The FEI is putting a damper on helmet cam use. Today it issued the following statement, which seems to indicate that while the primary concern is safety, it is equally focused on potential infringement of previously contracted video rights. The statement reads as follows: Further to the new provision in article 140 of the General […]
The United States Equestrian Federation has debuted a new website, Experience Eventing, geared toward attracting investors to syndicates that support the discipline at the high-performance level. “During the first half century of Three-Day-Eventing, all international teams were produced from national armies, and so horses and riders were chosen and paired by command authority,” the site’s […]
The United States Equestrian Federation has released the list of riders that submitted applications for the U.S. show jumping team for the 2012 London Olympics. Included on the list are West Coast riders Cara Anthony, Karl Cook, Saer Coulter, Lucy Davis, Rich Fellers, Duncan McFarlane and Will Simpson. (Ashlee Bond and Kirsten Coe recently relocated […]
HBO has canceled the horse racing series “Luck” after only one season on the air. The decision was made after a third horse died in the filming of the show, from Hollywood heavyweights David Milch and Michael Mann. R.T. Fitch, author of the blog “Straight from the Horse’s Heart”, on Tuesday broke the news that […]
John French and Small Affair trumped a field of 38 to take the blue in the $25,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix that capped the 2012 HITS Desert Circuit. It was a contentious battle, and at the end of the Sunday, March 11, class only three names dominated the top seven slots, with French sitting atop with […]
The first riders for the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping Final (19 – 22 April) have officially confirmed their trip to Indoor Brabant. In total, 23 entries have been confirmed and there are still 22 invitations outstanding with participants yet to inform the FEI of their plans. Confirmed to compete in the show jumping finals […]
The FEI’s first team Eventing series, the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing 2012, will début at Fontainebleau (FRA) on 22-25 March 2012. The brand new six-leg series, which will take place on a trial basis this year, is open to all nations fielding one team composed of 3 or 4 riders at each leg. The FEI […]
Los Angeles Equestrian Center general manager George Chatigny has been named president of the board of the California Professional Horsemen’s Association Foundation, a 501(c) 3 corporation that raises funds for scholarships, educational outreach and benevolence efforts. “We do fundraisers all year,” Chatigny explained. Next up is the bowling benefit, at Pickwick Bowl in Burbank. The […]
Big news for Zone 10 Jumpers! The United States Equestrian Federation has named California’s Robert Ridland as U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe/Technical Advisor, the position occupied for the past six years by the legendary George Morris, who announced he will be retiring in 2013. Ridland, a partner in the San Juan Capistrano-based Blenheim EquiSports, will […]
Germany’s Andre Thieme, winner of the 2011 HITS Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix on Aragon Rouet, is competing in Ocala, FL, and off to a great start qualifying for the 2012 grand slam. Riding Cesar, he won his first grand prix of the HITS winter circuit, the $25,000 SmartPak on Feb. 9. In a field […]
