Declining membership numbers in polo clubs are linked to much more than the declining state of the stock market.  Take a look at successful sports that have had explosive growth over the past decade like baseball and soccer.  Youngsters progress … [Read more]

Nona Garson has experienced the entire spectrum of excitement, thrills and disappointments offered by international grand prix jumping without ever losing her positive attitude.  Her passion for horses dates back to her childhood and it’s probably stronger than ever today:  … [Read more]

Axel Steiner is a genuinely gracious, unofficial global ambassador of dressage.  His riding began at the age of nine in Germany where he later attended two schools:  Warendorf, which conducts tests of trainers, and Neindorff, founded by Egon von Neindorff, … [Read more]

Writing this may be the hardest and most gratifying thing I ever do. While my heart aches with loss, I am overwhelmed with the compulsion to tell the story of a woman who played a million chukkers of polo in … [Read more]

David Blake is in the enviable position of training and riding with Steffen and Shannon Peters on a daily basis since he operates his David Blake Dressage Training facility out of Arroyo Del Mar in San Diego, California, a world-class … [Read more]

The Tryon Hounds, based near the state line of North and South Carolina enjoys a very enthusiastic and involved mastership.  Bonnie Lingerfelt, MFH serves as a whipper-in in addition to her master’s duties; Kerry Holmberg, MFH leads the first flight; … [Read more]

Louise Serio is a prominent hunter trainer and the owner of Derbydown, nationally recognized as one of the foremost show hunter barns in the country.  Louise began training at Derbydown in 1975 and she consistently trains and rides champions in … [Read more]

By Lauren R. Giannini

On May 31, fire destroyed the barn rented by international event rider Boyd Martin from Phillip Dutton at True Prospect Farm (West Grove, PA). Of the 11 horses stabled in the wood and stone bank barn, … [Read more]

By Lauren R. Giannini

“My father put a paintbrush in my hand when I was two,” recalls Andrea Kent.  “He was a landscape and wildlife painter, a classically trained European artist.  He nurtured me the way that European apprentices were … [Read more]

Imagine riding to hounds on a horse trained to fourth level or higher in dressage:  thrilling gallops across open spaces and through woodlands, up hill and down dale.  Your horse is keen, but obedient to your leg.  The field comes … [Read more]