Paying to play in show jumping and being paid to play in endurance have much in common. Both enterprises pivot around fabulously wealthy patron-riders.
I have just returned from four days of fishing on the French River and I am ready to walk the $86,000 Kubota Grand Prix at the Angelstone equestrian venue. This tournament will be a CSI3* event. One of the fun parts in these walks is that we have new course designers from around the world […]
It can’t be a total coincidence. Chris Bartle starts training the Brits and at Strzegom in Poland they win their first European eventing team gold in eight years. Chris Bartle stops training the Germans, and they don’t wholly dominate the Europeans for the first time since goodness knows when. Well, it is not quite as […]
Welcome to the final summer festival grand prix at Palgrave, Ontario, where we will feature the Caledon Premier 2 CSI2*. This week will have well known Canadian riders and a mix of young professionals and young amateurs riding a couple of well seasoned mounts, but the field is mainly filled with horses moving up the […]
Your bridle has to fit your horse properly, and you may be surprised to hear of the impact a poorly fitting bridle may have on your horse.
Not allowing thousands of international riders to vote is morally wrong and is hardly compatible with the oft-stated aim of growing horse sport worldwide.
After a couple of weeks off we are back at the Caledon Equestrian Park and the $25,000 Summer Festival Grand Prix. This will be a national rules grand prix and we will see a line up that will include some junior riders in their first major grand prix and a few amateurs that are also […]
Over the years there have been many changes in the equestrian industry, and are continuing to happen. Read on to find out why these changes are important.
Forgery: What is worse, the imagination applied to forgery in international endurance or the fact that the FEI seems resigned to it?
On the American eventing side, their program is still pretty much in its infancy but starting to mold and shape into something more concrete.