edwina Tops-Alexander and Swede Rolf-Göran Bengtsson who won the day on Sept. 22. This marked the high point of the eleventh stop on the Global Champions Tour and the pair are in a tie for first as they head to the circuit […]
Jessica Springsteen has purchased Vindicat W, the 10-year-old KWPN gelding British rider Peter Charles rode to team Gold at the 2012 Olympics. Springsteen, a 20-year-old U.S. rider with Olympic aspirations of her own. She was on the long list of United States Equestrian Federation contenders for the London Games. She has spent the past few […]
California has lost one of its brightest rodeo stars, Broc Cresta, who was found dead on July 28 in his mobile home at the Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, WY. Cresta, who was only 25, was a two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo contender in the team roping category. Cresta’s cause of death was subsequently ruled […]
The USA’s Laura Kraut and Cedric notched their the first-ever Global Champions Tour victory, the $374,000 Grand Prix of Switzerland in Lausanne, Sept. 15. Riding the 14-year-old KWPN gelding, Kraut (Palm Beach, FL) was one of only two to go clear in all three rounds, the other being Sweden’s Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Casall La Silla. […]
Carlo 272, the 11-year-old grey gelding that was British rider Nick Skelton’s reserve horse for the Olympics, has been sold to Spanish show jumper Sergio Alvares Moya. With Skelton, Carlo (Contender x Cascavelle) has won numerous international grand prix classes, including at Hamburg, Chantilly, La Baule and Wellington. During the European Championships in Madrid the […]
Great Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin and the 10-year-old Dutch warmblood gelding Valegro, double Olympic gold medalists at London 2012, have taken over as world number one in the FEI World Individual Dressage Rankings and are the first British combination ever to top the world rankings. With 2,867 points, the combination have moved up from second place […]
The United States Equestrian Federation Board has named Chrystine J. Tauber president, effective Jan. 1 when current president David O’Connor’s commitment expires. O’Connor, an Olympic Gold Medalist in eventing, served two four-year terms starting in 2004, when he became the first person to be named president under the organization as it is currently configured. Tauber […]
With about 200,000 visitors per year, the Chantilly Living Museum of the Horse (Musée Vivant du Cheval) in France is one of the most-visited equestrian sites in the world. The name is literally accurate ―in addition to art and related items, about 30 breeds of horse are on display. But the most magnificent artifact is […]
Sven Harmsen (NED), the Royal Dutch Equestrian Federation’s chef d’equipe, died on Sept. 10 of a heart attack suffered on Sept. 8 while attending the Spruce Meadows Masters Tournament in Canada. He was rushed to the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, AB, but could not be restored to health. Harmsen, 51, was the national show jumping […]
