A 25-year-drought, and then two years running! Beezie Madden and Simon are show jumping’s new world champions, winning the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden, April 28. The pair from Cazenovia, NY, rose to the top on the strength of a grueling week of contests at the Scandinavum Arena that drew the top […]
New Zealand, with its challenging natural terrain, is a nation that produces strong eventers, and Andrew Nicholson continues to flaunt that tradition by donning the crown at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, riding Quimbo. Perhaps to drive the point home, he also placed third on Calico Joe. In all Nicholson, 51, scooped up the coveted […]
Eleven of the United States’ best show jumping riders are heading to Gothenburg, Sweden in hopes of being named the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final champion. Included in the U.S. contingent is reigning champion Rich Fellers. In addition to Fellers, riding under the supervision of the newly installed U.S. show jumping team chef d’equipe Robert […]
Equine sport enthusiasts eagerly follow the results of our Olympic riders and the fate of the U.S. teams, but for at least one member of the Southern California horse community, the 2012 games in London had a different connotation. For Anke Magnussen the event marked a homecoming – the return of Contefino, a 13-year-old stallion […]
Horses have had a special place in the heart of a young girl whose life has been transient. As the eldest child in a military family, I was relocated every two years and home was where the U.S. Army sent us. One of the few things I could count on was riding. Whether in America […]
HITS, Inc. has added a third $1 million grand prix to its 2014 roster. The Ocala $1 Million Grand Prix will be held March 23 to conclude the 10-week 2014 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit in Florida. HITS inaugurated the U.S.’ first $1 million show jumping class in 2010 in Saugerties, NY (which in its second […]
Saer Coulter, 21, received the USET’s Maxine Beard Show Jumping Rider Award on April 6 at the American Invitational in Tampa, FL. The United States Equestrian Team Foundation selected Coulter based on her “competitive record and potential to represent the United States in international competition.” In 2012, the San Francisco-based Coulter advanced to the highest […]
Robert Vavra sees himself more as a “storyteller” than a photographer. This comes as no surprise to anyone who has had the pleasure of taking in his breathtaking images. Now 78, he is considered by many to be the world’s premiere equine portraitist. Vavra, who hails from Southern California, in 1958 began maintaining a residence […]
With effortless looking but ground devouring strikes, Animal Kingdom crushed his competition in the 18th running of the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 30. Sponsored by Emirates Airline, the $10 million Dubai World Cup offers the largest single-event purse in horse sport, and is part of the world’s “richest day in racing,” with […]
