Kevin Kohmann had a Really Big Week to kick off his December: He started it by getting married to his longtime girlfriend and business partner, and ended it by winning his first CDI Grand Prix freestyle. Kohmann and Diamante Farms’ Dünensee won the Grand Prix (70.89%) class Dec. 7 at the World Equestrian Center December […]
Eric Lamaze’s brain cancer has been in remission since 2021. A bookkeeper wrote the fake letters that his attorneys submitted to courts in Canada and the United States claiming Lamaze received treatment from two neurosurgeons at the Chirec Cancer Institute. He really did undergo surgery this summer at a Chirec hospital—but for throat cancer and […]
After 17-year old Raina Swani laid down a solid trip in the junior hunter, 16-17, stake class at the 2023 National Horse Show (Kentucky) aboard Spoken, all that was left to do was watch and wait. She had gone second, with 13 more pairs still to compete after her. “I was praying to God that […]
When eventing returned to Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia, in 2014 after a nine-year hiatus, what eventually became the Great Meadow International was intended to be a destination event—a showcase of the sport’s top riders and a launching pad for championship teams. So when GMI organizers David O’Connor and Darrin Mollett announced Friday, Dec. […]
In August 2021, Skylar Wireman didn’t know how she was going to transport her junior jumper home to California. He’d sustained a severe and mysterious injury while competing in Michigan, and she worried about how to safely move him. She never could’ve predicted that two years later Citoki would be back in the show ring […]
An international panel of experts assembled by the Fédération Equestre Internationale to better protect riders from head injuries released a report on its work Friday that sets an ambitious, “aspirational” goal: Cutting the rate of riding-related concussions in half by strengthening equestrian helmet testing standards, and beginning to get those new standards—and new helmets that […]
Even though six years have passed, Jessica Van Wyen still can’t explain why she felt so compelled to go see the unregistered 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly whose ad popped up on her social media. It was late 2017, and Van Wyen was a newlywed; she and her husband Reese were putting every penny they had toward […]
“Social acceptability isn’t something you can market your way out of; it’s not something that nice pictures or talking about partnerships and so on is going to solve,” Dr. Natalie Waran, the head of the Fédération Equestre Internationale’s Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission warned while delivering the group’s final report at the annual FEI General […]
St. Louis—Dec. 10 How do we encourage good decision-making? Whether it was with regard to deciding when to move up or when to continue on if things go awry at a competition, or implementing biosecurity practices, encouraging riders to make good decisions was a huge point of discussion during this year’s U.S. Eventing Association Annual […]
The Chronicle of the Horse is adding to our freelance team! We’re seeking talented writers with journalism experience and equestrian sports knowledge to produce articles for the Chronicle magazine; website, www.coth.com; and our lifestyle publication, Untacked. Rates range from $125 for short web articles to $500 for longer print pieces. (Complicated or in-depth pieces are sometimes […]
Kevin Kohmann had a Really Big Week to kick off his December: He started it by getting married to his longtime girlfriend and business partner, and ended it by winning his first CDI Grand Prix freestyle. Kohmann and Diamante Farms’ Dünensee won the Grand Prix (70.89%) class Dec. 7 at the World Equestrian Center December […]
Eric Lamaze’s brain cancer has been in remission since 2021. A bookkeeper wrote the fake letters that his attorneys submitted to courts in Canada and the United States claiming Lamaze received treatment from two neurosurgeons at the Chirec Cancer Institute. He really did undergo surgery this summer at a Chirec hospital—but for throat cancer and […]
After 17-year old Raina Swani laid down a solid trip in the junior hunter, 16-17, stake class at the 2023 National Horse Show (Kentucky) aboard Spoken, all that was left to do was watch and wait. She had gone second, with 13 more pairs still to compete after her. “I was praying to God that […]
When eventing returned to Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia, in 2014 after a nine-year hiatus, what eventually became the Great Meadow International was intended to be a destination event—a showcase of the sport’s top riders and a launching pad for championship teams. So when GMI organizers David O’Connor and Darrin Mollett announced Friday, Dec. […]
In August 2021, Skylar Wireman didn’t know how she was going to transport her junior jumper home to California. He’d sustained a severe and mysterious injury while competing in Michigan, and she worried about how to safely move him. She never could’ve predicted that two years later Citoki would be back in the show ring […]
An international panel of experts assembled by the Fédération Equestre Internationale to better protect riders from head injuries released a report on its work Friday that sets an ambitious, “aspirational” goal: Cutting the rate of riding-related concussions in half by strengthening equestrian helmet testing standards, and beginning to get those new standards—and new helmets that […]
Even though six years have passed, Jessica Van Wyen still can’t explain why she felt so compelled to go see the unregistered 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly whose ad popped up on her social media. It was late 2017, and Van Wyen was a newlywed; she and her husband Reese were putting every penny they had toward […]
“Social acceptability isn’t something you can market your way out of; it’s not something that nice pictures or talking about partnerships and so on is going to solve,” Dr. Natalie Waran, the head of the Fédération Equestre Internationale’s Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission warned while delivering the group’s final report at the annual FEI General […]
St. Louis—Dec. 10 How do we encourage good decision-making? Whether it was with regard to deciding when to move up or when to continue on if things go awry at a competition, or implementing biosecurity practices, encouraging riders to make good decisions was a huge point of discussion during this year’s U.S. Eventing Association Annual […]
The Chronicle of the Horse is adding to our freelance team! We’re seeking talented writers with journalism experience and equestrian sports knowledge to produce articles for the Chronicle magazine; website, www.coth.com; and our lifestyle publication, Untacked. Rates range from $125 for short web articles to $500 for longer print pieces. (Complicated or in-depth pieces are sometimes […]
