Exercise: Cavalletti and Coursework
Preview this exercise from Justine Jarvis, one of many in the new book, Grid Pro Quo: 52 Powerful Jumping Exercises from the World’s Top Riders by Margaret Rizzo McKelvy.
This is a great exercise to help prepare...
It Happens! 2022 Indoors Edition
We all make mistakes. But horse people, as a group, aren’t always the best at handling them. So TPH reached out to some top riders to share their own show ring bloopers to prove,...
Dual Enrolled Selected to Second Film Festival
By Catie Staszak/Catie Staszak Media, Inc.
Dual Enrolled, the short documentary on the demands and commitment required of equestrian student-athletes, has been officially selected to its second film festival. The 22nd Annual 15-Minutes of Fame Film...
Littleton Equine Medical Center Acquires Colorado Horse Park
Singletree Equestrian, a group of Little Equine Medical Center (LEMC) veterinarians and key stakeholders, announced Wednesday the purchase of the Colorado Horse Park. LEMC will partner with LEG Shows & Events and Charlotte Robson to...
It Happens! Colleen Acosta, Lindsay Yinger and Brooke Brombach
We all make mistakes. But horse people, as a group, aren’t always the best at handling them. So TPH reached out to some top riders to share their own show ring bloopers to prove,...
5 Strides With: Quibelle
An “interview” with the International Show Jumper (via her rider, Spencer Smith!)
The 13-year-old Hanoverian mare (FRH Quaid—Sherry, by Stakkato) owned by Gotham Enterprizes, LLC, has been competitive in the FEI ranks throughout North America...
Connecting the English and Western Disciplines: Pacific Coast Horse Shows Association
By Tyler Bui
Picture this: It’s the mid-1900s, and there are men in tuxedos and women in ballroom gowns—at a horse show. While this may be unimaginable today, the Pacific Coast Horse Shows Association (PCHA)...
Whitethorne LLC: How This Women-Led Business Is Creating Opportunities for Others
By Tyler Bui
In this sport, education and opportunity are invaluable—and Whitethorne LLC strives to contribute their share of each for the industry.
Led by Georgy Maskrey-Segesman, Whitethorne LLC develops top Grand Prix and jumper mounts,...
In Photos: The Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’
PHOTOS by Quinn SaundersWORDS by Catie Staszak
The historic Spruce Meadows 'Masters' never disappoints. Two weeks of elite show jumping competition in Calgary, Alberta, CAN concluded Sunday with the $3 Million CSIO5* CP International,...
Celebrating Frank Chapot’s Legacy
BY ANN JAMIESON
Laura
Both Frank and Mary taught their daughters Laura and Wendy to ride. "We were so lucky with our kids they took instruction really well, we were always grateful for that," says Mary....
Frank Chapot: It’s All About the Team and the Country
BY ANN JAMIESON
Early Life
Born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1932, Frank Chapot began a life centered around horses with a small pony which he drove around a local park, selling soft drinks. One might...
Safety First: Rider Sports Football Helmet in Traverse City
By Catie Staszak
When covering the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab's Equestrian Seminar recently for US Equestrian, a quote that stood out to me was the following, from Stefan Duma, one of the Lab's founders: “If...
Prixview: Fantasy Sports Games for the Equestrian Industry—and Beyond
By Piper Klemm
Lucy Davis has developed quite the list of accomplishments—from her Olympic silver medal to her bronze medal at the FEI World Equestrian Games, she continues to find success at the highest level...
Horseshoe, Not Horse, Knocks Pole in Ottawa
By Catie Staszak
In show jumping competition, in order to incur a jumping penalty (unrelated to disobedience and the open water), the horse must cause the height of the fence to be lowered.
That would imply...
Ask Andre: What Do Your Most Successful Students Have in Common?
It’s been a rewarding summer when it comes to Heritage Farm alumni. Former Heritage riders made up 50% of the U.S. Jumping Team for the FEI World Championships. Jacob Pope won his first Grand...
Rowan Willis Knows Chestnut Mares
By Julie Claire Ma
Dashing Australian Rowan Willis has been dominating the North American show jumping circuit with his star mount, Blue Movie.
Blue Movie is a 16-year old chestnut mare, by Chacco Blue, and out of...
Brian Moggre: “Elite Equine Athlete Care is as Important as Training”
July 26, 2022. Franklin, Tenn. Twenty-year-old U.S. show jumper Brian Moggre has been knocking people’s socks off for several years now. That’s been especially true the last two summers soaring on the senior Nations...
5 Strides With: Chance Ste Hermelle
An “Interview” with the Show Jumper (via her rider, Natalie Dean!)
The 14-year-old Belgian Sport Horse mare helped the United States finish second in the $150,000 FEI Nations Cup in Wellington, FL, in March, and...
Ask Andre: Are We Showing Too Much and Practicing Too Little?
By Andre Dignelli
When I was younger, my mentor Judy Richter used to say to me: We mistake quantity for quality. At the time, I didn’t understand what she meant by that. I heard it,...
Trainer Takes: What is Catch Riding?
By Tatum Mitchell
Catch riding is a regular activity within the horse industry, but for someone new to the sport, it’s a phrase that doesn’t quite translate directly. Even for veterans of the sport, the...
American Bred: Qatar Makes Her Own Rules
By Tori Sheehan
Six-year-old Qatar (Diktator Van De Boslandhoeve–Chicolina Lou) is simple yet sassy. She’ll let you know when she doesn’t like something you’re doing. She’s small—the dark bay mare stands barely 16H—yet scopey. She...
From Another Lifetime: Katie Monahan Prudent Part II
by Ann Jamieson
Noren
Katie knew it was time to have a Grand Prix horse of her own. The two fathers who had helped Katie buy her farm, Adam Sanford, (whose daughter Shana rode with her),...
