Roughly seven months ago, Keri Potter received a call from U.S. Olympian Karl Cook asking her to take on a project horse. As Potter recalls, that project horse, Kalimera van de Nethe Z, “didn’t really want to jump many jumps at all” at the time. Fast forward to today,...
Thermal, CA – February 15, 2025 – This week marked Conor Swail’s first time jumping One Edition in FEI competition, so Swail considered February 15’s $117,000 Premier Equestrian CSI3* Grand Prix a “fact-finding mission.” At the end of the Saturday afternoon class at...
Canada’s Samantha Buirs-Darvill and Maria 111 cranked up the heat to win a prize designed to cool down in Friday’s $10,000 YETI CSI3* 1.45m Speed at Desert Circuit 6. With a time of 67.27 seconds Buirs-Darvill rode away with the victory – and a new set of YETI...
Thermal, CA – February 14, 2025 – This Valentine’s Day, the judges loved Full Moon Fever – and with good reason. With Karli Postel in the irons, the gelding put in a standout performance to clinch the win in the $49,900 USHJA International Hunter Derby, sponsored by...
Margaux Winchell has been practicing getting up the lines with her pony Heavenly Patch of Blue, and on Friday, February 14, that work on their striding paid off with the win in the $5,000 USHJA Pony Hunt & Go Derby, sponsored by San Marcos Training. “I feel like...
