Some of England’s top, professional polo players are swapping pony power for man power in the world’s number one ocean endurance race, The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. The direct beneficiaries will be horses, donkeys, mules, and their owners in developing countries through the Brooke. The Brooke is the world’s largest international equine welfare organization. It […]
Twenty-seven-year old Belgian show jumper, Nick Motmans, has died after sustaining a head injury when he fell from his horse during a training exercise in Lanklaar, Belgium, on December 5th. After the accident, in which he fell off and was struck in the head by one of his mount’s legs, Motmans was taken to hospital. […]
British show jumper Ben Maher is being sued by long-time backers Mike and Emma Phillips, who allege the rider siphoned funds off transactions he made on their behalf. The couple is suing Maher for approximately £700,000, and are further demanding the sale of Maher’s 2012 London Olympic Team gold partner, Tripple X, whom they own […]
Donald Trump and Mark Bellissimo announced today that they will host the second annual Trump Invitational on Sunday, January 5, 2014, at the beautiful Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, FL. The $125,000 Trump Invitational Grand Prix presented by Rolex will showcase 35 of the world’s top riders in an FEI world ranking competition. Once again, […]
Trainer Edward Allan Buck has filed a lawsuit against the American Quarter Horse Association and seven current or former officers/agents of the organization
The International Horse Show (CHI) of Geneva has been voted “Best event in show jumping of the year”. Voted on by the International Jumping Riders Club (IJRC), the results will be published in this year’s L’Annee Hippique. In other categories, Aix-la-Chapelle in Germany was awarded best dressage show, and Burghley, in Great Britain, the best […]
The German Equestrian Federation (FN) has suspended Olympic dressage rider, Isabell Werth, from competition for six-months after one of her mounts tested positive for a banned substance. El Santo NRW tested positive for cimetidine at the Rhineland Championships in June 2012. The drug, which is used to treat stomach ulcers, is not banned by the […]
A US federal appeals court issued a temporary injunction on November 4th preventing the US Department of Agriculture(USDA) from conducting inspections at would be horse slaughter facilities in New Mexico, Iowa and Missouri. The decision was made by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado, after a lawsuit filed by the Humane […]
Dressage rider Anky van Grunsven of the Netherlands, announced on October 29th that her former partner, Bonfire, has died. In a statement on her website, van Grunsven said: “My heart is broken. Bonfire died. I bought Bonfire when he was 2.5-years-old. At that age it’s difficult to see if a horse has talent for the […]
The Canadian Show Jumping Team has qualified for the final of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Final through their seventh placing in Friday’s preliminary round. The team comprised of Tiffany Foster on Artisan Farms LLC’s Verdi III, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Hors La Loi II X Cantessa), Eric Lamaze on LLC’s Powerplay, a nine-year-old Holstein […]
