A rhythmic knocking stirred me from sleep: Clunk, clunk, clunk. Pause. Clunk, clunk. I fumbled for my phone and poked at the screen, squinting at the offending glow: 3:30 a.m. My sleep-fogged brain tried to make sense of the sound. It wasn’t coming from inside the house, nor the front door. It wasn’t coming from the road. The […]
Laura Kraut has ridden many different types of horses over the course of her career, and if anything, all that experience makes her appreciate the thoroughly low maintenance nature of her current top mount, Baloutinue. The Hanoverian gelding (Balou Du Rouet—Utika, Landor S), owned by longtime supporters Barbara and David Roux of St. Bride’s Farm, […]
Dear Testa, First, I want to give you a huge welcome to our family. We may not be extremely large, but you join a wonderful human counterpart and three pretty fantastic cats in this journey through life. While you won’t ever meet the felines, I’m certain that very soon my husband will introduce himself with […]
On June 17 we will publish our eighth annual Chronicle of the Horse Readers’ Choice Issue, and we need your help. We want to hear about our readers’ favorite riders, horses, competitions, equipment and more. Make your opinions heard by filling out our online survey, which will be open until May 1. Respondents will be […]
At first glance, the video of Brendan Wise and Villanueva Conrad competing in a 1.20-meter class just looks like a smooth, fluid jumper round. Then you look closer, and you realize Wise is riding without a bridle, guiding Villanueva Conrad, or “Lyric,” around the course with just a neck rope. “Lyric is one of those […]
Wellington, Fla—March 30 Rider after rider in the jump-off for the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI5* kept outracing each other at breakneck pace. It looked like McLain Ward might have the class won until Christian Kukuk, riding last, used Checker 47’s footspeed to find the fastest way around the track and win the feature class […]
The grand finale of this year’s 13-week Winter Equestrian Festival season, the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI5*, doubles as the final Saturday Night Lights event of the Wellington, Florida, circuit. Top international riders have been aiming toward this class all season, and we’ll see 41 of them vying for the lion’s share of a half-million […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the Perrigo U.S. Para Dressage Team at the CPEDI3* at World Equestrian Center—Ocala CPEDI3* (Florida) taking place today, March 29, through Sunday. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Michel Assouline. The following athlete-and-horse combinations are listed in alphabetical order: • Beatrice […]
Nero died on a Tuesday. In the dirt, fallen heavily on his side, in a row between two barrack-like stalls where he had been quarantined. The vet punctured his thick skin and injected the orange liquid from a large syringe. Nero fell to the ground as his heart stopped. My horse was out of pain, […]
The Florida circuit may be winding down, but Ben Ebeling, Anna Marek and Kevin Kohmann are just getting started. With less than a month to go before the FEI Dressage World Cup Final, to be held April 16-20 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the three athletes—all World Cup first-timers—have clinched the three FEI North American League […]
A rhythmic knocking stirred me from sleep: Clunk, clunk, clunk. Pause. Clunk, clunk. I fumbled for my phone and poked at the screen, squinting at the offending glow: 3:30 a.m. My sleep-fogged brain tried to make sense of the sound. It wasn’t coming from inside the house, nor the front door. It wasn’t coming from the road. The […]
Laura Kraut has ridden many different types of horses over the course of her career, and if anything, all that experience makes her appreciate the thoroughly low maintenance nature of her current top mount, Baloutinue. The Hanoverian gelding (Balou Du Rouet—Utika, Landor S), owned by longtime supporters Barbara and David Roux of St. Bride’s Farm, […]
Dear Testa, First, I want to give you a huge welcome to our family. We may not be extremely large, but you join a wonderful human counterpart and three pretty fantastic cats in this journey through life. While you won’t ever meet the felines, I’m certain that very soon my husband will introduce himself with […]
On June 17 we will publish our eighth annual Chronicle of the Horse Readers’ Choice Issue, and we need your help. We want to hear about our readers’ favorite riders, horses, competitions, equipment and more. Make your opinions heard by filling out our online survey, which will be open until May 1. Respondents will be […]
At first glance, the video of Brendan Wise and Villanueva Conrad competing in a 1.20-meter class just looks like a smooth, fluid jumper round. Then you look closer, and you realize Wise is riding without a bridle, guiding Villanueva Conrad, or “Lyric,” around the course with just a neck rope. “Lyric is one of those […]
Wellington, Fla—March 30 Rider after rider in the jump-off for the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI5* kept outracing each other at breakneck pace. It looked like McLain Ward might have the class won until Christian Kukuk, riding last, used Checker 47’s footspeed to find the fastest way around the track and win the feature class […]
The grand finale of this year’s 13-week Winter Equestrian Festival season, the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI5*, doubles as the final Saturday Night Lights event of the Wellington, Florida, circuit. Top international riders have been aiming toward this class all season, and we’ll see 41 of them vying for the lion’s share of a half-million […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the Perrigo U.S. Para Dressage Team at the CPEDI3* at World Equestrian Center—Ocala CPEDI3* (Florida) taking place today, March 29, through Sunday. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Michel Assouline. The following athlete-and-horse combinations are listed in alphabetical order: • Beatrice […]
Nero died on a Tuesday. In the dirt, fallen heavily on his side, in a row between two barrack-like stalls where he had been quarantined. The vet punctured his thick skin and injected the orange liquid from a large syringe. Nero fell to the ground as his heart stopped. My horse was out of pain, […]
The Florida circuit may be winding down, but Ben Ebeling, Anna Marek and Kevin Kohmann are just getting started. With less than a month to go before the FEI Dressage World Cup Final, to be held April 16-20 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the three athletes—all World Cup first-timers—have clinched the three FEI North American League […]
