Wednesday, Feb. 8, started out much like any show morning for Adrienne Lyle’s groom Monica Stanke. She arrived at the barn before dawn to care for the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s 2022 International Horse of the Year, Salvino, ahead of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CDI-W (Florida). But Stanke, 25, soon realized something wasn’t right with the […]
Peter H. Englehart has been selected as the new president and CEO of HITS LLC, effective immediately, the horse show management company announced Tuesday. Englehart replaces HITS founder Tom Struzzieri, who announced in September 2022 that he would step down at the end of the year. Englehart’s resume includes past positions with brands such as ESPN, […]
It began thanks to a chance introduction at the 2005 Maine State Bar Association summer meeting. There, a colleague introduced MSBA president Meris Bickford to Marilyn Goodreau, president of the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals. Though a lifelong state resident and avid animal lover, Bickford had never heard of the 133-year-old organization. […]
Kent Farrington’s cross-country trip to California from Florida paid off Sunday afternoon as he and Orafina took top call in the $226,000 Adequan CSI4* Grand Prix. With the 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare (For Fashion—Corofino, Canturo) owned by Kent Farrington LLC, the two-time Olympian dominated a field of six jump-off contenders over Alan Wade’s course at Desert International Horse […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athletes selected to represent the NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team at the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4*. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland. • Natalie Dean (Palo Alto, California) • Mimi Gochman (Palm Beach, Florida) • Mavis Spencer (Somis, California) • Adrienne Sternlicht (Greewich, Connecticut) The […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 19 From the moment Bertram Allen picked up a gallop on Emmylou for the jump-off of the CHF 140,000 Kask Grand Prix CSI3* during Week 6 of the Winter Equestrian Festival, it was clear he was going for the win. The Irishman had won this grand prix the past two years, and he […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 18 Winner of the inaugural $100,000 ASG Software Solutions/USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals. Winner of the WCHR Pro Challenge and the WCHR Pro Finals. Grand champion at the major indoor shows. Show Hunter Hall of Fame member. FEI World Cup Finals and Nations Cup competitor. John French’s list of accolades is long, but […]
In the wake of legendary eventer Jim Wofford’s death earlier this month at age 78, we asked readers and colleagues throughout the horse industry to share some of their favorite memories and quotes—or “Woffordisms.” Here are just a few of the stories they told; more will follow in the next issue of the Chronicle: “Your horse […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the three athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the Adequan U.S. Para Dressage Team at the CHI Al Shaqab CPEDI3*. The CPEDI3* will take place Feb. 23-25 in Ar-Rayyan, Qatar. • Beatrice de Lavalette (Loxahatchee, Florida) and Sixth Sense, a 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Elizabeth and Nicolas de Lavalette • Fiona Howard (Boston) and […]
Greetings from Park City, Utah! I live in the perfect place to be a professional skier. Unfortunately, my sport is dressage, so here I am, looking out my window at what, in summertime, are beautiful pastures rolling into mountain foothills, seeing clear evidence of the roughly 450 inches of snow we have received so far […]