Hannah Wulkan

They have a wide variety of skills, and there are disciplines designed to showcase them. Each one requires its own type of training.

Judges determine the winners in these equestrian events, of course, but also must ensure that the competition is fair and that the horses are safe.

A rider often travels around the world nearly every weekend of the year. The logistical challenges of all of that travel are daunting.

A team of editors wanted to highlight images from across America for the 60th anniversary of the day Hawaii became a state.

She is one of the most successful show jumpers in the world, but she says 70 percent of her sport is the horse.

They are the caretakers of the horses, who can’t speak for themselves. So these professionals “have to speak for them and feel what they need and what they want,” one groom said.

Mr. Carter spent his childhood on a peanut farm and returned there after serving in the Navy. His political career took him to Atlanta, the White House and beyond.