Junior Showing All Across North America

Ella McHardy Junior Rider Toronto, Canada How old are you? I just turned 16 in February, but I ride as a 15-year-old. How did you get introduced to horses?  My family has been coming to South Florida for more than 20 years. During one holiday break, we were in Wellington and I saw someone riding on
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Kim McGrath: Learning, Teaching and Achieving

By Ruby Tevis Portraits by Lori Ovanessian It has been said that those who dare to teach must never cease to learn, and dressage rider and instructor Kim McGrath will never stop learning. As Kim leads a successful career in the Grand Prix arena and manages her Sunset Hills Farm training operation in Redlands, California,
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Making Freestyle Wishes Come True

Collier Wimmer Winston-Salem, North Carolina Owner of Three Wishes Freestyles How long have you been part of the horse world?  I grew up riding! As soon as I could climb in a saddle, I was there. I took lessons wherever I could, but as I spent a lot of time in my youth on the
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Qualities for Equestrian Success

By Vasco Flores Do you have any competition-day routines or rituals? Do you think it’s a good thing for riders to have routines to help with nerves or to keep them focused? Horse shows are growing rapidly, so changes in start times are common. Showing up on time would be my only routine—having plenty of
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Unbridled With Andrew Philbrick

By Jan Westmark Andrew Philbrick, who splits his time between Princeton, New Jersey, and Wellington, Florida, founded the Princeton Show Jumping show series more than three decades ago. The show has grown and is still going strong. “I had been running a show at my farm, Hunter Farms, for many, many years,” Andrew said. “One
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Sabine Schut-Kery: The Journey to Olympic Silver

by Ruby Tevis Portraits by Melissa Fuller On a steamy summer night in Tokyo, under bright lights and empty seats, Sabine Schut-Kery not only took the world by storm, she set and shattered personal bests each day she competed. The first-time Olympian has risen to fame with her longtime partner, Sanceo, after the pair secured
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Jordan Gibbs: Limitless Possibilities With Horses

By Laura Scaletti Portraits by Melissa Fuller You can’t lose, you can only learn. It’s this message from Jordan Gibbs’ mother, Erin, that has made Jordan a rising star in the equitation and jumper rings at 14 years old. “I always keep that in the back of my mind when I enter the ring, because
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A History of Equestrian Sport in the U.S. and Getting Equestrian Teams to the Olympics

By Armand Leone, Jr.  The recent Olympic Games showed us the depth and expertise of our nation’s equestrian talent. Under the US Equestrian (USEF) program, the U.S. Olympic equestrian teams brought home two team silver medals. While people are differing over whether the new format is an improvement, no one can argue that the jump-off
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Dorrie Douglas: Bringing Out the Best in Every Horse

By Kimberly Gatto Portraits by Kristie Nichols Whether she is stylishly piloting a hunter around a derby course or racing against the clock in the jumper ring, Dorothy “Dorrie” Douglas has a knack for bringing out the best in any horse she rides. Dorrie—who rides for Mike McCormick and Tracy Fenney at their MTM Farm
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Eventing with Boyd Martin: An Olympic Games Like No Other

I was lucky enough to compete at the London Olympics and the Rio Olympics, but I’d have to say that the Olympics we experienced in Tokyo was one like no other. Obviously, it was quite a tricky event to get prepared for: Exactly a year ago, we were ready to go and fired up to
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