Before he shot to fame as the feature film star of Borat and Brüno, Sasha Baron Cohen was trolling for unwitting victims at the Hampton Classic Horse Show. And we have this excruciatingly awkward interview with US Equestrian Team member Schuyler Riley to show for it. (more…)
#SHOW JUMPING
‘Oh Crap’ Moment of the Day: Horse Vs. Water Cannon
A lot can go wrong on course during a show jumping competition. Getting shot with the water cannon isn’t usually one of them. #showjumpingnightmares (more…)
Little Known Facts About America’s Best Known Show Jumpers
Like Jeopardy, love show jumping? Carley Sparks channels her inner Alex Trebec. (more…)
Video Clinic: Faster Jump Off? Yes, Please.
Shaving seconds off in a jump off with Great Britain’s Tim Stockdale. Because he would know. (more…)
Video: Beer keg wins annual gambler’s choice costume class at Washington International
Plus, Tim Gredley’s winning 6’11” Puissance round and WIHS’s inugural Shetland Pony Steeplechase! (more…)
EN Today: Eric Lamaze’s London mettle
When Eric Lamaze is on the warpath, you’d best not stand in his way. Abby Gibbon reports on the Canadian show jumper’s reaction to teammate Tiffany Foster’s disqualification. (more…)
Olympic Happy Hour: August 8
Throughout the Olympics, Horse Nation is capping off each day with a pint-sized synopsis of the most recent Olympic equestrian sporting festivities. Here’s your Happy Hour report for Wednesday, August 8. (more…)
Olympic Happy Hour: August 5
Throughout the Olympics, Horse Nation will be capping off each day with a pint-sized synopsis of the most recent Olympic equestrian sporting festivities. Here’s your Happy Hour report for Sunday, August 5. (more…)
Olympic Happy Hour: August 4
Throughout the Olympics, Horse Nation will be capping off each day with a pint-sized synopsis of the most recent Olympic equestrian sporting festivities. Here’s your Happy Hour report for Saturday, August 4. (more…)
Olympics 101: Show jumping
Between now and the Olympics, Liz Fletcher is going to be filling us in on everything we need to know to be an informed spectator. Yesterday, she gave us the ins-and-outs of Olympic dressage; today, we get the scoop on show jumping. (more…)
GetMyFix.org: ‘It’s crunch time’
Our favorite hunter-jumper pundit, Miss Carley Sparks, has spoken. She breaks down the Olympic showjumping team selection process and gives George some advice on which horse/rider combos deserve plane tickets. (more…)
Devon… You Decide: Who jumped it best?
Featuring photos by HN’s good friend Helene Gallagher from Saturday’s Olympic showjumping observation event, the subject of today’s contest: The liverpool–who jumped it best? (more…)
Video du Jour: Tim Stockdale wins six-bar class, falls off
Show jumping is a sport of highs and lows, literally. Check out this video and interview of Tim Stockdale winning his first major competition since breaking his neck last fall. (more…)
Reed Kessler is taking her talents to Lexington
17 year old show jumping phenom and US Olympic hopeful Reed Kessler and her family have just bought a horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
Barbie Dream Barn: A series about stables that make us drool
Have you ever wondered what a $5.1 million barn looks like? Horse Nation is here to give you the grand tour of Sequoyah Farms. (more…)
So You Wanna Go to the Olympics: Show jumping
The United States Equestrian Federation has announced the four competitions that will host the 2012 US Show Jumping Team Observation Events. (more…)
McClain Ward: Ain’t nothin’ gonna break my stride
From Ali Smallpage over at EN: Despite his broken leg, McClain Ward has been named to the London Long List. He’s on the list with two of his mounts, Antares F and, of course, Sapphire. (more…)
Friday night hot date for lonely horsepeople
Tumbleweed blowing across your social calendar? Fear not–the USEF Network has big plans for you this weekend: three days of action-packed jumping competition, live from Wellington. (more…)
Vote William Steinkraus in 2012
For the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, of course. Voting opened today to determine the next class of inductees, and the show-jumping legend is included among the individual nominee finalists. (more…)
Video du Jour: 2-minute clinic with Greg Best
Bay Area Equestrian Network brings us this video from two-time Olympic silver medalist Greg Best, in which he describes optimal positions for approach, take off and landing. (more…)
So Brilliant, So Cranky: Life after George
Robert Ridland will become the next U.S. Show Jumping Chef e’ Equipe after George Morris retires from his position in 2013 after six years of service. (more…)
Danielle Grice clinic report
It was back-t0-basics at a clinic with Grand Prix jumper rider Dani Grice in Minnesota. Emily Kelly, Jessi Derry and Maura Daugherty fill us in on what we missed. (more…)
John & Beezie Madden: Let’s have a little contest
Do you have a freaking cool horse? Is it an amazing jumper? Does it want to go be in training with the Maddens for three months at no cost to you? Here’s the fine print: (more…)
Indigo Wins Blue: Margie Engle sweeps Florida World Cup leg
The stakes were high in Wellington on Saturday night but Engle and Indigo managed to hold off the competition and win the $125,000 World Cup Qualifier Grand Prix at FTI WEG. (more…)
Show Jumping: Girls rule, boys drool in WEF Battle of the Sexes
The ladies showed the men who wears the britches in show jumping at Saturday night’s $55,000 Nespresso Battle of the Sexes at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival. (more…)