Behind the Barn with “The Smiling Assassin” Jessica Phoenix Jessica Phoenix may be one of the friendliest event riders of all time, but her peers know her as one of the grittiest, toughest riders around — and she does it all with a smile
Yasmin Ingham Sets Sail on Day One of Defender Kentucky CCI5* We’re always pleased to welcome a healthy contingent of international entries here to the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by MARS Equestrian, but the risk we run is that they’ll run the gamut on the
In a sport where weather can make or break a ride, it bears mentioning the beautiful forecast set for the 2024 edition of the Defender Kentucky Three Day Event. The sun shone for every test of the day from the 4*-S to the 5*. For one rider in particular, the atmosphere, the venue, and the […]
Lateral work is helpful in strengthening and suppling the equine body, and in teaching the horse more advanced moves in performance. Most people start moving a horse’s shoulders and hips sideways from the saddle. For example, they might ride to an arena corner, face the corner, and ask with their outside leg behind the girth […]
Tamie Smith has elected to withdraw veteran partner Mai Baum from the Land Rover Kentucky Three Day Event CCI4*-S this week. Smith made history last year when she won the 5* division in Kentucky on the black gelding (aka, Lexus). It was her career first 5* title and the first win for an American woman […]
Just call him the Robert Downey Jr. of show jumping. Last weekend at the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final in Riyadh, Sweden’s Peder Fredricson finished third aboard the 18-year-old Catch Me Not S in a field that included a handful of the best horse and rider combinations on the globe. Ironically enough, the […]
Dancing Porky First Winner for Honor A. P. Lane's End's Honor A. P. was represented by his first winner April 25 when Dancing Porky won the fifth race at Turf Paradise in his second career start.
Woodbine Launches 129 Days of Racing April 27 The 2024 season at Woodbine will consist of 129 race dates and runs through Dec. 15. The first two weeks of the meet will have racing held on Saturday and Sunday.
Del Mar Announces $7.8M Stakes Program for 2024 Del Mar is projecting more than $26.6 million in total purses over the course of the eight-week meeting, the seaside track's 85th summer session. The seaside track will offer $7.875 million in stakes purses, including six grade 1 stakes.
Horse and Hound
Hunting calls for review of the law as general election approaches The Field during the Radnor and West Hereford Hunt's meet at Kington near Leominster on the Welsh Boards in the UK, on the 23rd February 2024The British Hound Sports Association (BHSA) is calling for a Law Commission review into the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The news comes during the build-up to the next general election, which is expected later this year, as the BHSA tries to secure the future of hunting for generations. BHSA chairman Viscount Astor told H&H: […]
