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World Cup NAL Reflections: Gochman's Grand Finale

Mimi Gochman and Iron Maiden won the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Ocala, the final leg of the 2025/26 North American League season at the World Equestrian Center - Ocala. Photo by FEI/ Shannon Brinkman The North American League season concludes annually at the World Equestrian Center - Ocala in mid-February, and the venue is appropriately named: The facility's Grand Arena sure hosts a grand finale. From pre-event parachuters landing center ring to artfully decorated fences

Catie Staszak

Feb 17

Gochman Punches Ticket to Fort Worth with World Cup Glory in Ocala

Mimi Gochman (USA) and Iron Maiden, winners of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League 2025/26 - Ocala (USA) ©FEI/Shannon Brinkman Mimi Gochman (USA) exceeded even her own expectations Saturday night in Ocala (USA), topping the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Ocala while punching her ticket to the Finals in Fort Worth (USA). The win marked the first at the highest level of show jumping sport for Gochman, 22, who has secured a place in her first senior cham

Catie Staszak

Feb 15

World Cup NAL Reflections: Here, There, and Everywhere

Fist pumps from Kyle King (USA) and Luis Alejandro Plascencia O. (MEX) following their respective victories in North American League events at Puebla (MEX) and Thermal (USA). Photos by FEI/ Rodrigo Cecena (left) & Sara Shier (right) February is the busiest month of the North American League: In three consecutive weeks, there are three different qualifiers—across two countries and both coasts of the United States. The frequent flier miles rack up quickly. Therefore, this up

Catie Staszak

Feb 9

Plascencia Prevails in Puebla

Luis Alejandro Plascencia O (MEX) and Huberth B - winners of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League 2025/26 - Puebla (MEX) ©FEI/ Rodrigo Cecena Luis Alejandro Plascencia O. (MEX) did what no other athlete could Saturday in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Puebla (MEX): produce a double-clear effort. Plascencia and the 14-year-old gelding Huberth B crossed the timers of Anderson Lima's (MEX) jump-off track without fault, securing themselves the victory a

Catie Staszak

Feb 8

Thermal World Cup Fit for a 'King'

Kyle King (USA) and Kayenne Z- winners of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League 2025/26 - Thermal (USA) ©FEI/Sara Shier When Kyle King's (USA) initial jump-off plan didn't quite come to fruition, it became the winning move in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Thermal (USA). King and his 11-year-old mare Kayenne Z bested a seven-horse jump-off Saturday night at the Desert International Horse Park, giving the athlete his first career World Cup victory. Th

Catie Staszak

Feb 1

World Cup LA Reflections 🏆 Not All Heroes Wear Capes

McLain Ward (USA) and High Star Hero won the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Los Angeles at Santa Anita Park. Photo by FEI/Shannon Brinkman There are certain riders that you just associate with winning. McLain Ward is one of them. After all, he boasts two Olympic gold medals (and another three silver); a gold medal from WEG; three Pan Am gold medals; and of course, a victory in 2017 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Finals in Omaha (NE). I had the incredible privilege of being

Catie Staszak

Nov 24, 2025

'Heroic' Effort Puts Ward at the top in Los Angeles

McLain Ward (USA) and High Star Hero - winners of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ NAL 2025/26 - Los Angeles (USA) ©FEI/ Shannon Brinkman McLain Ward (USA) broke through with a statement victory Saturday night at Santa Anita Park, capturing the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Los Angeles in emphatic fashion with High Star Hero. The pair bested a seven-horse jump-off to secure the biggest victory of their partnership with a winning jump-off time of 33.99 seconds. Richard Vo

Catie Staszak

Nov 23, 2025

World Cup Toronto Reflections: Conor Swail Reminds Riders that the Path to the Top of the Sport is Far From Linear

O ne of my favorite views in all of show jumping: the ingate of the Coca-Cola Colisseum at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, Canada. Photo by Mackenzie Clark It's hard to believe I'm nearly halfway through my eighth full season on the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League.I'm Catie Staszak, and if you've watched a World Cup show jumping event in the last decade, you may have heard my voice. I was 24 years old when I first spoke into a microphone with an FEI mic

Catie Staszak

Nov 18, 2025

Swail Seizes Opportunity With World Cup Victory in Toronto

Conor Swail (IRL) and Casturano - winners of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ NAL 2025/26 - Toronto (CAN) ©FEI/Mackenzie Clark When Conor Swail (IRL) entered the arena as the last to jump in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto (CAN), he felt a victory within his grasp. The most senior athlete in a compact three-horse jump-off, Swail was aboard his experienced partner Casturano, who had finished among the top 10 in three previous World Cup events and was ever-so-clo

Catie Staszak

Nov 16, 2025

Risk Earns Reward for Kraut and Tres Bien Z at Washington

Laura Kraut (USA) and Tres Bien Z - winners of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2025/26 North American League - Washington (USA) ©FEI/SDH Photography Laura Kraut admitted, she wasn't quite sure what to expect from her partner Tres Bien Z as the 10-year-old gelding made his World Cup debut at the Washington International Horse Show (USA). She knew she had a brave horse on her hands who always seemed to give his best effort when called upon. So when the seven strides she p

Catie Staszak

Oct 26, 2025