The USA Premieres Its First Academy With a Very American Plot Twist
Kalvin Paige has given his USNEA scholars four months. As of tonight, he is filming all of it — and the thirty-six riders who signed on in October don't appear to have been told.
Janice Rhea Velhem, Dressage's Quiet Revolutionary, Dies at 71
She never won a global medal and changed how three generations sat a horse. Colleagues remember a rider who preferred the schooling ring to the podium.
Homebound: Tineke Jensen Leaves Wellington to Return to Valkenswaard
After two winters chasing ranking points on the Florida circuit, the Dutch jumper rider says the yard at home "never should have been for sale."
Asian Games Announces Its Nine Riders
A smaller squad than four years ago, but organisers insist depth, not headcount, is the story this cycle.
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View All News →FEI Provisionally Suspends Show Jumping Stallion After Positive Test in Doha
A prohibited substance flagged in post-competition sampling puts a Nations Cup contender's winter on hold pending the B-sample.
Selection: Inside Paige Society's Thirty-Six-Rider Long List
Twelve dressage, twelve show jumping, twelve reining — a discipline-by-discipline breakdown of who made the cut, and who was passed over.
The Warmblood Studbooks Are Merging Data. Nobody Agreed on a Format.
Three major European registries pledge a shared breeding database by 2028. The spreadsheets, so far, disagree with each other.
Para Dressage's Grade Overhaul Enters Its Second Year, Quietly
Reclassifications have reshuffled national squads across three continents. Riders say the process still moves faster than the appeals.
Vaulting Worlds Move to a New Host City Amid Budget Concerns
The relocation is the third in two championship cycles. Federation officials call it "a scheduling matter," which is not what the ledgers say.
Verden's Young Horse Championships Return With a New Judging Panel
Five judges instead of three, and a scoring sheet nobody has seen before Thursday. Breeders are, predictably, nervous.
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More Opinion →Kalvin Paige, in His Own Words: "This Is Not a Vanity Project"
The Paige Society CEO answers, at length, the question nobody at the October roundtable asked him directly.
The Reining Question: Why It's Still Riding the World Stage
The FEI let the discipline go. The World Equestrian Games didn't. A look at a sport competing under a flag that no longer claims it.
Warendorf, Jerez, and the Case for the Long Game
Four centuries of institutional training versus four months of made-for-television selection. A comparison nobody asked for and everybody needs.
The Whip Rule Nobody Reads: Why the FEI's New Language Still Leaves Room
A clause-by-clause read of the 2027 rulebook amendment, and the enforcement gap its drafters left standing.
Science & Welfare
More Research →Neural Dynamics of the Horse Head: What New Research Means for Contact and Bit Design
A Utrecht study on proprioception and rein pressure is already reshaping how three national federations teach young riders to take contact.
Social License to Operate: The Phrase Every Federation Now Uses and Nobody Defines
It appears in every press release since the Paris cycle. It has never once appeared with a metric attached.
Grand Prix Dressage Has a Freestyle Problem, and Music Is Not It
Choreography scores have quietly become the deciding factor in tied results. Nobody has updated the judging seminar to say so.