Educational opportunities, both in-person and virtual, abound this off-season, and here’s one you may want to put on your list. Lucinda Green’s XC Academy is welcoming British Olympians Tom McEwen, Laura Collett and Ros Canter to the Lucinda Green Academy Mastermind during the first three months of 2026. The series will kick off with a live demo at the National Equine Show in Birmingham on March 1. For more detals, keep an eye on the XC Academy website here.
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Recap the Geneva Indoor Cross Country competition this weekend, where Dutch Olympian Janneke Boonzaaije took home the win with Champ de Tailleur. The star-studded field was not short on Olympic talent, and it looks like this massive indoor show, which also includes a leg of the Rolex Grand Slam for show jumping, should be on all of our bucket lists. Read a recap of this year’s competition here.
Could equestrian sports take a page out of the Formula 1 playbook? A sport that’s grown in worldwide renown thanks to successful marketing efforts, despite its elite roots, certainly casts plenty of parallels to our world of athletics. Horse & Hound writer Becky Murray tackles this topic in an opinion piece here.
Fast-growing equestrian supplier LeMieux has unveiled a new collaboration with well-known fashion designer Stella McCartney. In a unique business move, the two brands joined forces in the midst of a cultural wave in which horses and the equestrian lifestyle are making an increasing amount of appearances. Read more about this new collaboration here.
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News from the jumping world: Kent Farrington and the great Greya claim yet another 5* Grand Prix win for 2025 at Geneva! With this win, Greya becomes the first horse to win seven 5* Grand Prix events in a single calendar year. What. A. Horse.
