Legends

Bill Bradley to be inducted into the NRHA Hall of Fame ©Dawn Baxstrom Oklahoma City, Okla. – July 26, 2018 - Following the presentation of the Hall of Fame Committee’s recommended nominees, the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Board of...

Golden Globe-winning actor, director, producer, screenwriter, recording artist, author and horseman. He is one of pop culture’s most recognizable figures, and for his contributions as a horseman, horse industry promoter and philanthropist, NRHA is...

Mary Mairs-Chapot and Frank Chapot ©Nancy Jaffer The wonderful photograph below taken by Nancy Jaffer was taken at the memorial of Frank Chapot, thank you Nancy for this great memoriam of an equally great man of our sport. Francis Davis "Frank"...

Hans Guenter Winkler with Laura Kraut ©Mary Phelps 2017 Hans Günter Winkler, (born July 24, 1926, Barmen [now Wuppertal], Germany—died July 9, 2018, Warendorf), German equestrian champion who was the most decorated Olympic show jumper of all time,...

Monica and Georg Theodorescu Photo © horsemagazine.com "For our family, the horses were above all friends, and never a means to achieve our ambitions. We had goals, but we never sacrificed our friendship with the horse to achieve them. Daily training...

It all began so humbly when Michael’s do-whatever-is-asked attitude. During the summers while growing up he worked with his plumber father and helped a neighbor mow lawns on weekends. Then, the neighbor bought a few horses and Michael started to ride...

Georg Theodorescu ©Mary Phelps Another of the dressage great masters has left us. The legendary dressage trainer Georg Theodorescu passed away on August 20, 2007. The Rumanian born riding master suffered from a stroke. He was transported to the...

Just as there are faster courses on the ski slopes, and expertly maintained ice arenas and other surfaces that increase the quality of athletic competition, equestrian sports has it's expert too. Hermann Duckek, from Denmark has been creating the...