Dutch Olympic Gold medalist Jan Tops has been working his magic for the Qatari riders as their coach on the Longines Global Champions Tour. In Estoril, Portugal, Faleh Suwead Al Ajami made history for his country as the first rider to qualify for a GCT grand prix jump-off on July 6. The 27-year-old Al Ajami […]
The USA’s Beezie Madden pulled off a stunning grand prix victory in Chantilly, taking the big prize on her 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour debut in France! Riding Cortes C, she capped two clear rounds with a blazing jump-off time of 41.58 seconds at the July 20 competition. Christian Ahlmann of Germany was about a […]
Silver and Scout share the screen with Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp in The Lone Ranger, opening July 3 from Walt Disney Pictures. The glossy re-imagining of the popular TV series that ran from 1949 to 1957 is directed by Pirates of the Caribbean’s Gore Verbinski and features herds of horses trained by Hollywood wranglers […]
Approximately 200 guests showed up at Peacock Hill Ranch Saturday night to bid a fond farewell to Marc Herman, a beloved figure in the Sunland-Tujunga equestrian community. As husband of 35 years to Royan Herman, Marc was half the team responsible for turning Peacock Hill into a little oasis for those horses lucky enough to […]
Portia de Rossi moved the crowd at the Compton Jr. Posse’s annual fundraiser speaking about her how horses have helped her move forward with her life. Speaking in front of a group of close to 500 people at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on May 18, de Rossi, a devoted rider who was honored with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Solano Land Trust of Fairfield, CA, has raised $13.5 million to complete the purchase of 1,500 acres of open space in the Bay Area which it will add to its existing 10,000 acre holding and turn into a public park, located about half-way between San Francisco and Sacramento. The deal concludes 18 months of […]
