Welcome to our Junior & Pony Issue for 2005.  This year’s special issue is full of great stories about young riders and the horses and ponies that share and enrich their lives.  Read about Munchkin and Kismet,  special ponies who taught many a child many a thing about riding and interacting with horses. Read about Caroline Roffman who at 16, knows that dressage will always be a part of her life. Also take a look at the highlight of the magazine, the Jr. Art Gallery.  Kids from across the nation send us their horse-inspired art work, stories and poems.

Also check out our cover art for this magazine cover.  For each year’s Jr. & Pony Issue, the Chronicle’s editorial staff select one particularly outstanding piece of artwork from the submissions to place on the cover. This year’s winner, Grier Stockman, submitted a self-portrait drawing of her and her horse Lad.