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February 7, 2011

Overall Horseman Of The Year: Jane Beshear, John Nicholson, Jamie Link, John Long

By: John Strassburger

"A lot of serendipity was involved with the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games,” suggested John Nicholson, for whom the 16 days in September and October were the climax of a 16-year dream.

“People were doing things 30 and 40 years ago that led to these Games, when they really didn’t know that they were doing it.”

January 18, 2011

Judge Rules Erikssons' Case Against Nunnink Can Proceed

By: John Strassburger

A California appellate judge ruled on Jan. 10 that the case brought by the parents of event rider Mia Eriksson against her former trainer can go to trial. Justice Jeffrey King ruled against trainer Kristi Nunnink’s request for summary judgment in the parents’ claim of negligence.

June 5, 2009

The Time Is Right For Jan Brons To Return To Europe

By: John Strassburger

And the Carol Lavell Advanced Dressage Prize is making it possible.

January 19, 2009

Your Comments Always Welcome

By: John Strassburger
One of the elements that makes a magazine lively and interesting is the readers' involvement in it, and the Chronicle is blessed that way. Since our readers are also the subjects of our articles, photos and long lists of results, it ensures that each week's issue has a certain personal touch.

January 19, 2009

Yes, America, We Really Do Breed Sport Horses

By: John Strassburger
When we began publishing American Horses In Sport, in 1987, it's purpose was to support domestic horse breeding by providing a centralized format for performance results.

January 19, 2009

No Sensation Like It

By: John Strassburger
Life and horses had conspired to prevent me from going foxhunting for almost two years until a few weeks ago, and the renewed experience helped me realize why I'd been missing it.

January 19, 2009

Keep Eventing As We Know It

By: John Strassburger
Next week, representatives from all over the world will be discussing eventing at the Federation Equestre Internationale's annual General Assembly in San Francisco, and Denny Emerson has expressed his concern in this week's column (p. 51). They're planning to change the rules to solve "the problem" of eventing, to make a different version of the sport because some people believe this version is too dangerous. But "the problem" isn't with the competition or the rules.

January 19, 2009

They Have A Vision And A Plan

By: John Strassburger
The national federation's convention (p. 8) was certainly a great deal less theatrical than the last six, and this time our sport's leaders could concentrate on working together to make it fairer, safer and more attractive. David O'Connor and his administration at the U.S.

January 19, 2009

It`s A Moving Target

By: John Strassburger

I grew up in the Spring Valley Hounds Pony Club in New Vernon, N.J., which was the center of my equestrian life. By the time I was 16, I was teaching, giving ratings, and working toward my A test. And, thanks to the influence of my parents and my two district commissioners, it never occurred to me to do anything but give back to Pony Club for another 15 years.

January 19, 2009

Where Will We Live-And Ride?

By: John Strassburger
I saw more than 1,000 miles of California during the holiday season, and'this won't surprise you'it caused me to think a lot about land conservation. We drove from Lake Tahoe'which I've long considered one of the most beautiful places on earth'south, between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the eastern border of California, past Death Valley and the Mojave Desert, to the highly developed oasis of Palm Springs.

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