A fifteen-year journey to the Rio Olympics took an unexpected turn for a Dutch dressage rider and her horse Parzival. Adelinde Cornelissen was faced with what might have been a difficult decision for some. She turned her back on the chance for a medal to take the very best care of her horse.
If Hoketsu qualifies for this year’s 2016 Rio Olympics he will be the oldest Olympic athlete in history. He was the oldest athlete competing at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Now, in 2016 at 74 years old, he is well over twice the av ...
There are a few horse diseases I think of as being ‘old fashioned’ because you just don’t hear about horses getting them any more. So, I was surprised to learn that a deadly disease called Glanders, one of the oldest recognized di ...
The start of the Rio Summer Olympics is just a few months off. The test events for eventing, stadium jumping and dressage, held in August 2015 were deemed successes by organizers. But it seems as with every other big event, there ...
Venue catastrophes, Zika virus, dodgy contracts, water pollution, lawsuits, alleged corruption, equine disease outbreaks and more have dogged the preparations for the 2016 Rio Olympics. But, on August 5, the largest international ...
A fifteen-year journey to the Rio Olympics took an unexpected turn for a Dutch dressage rider and her horse Parzival. Adelinde Cornelissen was faced with what might have been a difficult decision for some. She turned her back on t ...
It’s not unusual for a horse to be a joy under saddle but miserable to work with on the ground. This pony is 21 years old, and while he’s a perfect child’s pony while ridden, he’s a menace to adults and children when handling him ...
An effort by one breeder has highlighted the talents of a rare breed, placing several within the top 100 rankings. Leading the pack was 16-year-old Hungarian Warmblood mare CC Charlies Scam as she sat at the #1 ranked spot. With h ...
If you think you’d like to learn to horseback ride, or are just getting started here are some great tips from a reporter whose family members are horse enthusiasts. Whether coach or rider, the agreement seems to be, the lessons l ...
The foals being monitored by the Corolla Wild Horse Fund have had a rough start this spring. The first foal, a colt named Charlie unexpectedly died before he was a month old. He had appeared perfectly healthy. But the group had a ...
PonyBox leader *Rose To Prominence was both #1 ranked horse and held the record for the highest jump until being usurped by 3Pxy *Jack Flash* who also held the top win streak with 2,078. ...
ICYMI, the Kentucky Derby was held May 7th and the winner was a horse that ran because another horse was scratched and then started the race with 1-80 odds. Drone video shows how Rich Strike ran an impossible race to steal a win f ...
* Dream Alliance * may have slipped from the top spot, usurped by challenger ?YouAreMySunshine but she still holds the record for the highest jump at 105 inches. The 15.3 hand Friesian mare foaled on March 6, 2022, and is bred and ...
Santa Anita Park has seen its share of bad publicity and it appears that is continuing after recording its fourth horse death since the beginning of 2022. Despite safety improvements to the track 17 horses died in 2020, and 12 in ...