A barn employee and 16 horses have died as a result of a barn fire Thursday that destroyed grand prix jumper rider Karen Cudmore’s Heartland Farms in Bennington, Nebraska. Groom Nate Dietrich, 32, has been identified as the person who died in the fire, reportedly while trying to save the horses. A firefighter was transported […]
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that equestrian sport will be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The confirmation for inclusion in the LA 2028 Initial Sports Program took place Feb. 3 during the IOC session in Beijing (China) and followed the announcement by the IOC in December 2021 that equestrian was amongst the 28 […]
Fall finals season is securely in the rearview mirror, and the number of layers required to venture outdoors is increasing by the day, which can only mean one thing: Winter is firmly upon us. For those of us unable to migrate south for the season, it’s a time of shelling up in the indoor arena […]
Hunter/jumper trainer Michael Traurig, who in October was temporarily suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport on “allegations of misconduct,” has been arrested on suspicion of sexually molesting a 13-year-old several years ago. Police involved in the case are concerned there may be other victims who have not come forward. Traurig, 52, has been charged […]
After this story was completed, the Chronicle received news that Laurel recently died from complications following emergency colic surgery. The Chronicle is grateful to share Laurel’s story in his memory, and we extend our condolences to all his human connections. In the heart of the Kentucky bluegrass on a bright spring day in 2007, a chestnut son of Woodman first unfolded his long, […]
For years, Paula Matute Guimón stood ringside during the Adequan Global Dressage Festival’s Friday Night Stars freestyles (Florida), hoping she’d one day be able to compete in those classes, under the lights with the top riders on the winter circuit. Coming from a well-known Spanish dressage family—her father is three-time Olympian Juan Matute Azpitarte, her brother Juan […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation Eventing Sport Committee has invited the following combinations to attend assessment sessions with development coach Leslie Law for potential selection to the Eventing Development Program. The assessment will allow Law, with the assistance of additional members of the Performance Advisory Program, to evaluate the combinations more effectively for selection into the […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced Jan. 31 it has provisionally approved 17 community outreach organizations to be part of the USEF Community Outreach Program, pending fulfillment of required background checks and U.S. Center for SafeSport training. The USEF Community Outreach Program, launched in 2021, is dedicated to supporting organizations across the country that provide equine-based learning opportunities […]
Two weeks ago I sat on Cairo for the first time since September. My emotions were so very mixed—it was good to be looking between her little bay ears after months of handwalking. But knowing I was never again going to event with her at the preliminary level made it bittersweet. Since I haven’t blogged in […]
If you walk into Finally Farm’s barn at a horse show, you’ll hear head groom Carlos Padilla Ramirez’s energetic voice echoing from one of the grooming stalls. “Elle Boyd, you’re going to win today,” Ramirez says to professional hunter rider Liza Towell Boyd’s oldest daughter as he tacks up her pony. “I just feel it—you’re […]
A barn employee and 16 horses have died as a result of a barn fire Thursday that destroyed grand prix jumper rider Karen Cudmore’s Heartland Farms in Bennington, Nebraska. Groom Nate Dietrich, 32, has been identified as the person who died in the fire, reportedly while trying to save the horses. A firefighter was transported […]
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that equestrian sport will be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The confirmation for inclusion in the LA 2028 Initial Sports Program took place Feb. 3 during the IOC session in Beijing (China) and followed the announcement by the IOC in December 2021 that equestrian was amongst the 28 […]
Fall finals season is securely in the rearview mirror, and the number of layers required to venture outdoors is increasing by the day, which can only mean one thing: Winter is firmly upon us. For those of us unable to migrate south for the season, it’s a time of shelling up in the indoor arena […]
Hunter/jumper trainer Michael Traurig, who in October was temporarily suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport on “allegations of misconduct,” has been arrested on suspicion of sexually molesting a 13-year-old several years ago. Police involved in the case are concerned there may be other victims who have not come forward. Traurig, 52, has been charged […]
After this story was completed, the Chronicle received news that Laurel recently died from complications following emergency colic surgery. The Chronicle is grateful to share Laurel’s story in his memory, and we extend our condolences to all his human connections. In the heart of the Kentucky bluegrass on a bright spring day in 2007, a chestnut son of Woodman first unfolded his long, […]
For years, Paula Matute Guimón stood ringside during the Adequan Global Dressage Festival’s Friday Night Stars freestyles (Florida), hoping she’d one day be able to compete in those classes, under the lights with the top riders on the winter circuit. Coming from a well-known Spanish dressage family—her father is three-time Olympian Juan Matute Azpitarte, her brother Juan […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation Eventing Sport Committee has invited the following combinations to attend assessment sessions with development coach Leslie Law for potential selection to the Eventing Development Program. The assessment will allow Law, with the assistance of additional members of the Performance Advisory Program, to evaluate the combinations more effectively for selection into the […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced Jan. 31 it has provisionally approved 17 community outreach organizations to be part of the USEF Community Outreach Program, pending fulfillment of required background checks and U.S. Center for SafeSport training. The USEF Community Outreach Program, launched in 2021, is dedicated to supporting organizations across the country that provide equine-based learning opportunities […]
Two weeks ago I sat on Cairo for the first time since September. My emotions were so very mixed—it was good to be looking between her little bay ears after months of handwalking. But knowing I was never again going to event with her at the preliminary level made it bittersweet. Since I haven’t blogged in […]
If you walk into Finally Farm’s barn at a horse show, you’ll hear head groom Carlos Padilla Ramirez’s energetic voice echoing from one of the grooming stalls. “Elle Boyd, you’re going to win today,” Ramirez says to professional hunter rider Liza Towell Boyd’s oldest daughter as he tacks up her pony. “I just feel it—you’re […]
