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Kristen Vanderveen is trotting the globe—quite literally. Over the past nine months, the 37-year-old American has campaigned eight horses—six under the Bull Run moniker—at 25 shows in eight countries—from Doha to Italy, France, Monaco, Britain, Belgium, The Netherlands and, as of this week, Barcelona, Spain. She’s an e
Fun fact: the Ruby-Throated hummingbird beats its wings once every 0.02 seconds—which is roughly the same, infinitesimal decimal (0.03 seconds) by which Daniel Bluman and Corbie V.V. lost the 5* Grand Prix of Greenwich to Kent Farrington and Toulayna back in 2025. That’s right. The beat of a hummingbird’s wings. It goe
First Miami Beach. Then St. Tropez. Now Vienna. The Iron Dames have dominated the 2026 Longines Global Champions Tour, with three riders from Deborah Mayer’s all-female squad qualifying for LGCT Super Grand Prix. The latest to punch her ticket? Sophie Hinners. The 28-year-old German topped an eight-horse jump off in Vi
It’s been 10 years since I wrote “About that Video with Titan: An Open Letter to Clinton Anderson,” an essay on sexual assault and a horse trainer’s casual use of the word rape. Out of curiosity, I read it again. Bracing myself for some cringe, I pulled up the link. The thing about being an […] The post The Voice in th
There’s a meme of the bell curve that I think about constantly. On the left side is a caveman saying, “I know nothing.” In the middle is an idiot saying, “I know something.” And on the far right is an enlightened guru saying, “I know nothing.” To be very clear, I am not calling myself […] The post The Cost of Wanting M
By his own admission, Beat Mändli was not supposed to win the opening leg of the 2026/27 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League during this year’s American Gold Cup in Traverse City, MI. The Swiss rider’s horse, Qoachella, is 10 years old, jumping her first-ever FEI World Cup qualifier, and her biggest c
The FEI has suspended Saudi Arabian rider Abdullah Alsharbatly for one month after his second Jumping Recorded Warning within 12 months. Alsharbatly, 43, received his first warning at the CSI5* Spruce Meadows “Continental” tournament in early June and his second in late August at the CSI4* Concurso Hípico Internacional
If the momentary crash of the international livestream during the jump-off was any indication, the eyes of the world were watching the finale of the CPKC ‘International’ Grand Prix, presented by Rolex, on Sunday, September 13—and for good reason. Sunday’s rollercoaster of a competition embraced all the high-drama and d
If there was one word to sum up Gemma Stevens’ week at Burghley Horse Trials, “shocked” might come close. At least, that was the running theme in her commentary. By her own admission, the 41-year-old rider was astonished to find herself leading the CCI5*-L division aboard 16-year-old Chilli Knight after dressage. “I’m
This is not your usual piece about older riders losing their nerve, or struggling with an accident, or being unable to execute tasks at a high level. Rather, this is a story about navigating change. About the developmental milieu of being an older athlete in a high risk sport—the fact of which brings both unbelievable
The Von Trapp family sang songs together. The Williams sisters took the tennis world by storm. And this summer, multiple horses bred by the Moerings family in Holland’s southwest—including Lillie Keenan’s Fasther—jumped the FEI World Championships in Aachen. “I actually bought [Fasther] from Bas Moerings,” Keenan says.
When it comes to making history, the most groundbreaking events often occur with the flick of a pen. In show jumping, a more apt analogy would be the click of a stopwatch. On Sunday, September 13, in Spruce Meadows, the World’s No. 6-ranked rider, Ben Maher, dashed through the jump-off timers of the CPKC ‘International
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