We’re less than 60 days away from the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina — and if you need any help getting pumped up, we have just the video fix for you.
Thirteen riders were asked to dismount from ponies at the Great Yorkshire Show last week when they appeared to weigh over 20% of their ponies’ weight, spurring international conversation about suitability, equine welfare and the best way to enforce such a rule.
Hey, when it’s a World Equestrian Games year, we have to make a few allowances: the good news is that the CPHS will return in 2019 with a shiny new FEI CSI5* show jumping competition!
Folksam, a Swedish insurance company, conducted an independent test of 15 riding helmets available on the Swedish market and found major differences in the levels of protection from each. Take a closer look at its test here.
Kanyon Walker is preparing to ride in this week’s North American Youth Championships in eventing at Rebecca Farm — and he learned the ropes the old-fashioned way, with hard work, dedication and the support of a non-horsey but loving family.
Traveling with horses is certainly a little more complicated than jumping into the car and picking a spot on the map: from the SmartPak blog, read more about how Team SmartPak eventer Ryan Wood travels the world with his competition horses!
Do you believe in the power of osmosis? If there’s even an outside chance that talent and ability can be absorbed by a property and passed on to its next owner, then boy oh boy, do I have the farm for you.
Despite how it might feel with their eyes upon you in the show ring, the judge is actually your ally as an equestrian: Lisa El-Ramey, USEF Senior “S” judge, shares her expertise.
