The Dressage Foundation has re-awarded the first $25,000 Debbie McDonald Fund for FEI Riders grant to Nicholia “Niki” Clarke after the grant’s original recipient, Lindsey Holleger, was unable to use the funds and declined the award. The Debbie McDonald Fund provides funding for high-level training to horse and rider pairs who are training at Prix St. Georges […]
During the summer of 2023, I started every day in a pair of breeches. It didn’t matter if it was 90 degrees outside with 100% humidity. It didn’t matter what other tasks had to be completed or what errands had to be run. It didn’t matter if three dozen kids were en route to the […]
I was 14 when I jumped my first puissance at The Tulsa Charity Show (Oklahoma) with my junior jumper, Ten Lizzie. Maybe I was too young to realize the task at hand, but I was game and full of grit. I was ready to tack up my own horse and give it a try. I […]
Today is the last day for U.S. Equestrian Federation members to vote on the 2023 Horse of the Year and Equestrian of the Year. The International and National Horses of the Year winners will be announced Jan. 13 at the 2023 SmartPak/USEF Horse of the Year Awards Dinner, and the International and National Equestrians of […]
Stories of the unexpected—from both the inspiration and upsetting ends of the spectrum—drew readers to coth.com over the year that was: Unexpected foals (twins!) and unexpected looks (a checkerboard clip or a no-bridle win?!) garnered smiles and more than a few comments on our social media, while the legal trouble of Olympians left us disappointed […]
A Grand Prix rider, a horse mom, a retired jockey and a lesson-barn owner—what do they have in common? All are among the stable of bloggers we’re lucky to have writing for us here at the Chronicle. One of the great strengths of the blogs that appear on coth.com is the diversity of perspectives they […]
What makes a memorable equestrian photograph? Is it knees to eyeballs? Perfect framing in front of a perfect backdrop? A newsworthy event, captured in a split-second that’s worth the proverbial “thousand words”? Ask our staff, who traveled this year to the biggest shows to capture the action, and they’ll tell you it’s a bit of […]
Every December, we ask our talented writers to share their favorite stories of the year. This year, they contributed the best pieces they authored, as well as a few of favorites they read on www.coth.com. Here are some of the stories we published in 2023 that made a lasting impression on our writers. Equine Practitioners Are Becoming An Endangered […]
In his almost four decades in the horse business, Antonio Bustamante has worked for people in all parts of the hunter/jumper world, from horse enthusiasts at their home farms to Olympians and, for the past 13 years, for Val Renihan’s Findlay’s Ridge LLC. Everywhere he works, he leads by example as a horseman whose calm, […]
The Dressage Foundation has re-awarded the first $25,000 Debbie McDonald Fund for FEI Riders grant to Nicholia “Niki” Clarke after the grant’s original recipient, Lindsey Holleger, was unable to use the funds and declined the award. The Debbie McDonald Fund provides funding for high-level training to horse and rider pairs who are training at Prix St. Georges […]
During the summer of 2023, I started every day in a pair of breeches. It didn’t matter if it was 90 degrees outside with 100% humidity. It didn’t matter what other tasks had to be completed or what errands had to be run. It didn’t matter if three dozen kids were en route to the […]
I was 14 when I jumped my first puissance at The Tulsa Charity Show (Oklahoma) with my junior jumper, Ten Lizzie. Maybe I was too young to realize the task at hand, but I was game and full of grit. I was ready to tack up my own horse and give it a try. I […]
Today is the last day for U.S. Equestrian Federation members to vote on the 2023 Horse of the Year and Equestrian of the Year. The International and National Horses of the Year winners will be announced Jan. 13 at the 2023 SmartPak/USEF Horse of the Year Awards Dinner, and the International and National Equestrians of […]
Stories of the unexpected—from both the inspiration and upsetting ends of the spectrum—drew readers to coth.com over the year that was: Unexpected foals (twins!) and unexpected looks (a checkerboard clip or a no-bridle win?!) garnered smiles and more than a few comments on our social media, while the legal trouble of Olympians left us disappointed […]
A Grand Prix rider, a horse mom, a retired jockey and a lesson-barn owner—what do they have in common? All are among the stable of bloggers we’re lucky to have writing for us here at the Chronicle. One of the great strengths of the blogs that appear on coth.com is the diversity of perspectives they […]
What makes a memorable equestrian photograph? Is it knees to eyeballs? Perfect framing in front of a perfect backdrop? A newsworthy event, captured in a split-second that’s worth the proverbial “thousand words”? Ask our staff, who traveled this year to the biggest shows to capture the action, and they’ll tell you it’s a bit of […]
Every December, we ask our talented writers to share their favorite stories of the year. This year, they contributed the best pieces they authored, as well as a few of favorites they read on www.coth.com. Here are some of the stories we published in 2023 that made a lasting impression on our writers. Equine Practitioners Are Becoming An Endangered […]
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In his almost four decades in the horse business, Antonio Bustamante has worked for people in all parts of the hunter/jumper world, from horse enthusiasts at their home farms to Olympians and, for the past 13 years, for Val Renihan’s Findlay’s Ridge LLC. Everywhere he works, he leads by example as a horseman whose calm, […]
