This year, four riders took Portugal to the next level in international Dressage by winning a team place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Although it’s not the first time Portugal has competed – with great riders such as Daniel Pinto, Carlos Pinto and Miguel Ralão competing as individuals in Beijing 2008, Gonçalo Carvalho as a
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Sixty-six rule change proposals will dominate conversation at the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Annual Meeting, which takes place Dec. 8-12 in Denver. That’s five more than last year. Any rule change proposals that are approved by the USHJA board of directors at the meeting will go forward to the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s midyear meeting, and
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Patience is a virtue. It’s also Jessica Springsteen’s lasting lesson of 2019. “There was a point this summer where I felt like I could not jump a single clear round,” said Springsteen, 27, of Colts Neck, New Jersey. “Everything always turns around, and you can’t rush the process.” Springsteen’s patience was rewarded on Dec. 1,
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While the 2018 Adequan U.S. Dressage Federation Annual Convention was marked by debate over a rule that raised the qualifying score for national freestyles from 60 percent to 63 percent, the 2019 convention took on a milder tone on the serene bank of the Savannah River. USDF President Lisa Gorretta addressed the assembly at the
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Why was Athletes For Equity In Sport created? The simple answer is to affect equity in SafeSport procedures. The corporation was formed when people from many sports started sharing stories of their experience. The group of people that got together at the beginning of August was starting to learn from attorneys and people who had
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Dear Rita, Devoting one’s life to pursuit of top sport often requires a rider to travel great distances for training and competition. When I was kid, I started transporting horses the old-fashioned way: I once drove my Arabian eight miles down a dirt road in a two-seater cart to get to a 4-H meet. I
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Whenever I go through a crisis, I always ask myself, “What can I learn from this experience? What can I do better?” I’ve learned a few things from my recent broken hand experience: that horses are silly, that hands are fragile, that appropriate pain medication is wonderful, and that good people are even better. But
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Often riders and grooms will describe their horse as having a puppy-dog personality, but if any horse ever epitomized that phrase it would be superstar hunter Lafitte De Muze. I spent about an hour chatting with Ashmeadow Farm barn manager Tim Delovich in Ocala, Florida, and “Lafitte” quickly became my buddy, licking my hands and
Continue Reading... On Dec. 3, officials from the U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the addition of the inaugural pre-junior jumping championship to the competition schedule for the 2020 Adequan FEI North American Youth Championships hosted at the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival in Traverse City, Michigan, Aug. 4-9, 2020. The pre-junior championship is open to athletes FEI ages 14-16
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Among the many posts I’ve started writing but not finished over the years is one I began while sitting in an overflow parking lot at the Kentucky Horse Park facing the Alltech Arena. It was still early in our adventures on the A-circuit. My daughters’ dreams of riding in the ASPCA Maclay Finals still seemed
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We’ve all done it. The thing. The text. The ill-timed question. The snarky remark. The single moment in time that will flip the switch in our barn owner’s brain on their assessment of us: the PIA switch. You are a PIA boarder. The worst. When you’re labeled this way it will forever change your relationship
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