If you’d have told Lauren Dutton three years ago that the standoffish mule she bought from a Facebook post would be the first long-eared winner of a U.S. Equestrian Federation Horse of the Year award, she’d have called you crazy. “ ‘Daisy’ was never meant to be more than a pasture ornament,” Dutton said of […]
A million years ago, in a time of much healthier knees, I did triathlons. If you’ve never stood next to me, I’m 5’10” and built like a refrigerator, so when I tell you I did triathlons, I did them slowly, and I did the shortest distance class: a sprint, which is usually about a half-mile […]
On Wednesday, April 17, the first round of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final starts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and among the U.S. entries is Chromatic BF, who was bred and owned by KC Branscomb of Branscomb Farm in Half Moon Bay, California. The 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Connor—Sonnengirl BF, Concept) ridden by Jill Humphrey […]
As Denise Corbo, founder of literacy nonprofit StoryBook Treasures, visited Pioneer Park Elementary on March 4, she overheard a young girl’s greeting to her father. “There was a father that was there to pick up his child, and as soon as she went to him, she said, ‘Daddy! Daddy! A horse came to school today. […]
It took patience and fortitude, but I recruited my husband into the cult. You know, the cult that’s made up of crazy people, that promises you ultimate happiness and then drains every cent of your bank account. He is finally one of us! It wasn’t always like this. Early in our relationship, when he was […]
Fifty years ago, in the Feb. 15, 1974 issue, the Chronicle published a notice informing readers of the newly revamped pony heights for the three pony divisions. Previously the ponies were divided into ponies under 11.2 hands, between 11.2 and 13 hands, and between 13 and 14.2 hands, but at the January 1974 AHSA Annual […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the 10 athletes selected to the U.S. Jumping Team Olympic Short List for continued observation ahead of team selection for the Paris Olympic Games later this summer. The following athletes and horses have been selected and are listed in alphabetical order: • Karl Cook (Rancho Santa Fe, California) and […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation on April 10 announced the athlete-and-horse combinations that have been selected for the U.S. Eventing European Development Tour for the spring of 2024. USEF Eventing Emerging and Development Coach Leslie Law will guide the combinations as they experience team competition in Europe. “The objective is to get these riders team experience,” […]
Joanna Gray-Randle thought her riding days were behind her in 2009 after she had cervical spinal fusion surgery to repair damage from a car accident 10 years prior. She’d given up her busy dressage barn in California a year before the surgery when her husband, David Randle, took a new job in Long Island, New […]
Are you sitting down? Well, maybe you should be. Get comfortable, grab your favorite beverage, relax, stay a while, because I am about to reveal to you who the greatest farrier in the world is. Did I get your attention? Perfect. Linked to horses for the better part of my existence and toiling as a […]
If you’d have told Lauren Dutton three years ago that the standoffish mule she bought from a Facebook post would be the first long-eared winner of a U.S. Equestrian Federation Horse of the Year award, she’d have called you crazy. “ ‘Daisy’ was never meant to be more than a pasture ornament,” Dutton said of […]
A million years ago, in a time of much healthier knees, I did triathlons. If you’ve never stood next to me, I’m 5’10” and built like a refrigerator, so when I tell you I did triathlons, I did them slowly, and I did the shortest distance class: a sprint, which is usually about a half-mile […]
On Wednesday, April 17, the first round of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final starts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and among the U.S. entries is Chromatic BF, who was bred and owned by KC Branscomb of Branscomb Farm in Half Moon Bay, California. The 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Connor—Sonnengirl BF, Concept) ridden by Jill Humphrey […]
As Denise Corbo, founder of literacy nonprofit StoryBook Treasures, visited Pioneer Park Elementary on March 4, she overheard a young girl’s greeting to her father. “There was a father that was there to pick up his child, and as soon as she went to him, she said, ‘Daddy! Daddy! A horse came to school today. […]
It took patience and fortitude, but I recruited my husband into the cult. You know, the cult that’s made up of crazy people, that promises you ultimate happiness and then drains every cent of your bank account. He is finally one of us! It wasn’t always like this. Early in our relationship, when he was […]
Fifty years ago, in the Feb. 15, 1974 issue, the Chronicle published a notice informing readers of the newly revamped pony heights for the three pony divisions. Previously the ponies were divided into ponies under 11.2 hands, between 11.2 and 13 hands, and between 13 and 14.2 hands, but at the January 1974 AHSA Annual […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the 10 athletes selected to the U.S. Jumping Team Olympic Short List for continued observation ahead of team selection for the Paris Olympic Games later this summer. The following athletes and horses have been selected and are listed in alphabetical order: • Karl Cook (Rancho Santa Fe, California) and […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation on April 10 announced the athlete-and-horse combinations that have been selected for the U.S. Eventing European Development Tour for the spring of 2024. USEF Eventing Emerging and Development Coach Leslie Law will guide the combinations as they experience team competition in Europe. “The objective is to get these riders team experience,” […]
Joanna Gray-Randle thought her riding days were behind her in 2009 after she had cervical spinal fusion surgery to repair damage from a car accident 10 years prior. She’d given up her busy dressage barn in California a year before the surgery when her husband, David Randle, took a new job in Long Island, New […]
Are you sitting down? Well, maybe you should be. Get comfortable, grab your favorite beverage, relax, stay a while, because I am about to reveal to you who the greatest farrier in the world is. Did I get your attention? Perfect. Linked to horses for the better part of my existence and toiling as a […]
