I had the best barn help. Until last year, when I had to let her go. I hired Julia Walton in 2018. She was 16, and it was the first summer we owned our farm. For nearly a year I’d done all the chores myself: feeding and turning out in the morning (just two horses then) before […]
A year and a half ago, 16-year-old hunter/jumper rider Arya Vivekanandan was searching for a new trainer to continue her horsemanship education. Through a friend’s recommendation, she found Colin Daly of Oasis Farm in Woodside, California, and after sitting in on just one lesson, Vivekanandan was confident she had found her new program. “It was […]
The first blog I wrote for the Chronicle was about selling my oldest daughter’s first pony, the one she had outgrown but loved with her whole heart. It was about her first true love and her first true loss, and the emotional rollercoaster of letting go of a pony that had meant everything to her. It was […]
Since the moment he came to Emil Spadone’s Redfield Farm last February, Four Aces has proven to be a level-headed amateur hunter mount and, simultaneously, a brilliant international hunter derby competitor. Owned by Marita Zuraitis, “Ace” has been racking up top placings in the derby ring with professional Brian Feigus and in the amateur-owner ring […]
If you weren’t looking closely during the Longines League of Nations Ocala on Saturday at the World Equestrian Center—Ocala (Florida), you might not have noticed that the striking gray mare competing for Sweden was different from the other horses, and not just for her beautiful jumping style. Wilma Hellström bought Cicci BJN as a talented […]
Wellington, Fla.—March 23 Ansgar Holtgers Jr. isn’t even old enough to drink, but he’s already headlining against the veterans at the Winter Equestrian Festival. Last year he won a three-star grand prix during the WEF circuit, but this season the 20-year-old upped the ante when he rode Pixel-K Van’t Kattenheye to the top of the […]
Ocala, Fla.—March 22 It came down to the very last fence and the very last rider of the night at the Longines League of Nations Ocala, and lucky for the spectators at the World Equestrian Center—Ocala, it was the United States’ McLain Ward, always cool under pressure, and the exuberant Ilex, jumping for the win. […]
Wellington, Fla.—March 22 Yesterday was not Chappy’s day. In the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, hunt-and-go format, at the Winter Equestrian Festival he pulled a rail and swapped a few times to put in what rider Greg Crolick described as “probably his worst class” in the four years the two have been together. “He was […]
Ocala, Fla.—March 22 The first round of the Longines League of Nations Ocala has ended, and the U.S. is in the lead on 0 faults, followed by Germany on 1 fault and Ireland on 8 faults. Lillie Keenan (Argan de Beliard), McLain Ward (Ilex) and Laura Kraut (Dorado 212) all jumped clear. Aaron Vale (Carissimo […]
Ocala, Fla.—March 22 The $770,000 Longines League of Nations Ocala is set to get underway this afternoon at the World Equestrian Center—Ocala at 4:30 p.m. ET. The 10 teams have named their horse and rider pairs, and the starting order is set. The U.S. team (McLain Ward, Laura Kraut, Lillie Keenan and Aaron Vale) are […]
I had the best barn help. Until last year, when I had to let her go. I hired Julia Walton in 2018. She was 16, and it was the first summer we owned our farm. For nearly a year I’d done all the chores myself: feeding and turning out in the morning (just two horses then) before […]
A year and a half ago, 16-year-old hunter/jumper rider Arya Vivekanandan was searching for a new trainer to continue her horsemanship education. Through a friend’s recommendation, she found Colin Daly of Oasis Farm in Woodside, California, and after sitting in on just one lesson, Vivekanandan was confident she had found her new program. “It was […]
The first blog I wrote for the Chronicle was about selling my oldest daughter’s first pony, the one she had outgrown but loved with her whole heart. It was about her first true love and her first true loss, and the emotional rollercoaster of letting go of a pony that had meant everything to her. It was […]
Since the moment he came to Emil Spadone’s Redfield Farm last February, Four Aces has proven to be a level-headed amateur hunter mount and, simultaneously, a brilliant international hunter derby competitor. Owned by Marita Zuraitis, “Ace” has been racking up top placings in the derby ring with professional Brian Feigus and in the amateur-owner ring […]
If you weren’t looking closely during the Longines League of Nations Ocala on Saturday at the World Equestrian Center—Ocala (Florida), you might not have noticed that the striking gray mare competing for Sweden was different from the other horses, and not just for her beautiful jumping style. Wilma Hellström bought Cicci BJN as a talented […]
Wellington, Fla.—March 23 Ansgar Holtgers Jr. isn’t even old enough to drink, but he’s already headlining against the veterans at the Winter Equestrian Festival. Last year he won a three-star grand prix during the WEF circuit, but this season the 20-year-old upped the ante when he rode Pixel-K Van’t Kattenheye to the top of the […]
Ocala, Fla.—March 22 It came down to the very last fence and the very last rider of the night at the Longines League of Nations Ocala, and lucky for the spectators at the World Equestrian Center—Ocala, it was the United States’ McLain Ward, always cool under pressure, and the exuberant Ilex, jumping for the win. […]
Wellington, Fla.—March 22 Yesterday was not Chappy’s day. In the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, hunt-and-go format, at the Winter Equestrian Festival he pulled a rail and swapped a few times to put in what rider Greg Crolick described as “probably his worst class” in the four years the two have been together. “He was […]
Ocala, Fla.—March 22 The first round of the Longines League of Nations Ocala has ended, and the U.S. is in the lead on 0 faults, followed by Germany on 1 fault and Ireland on 8 faults. Lillie Keenan (Argan de Beliard), McLain Ward (Ilex) and Laura Kraut (Dorado 212) all jumped clear. Aaron Vale (Carissimo […]
Ocala, Fla.—March 22 The $770,000 Longines League of Nations Ocala is set to get underway this afternoon at the World Equestrian Center—Ocala at 4:30 p.m. ET. The 10 teams have named their horse and rider pairs, and the starting order is set. The U.S. team (McLain Ward, Laura Kraut, Lillie Keenan and Aaron Vale) are […]
