Taylor and her horse Bo turned and burned their way around the National Rodeo Finals last week to set a new arena record of 13.37. (more…)
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SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Budweiser Clydesdale Christmas commercials
Take a trip down memory lane with these classic holiday campaigns. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Snowman
Today we remember the Cinderella-story show jumper that inspired a nation in the late ’50s and early ’60s. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Carol Lavell & Gifted
Today we look back at a great American dressage partnership whose legacy lives on today. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Nicole Uphoff & Rembrandt
Today we look back at an epic German dressage partnership that earned four Olympic gold medals. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Stacy Westfall & Roxy
In 2006 Stacy Westfall rocked the AQHA Congress with a bridle-less, saddle-less reining freestyle that would later go viral on the web. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Anky van Grunsven & Bonfire
Last week the dressage world mourned a legend when 2000 Olympic gold medalist Bonfire died at age 30. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Zenyatta at the Breeders’ Cup
Today we revisit Nov. 7, 2009, when undefeated Zenyatta came from behind to become the first filly to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Kim Severson & Winsome Andante
With a career that included three Rolex Kentucky wins, theirs ranks among the greatest eventing partnerships of all time. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: War Admiral vs. Seabiscuit
Heralded as the “Match of the Century,” today we remember this 1938 showdown between two of the greatest racers in American history. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week
Kim Walnes and her horse-of-a-lifetime The Gray Goose overcame challenges to rise to the top of their sport in the '80s. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week
Nowadays Michael Matz is a successful racehorse trainer, but long before he was training Kentucky Derby winners he was leading the U.S. to victory in show jumping. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week
Today we’re featuring the great American show jumper and legendary Trakehner sire Abdullah. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week
Continuing on the “back in the day” show hunter theme we started last week, let's have a look at another unique vintage competition: the Hunt Team Class. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week
Working hunter classes looked a lot different “back in the day”: solid 4’6″ fences, anyone? Bernie Traurig revisits a winning classic hunter round from the late ’70s. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week:
No American has won Britain’s prestigious Burghley Horse Trials since Stephen Bradley in 1993, but Sinead Halpin and Manoir de Carneville came close last year, finishing second. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week
After last week’s spotlight on Winning Colors, one of only three fillies to win the Kentucky Derby, several readers requested a feature on the greatest filly of the 20th century, Ruffian. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Winning Colors
Of 38 fillies who have contested the Kentucky Derby, only three have won: Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980) and Winning Colors (1988). (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Nick Skelton & Lastic
This 1978 video of a then 21-year-old Nick Skelton soaring over a 7′ 7.4″ high jump at Olympia makes me a little weak in the knees. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Hans Günter Winkler & Halla
Did you know that Halla, the German show jumper who won three Olympic gold medals, was a Standardbred? (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week
Trotting’s biggest race, the Hambletonian, is taking place this weekend at NJ’s Meadowlands Racetrack. Let’s rewind to superhorse Muscle Hill’s record-breaking 2009 win. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum & Shutterfly
This week we shine the spotlight on this champion show jumper’s emotional farewell performance in 2011. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week: Man o’ War vs. Sir Barton
Each week we spotlight a history-making moment by an equine legend–like Man o’ War’s final career start in 1920, a much anticipated match race. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week
Last week we showed you a video of the world record high jump. This week we present a video of Robert Whitaker breaking the world bareback puissance record in 2011. (more…)
SpectraVET Classic Performance of the Week
Each week we spotlight a history-making moment by an equine legend–like Huaso’s amazing 8’1″ leap in 1949, which still stands as the world record. (more…)