Competition at the 2023 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in Wayne, Illinois, kicked off Monday with the first tests for the Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I National Championship and the Adequan/USEF Para Dressage National Championship. In the FEI Prix St. Georges test for the Intermediaire I championship, Christian Simonson, Ventura, California, took home the first blue ribbon […]
The deadline for final entries for the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover was this week, specifically at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15. That meant it was decision time for me. One of the difficult things about this unique competition is entering two months in advance, not truly knowing where your green horse will be […]
Hundreds of the country’s best dressage riders, from teens and ponies to top Grand Prix pairs, are arriving in Wayne, Illinois, this week for the annual U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions and Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships. This marks the second year that para-dressage riders will contest their championship at Lamplight Equestrian Center, as […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 19 When you think hunter derbies, you think John French. Fourteen years ago, he helped put the USHJA International Hunter Derby program on the map when he jumped to the win on a charismatic gray gelding named Rumba. Since then, he’s won derbies on both coasts and had good finishes in the championship, […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 18 If you wanted to earn a spot in Saturday evening’s handy round for the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, you basically had to score at least one 90 from the three panels of judges today. The 83 horse-and-rider pairs who contested Alan Lohman’s course were ready to show off, and […]
The Veterinary Corner series, brought to you by Merck Animal Health, features insights from leading veterinarians on some of the most pressing health issues affecting horses today. By Bryant Craig, DVM, Merck Animal Health EPM. These three little letters can be scary to hear. Fortunately, if your horse is diagnosed with EPM—technically known as equine […]
Lexington, Ky.—17 When announcer Oliver Kennedy relayed scores of 98, 93 and 93 for McQueen’s round in the Platinum Performance USHJA 3’6″/3’9″ Green Hunter Incentive Championship, everyone around the Walnut Ring knew they were likely looking at the winner. Just ninth in the order, and the first at the 3’6″ height, the gelding piloted by […]
In the aftermath of another year of the FEI North American Youth Championships, held Aug. 9-13 at Traverse City Horse Shows (Michigan), we’re looking back at these words of wisdom, first shared in 2018 by Grand Prix rider and Chronicle blogger Lauren Sprieser. So you came in eighth or 12th or 24th. You made mistakes, […]
Nada Wise had an inauspicious start to USHJA International Hunter Derby competition. In one of her first classes aboard a horse named Sneeky Pete, she donned a gift from a client: an Hermès belt with an “H” shaped buckle. As she jumped into a four-stride to two-stride line, her belt buckle caught the martingale. “I couldn’t […]
The stage is set for two of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s biggest championships. The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington plays host this week to the Platinum Performance USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships and the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, running through Aug. 19. The 3’/3’3″ Green Hunter Incentive Championship will comprise three […]
Competition at the 2023 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in Wayne, Illinois, kicked off Monday with the first tests for the Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I National Championship and the Adequan/USEF Para Dressage National Championship. In the FEI Prix St. Georges test for the Intermediaire I championship, Christian Simonson, Ventura, California, took home the first blue ribbon […]
The deadline for final entries for the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover was this week, specifically at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15. That meant it was decision time for me. One of the difficult things about this unique competition is entering two months in advance, not truly knowing where your green horse will be […]
Hundreds of the country’s best dressage riders, from teens and ponies to top Grand Prix pairs, are arriving in Wayne, Illinois, this week for the annual U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions and Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships. This marks the second year that para-dressage riders will contest their championship at Lamplight Equestrian Center, as […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 19 When you think hunter derbies, you think John French. Fourteen years ago, he helped put the USHJA International Hunter Derby program on the map when he jumped to the win on a charismatic gray gelding named Rumba. Since then, he’s won derbies on both coasts and had good finishes in the championship, […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 18 If you wanted to earn a spot in Saturday evening’s handy round for the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, you basically had to score at least one 90 from the three panels of judges today. The 83 horse-and-rider pairs who contested Alan Lohman’s course were ready to show off, and […]
The Veterinary Corner series, brought to you by Merck Animal Health, features insights from leading veterinarians on some of the most pressing health issues affecting horses today. By Bryant Craig, DVM, Merck Animal Health EPM. These three little letters can be scary to hear. Fortunately, if your horse is diagnosed with EPM—technically known as equine […]
Lexington, Ky.—17 When announcer Oliver Kennedy relayed scores of 98, 93 and 93 for McQueen’s round in the Platinum Performance USHJA 3’6″/3’9″ Green Hunter Incentive Championship, everyone around the Walnut Ring knew they were likely looking at the winner. Just ninth in the order, and the first at the 3’6″ height, the gelding piloted by […]
In the aftermath of another year of the FEI North American Youth Championships, held Aug. 9-13 at Traverse City Horse Shows (Michigan), we’re looking back at these words of wisdom, first shared in 2018 by Grand Prix rider and Chronicle blogger Lauren Sprieser. So you came in eighth or 12th or 24th. You made mistakes, […]
Nada Wise had an inauspicious start to USHJA International Hunter Derby competition. In one of her first classes aboard a horse named Sneeky Pete, she donned a gift from a client: an Hermès belt with an “H” shaped buckle. As she jumped into a four-stride to two-stride line, her belt buckle caught the martingale. “I couldn’t […]
The stage is set for two of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s biggest championships. The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington plays host this week to the Platinum Performance USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships and the Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, running through Aug. 19. The 3’/3’3″ Green Hunter Incentive Championship will comprise three […]
