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The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the appointment of long-term employee Hallye Griffin as director of FEI sport. Griffin will assume the...
Top riders regularly point out that it’s getting harder and harder to find championship horses, that is, horses that can excel over many rounds of...
Top riders regularly point out that it’s getting harder and harder to find championship horses, that is, horses that can excel over many rounds of...
Thermal, Calif.—March 18  The feature equitation class of the Desert Circuit, the R.W. Mutch Equitation Championship, has never been a lucky...
Thermal, Calif.—March 17 Heading into the $100,000 WCHR West Coast Hunter Spectacular on Friday night, Nick Haness was feeling a little extra...
How disciplined are you in your riding? Can you maintain straightness down a line of jumps—leaving the ground perfectly in the middle of...
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Top riders regularly point out that it’s getting harder and harder to find championship horses, that is, horses that can excel over many rounds of...
There are plenty of five-figure classes at horse shows for riders to compete in, but a big money class for grooms? That’s nearly unheard of. That...
He has the stunning beauty of a cover model and the ring presence of a seasoned pro. But at heart, Fortunato H20 is just an oversized puppy. When...
U.S. Tokyo Olympic team silver medalist Kent Farrington has found yet another leading lady in Toulayna, who scored her first grand prix victory in...
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In honor of HH Azur and McLain Ward's victory Sunday in the Rolex Grand Prix 's-Hertogenbosch (the Netherlands), which puts the pair two-thirds of...
It may not have been the Dutton Ranch (a.k.a. the Yellowstone), and it certainly wasn’t Montana, but there were some cameo appearances in a Western reining...
When Donegal V stepped into the Grand Prix ring Feb. 9 during Week 5 of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, in Wellington, Florida, it was a big moment in...
He has the stunning beauty of a cover model and the ring presence of a seasoned pro. But at heart, Fortunato H20 is just an oversized puppy. When he’s not...
Thermal, Calif.—March 17 Heading into the $100,000 WCHR West Coast Hunter Spectacular on Friday night, Nick Haness was feeling a little extra nervous....
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How disciplined are you in your riding? Can you maintain straightness down a line of jumps—leaving the ground perfectly in the middle of...
In the dark of early morning Tuesday, in tackrooms—and, let’s be real, probably bathrooms—around Thermal, California; Wellington, Florida; and...
He was a 10-year-old, 15-hand, flea-bitten gray Arabian named Lazur Hess, just off the track, where he had won more than $100,000. My trainer,...
Beverly Strauss co-founded MidAtlantic Horse Rescue with Ginny Suarez in 2002 in Chesapeake City, Maryland. They average 100 rehomes a year of horses...
On St. Patrick’s Day, between 30 and 40 foot-pack enthusiasts gathered at the Strathalbyn Farms Club gazebo in Weldon Spring, Mo., for the 38th...
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Nick Haness was the Chronicle's 2022 show hunter rider of the year. We sat down with him to get the scoop on the guy behind the title and learn more...
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As I write it’s the morning of the fifth and final day of the 2018 Chicago regional session of the USHJA’s Emerging Athletes Program. In front of me at HITS-Chicago sits a...
There isn’t a gentle way to start this post, so I’m just starting: [In March], my horse passed away. It was a Monday, so the barn was closed until 3 p.m. As you can...
Summer has hit us like a freight train, with heat indexes over 100* and high humidity here in Virginia. Summer is long and unrelenting here in the South, so it’s acclimate or...
In my teens and 20s, becoming a better rider was about surviving in the sport. As a kid from a non-horsey family without enough money to buy and care for a horse, learning to...
This afternoon I got a phone call from a friend and fellow event rider who has just been named to the reserve list of a certain team competition in September. I was really hoping...
I have to admit that this might be my favorite portion of this series to write. What I normally see when an equine job ad pops up on social media is something so abrasive,...
Horse Care
Desert International Horse Park organizers announced Friday that the facility in Thermal, California, will be closed to haul-ins this weekend in...
At this year's U.S. Equestrian Federation’s annual meeting, a two-day workshop called “Working Together For Our Future” touched on many...
At this year's U.S. Equestrian Federation’s annual meeting, a two-day workshop called “Working Together For Our Future” touched on many...
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF), in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the California Animal...
In the summer of 2015, Emil Spadone flew to the winter base of his Redfield Farm in Ocala, Florida, from his summer home in Califon, New Jersey, to...
As the farm manager for Mill Ridge Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, Marc Richardson attends the birth of 60 to 70 foals each year. When the phone rings,...
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