Back in March, blogger (and dressage trainer and Grand Prix rider, not necessarily in that order) Lauren Sprieser wrote about the struggles and setbacks that invariably come with riding and training horses in “Getting By With A Little Help From My Friends,” and observed, “How lucky am I to have so, so many people in […]
Considering that we participate in a sport where we still mount from the left because that’s the side we carry our swords, and that we’ve managed to keep a sport meant to test the bravest cavalry horses in the Olympics alongside skateboarding and three-on-three basketball, one might be forgiven for assuming that riding is, perhaps, a […]
In honor of Peder Fredricson earning the No. 1 spot in the 2021 FEI Longines show jumping rankings, we are taking you behind the scenes at his Vitaby, Sweden, home. Since this story ran in the July/August 2020 issue of Untacked, Fredricson and All In took home the individual silver and team gold in the Tokyo Olympics, and Fredricson earned individual bronze […]
And so it begins, my bucket-list journey to Ocala. The drive on Dec. 20 from our farm in the Shenandoah Valley, 90 minutes east to Keswick, was the official start. That’s when I dropped off my horse, Jules, at Brooke Kemper’s farm to be picked up by MJR Horse Transportation for the 12-hour ride to […]
The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics took center stage in 2021 as the horse world, like the larger world around it, attempted to return to some version of pre-COVID-19 normalcy. From triumphs to TikToks, we covered the best of Tokyo with our reporter at the Games and our team back home. Beyond the Olympics, readers most often […]
While the writers at The Chronicle of the Horse always aim to produce impactful stories, we sometimes have especially meaningful encounters as we try to do justice to a person’s struggle or triumph or partnership with our words. Here are a few of the stories we wrote in 2021 that made a lasting impression on their writers. “The Eternal […]
As a loyal fan of the Chronicle’s online content, you’re getting FREE access to our annual Sport Horse Breeding Issue. If you enjoy this issue, consider taking advantage of our latest subscription offer and subscribe today! Click the cover above to read. In this issue: • Dogs, pigs, bunnies and of course horses display their holiday […]
A Christmas Eve fire at Fair Hill Training Center in Fair Hill, Maryland, destroyed a veterinary clinic and the barn of racing trainer and former Olympic show jumper Michael Matz. No people or horses were injured in the fire. Matz and his horses had already moved to Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Florida, […]
In honor of Kathy Kusner receiving the U.S. Equestrian Federation Lifetime Achievement Award, we are republishing this Living Legend article that graced the cover of the April 4, 2016 Chronicle of the Horse. The Southern California light transitions to rose gold as the sun begins to slip behind the Pacific Ocean. Our day began nearly 12 hours earlier, […]
It’s easy to become flustered at a horse show, but Luis Diaz, head groom for Shadow Ridge Farm, always keeps his cool. “I think that’s why all the horses love him,” said professional rider Samantha Schaefer said of Shadow Ridge Farm, in Westminster, Maryland, and Ocala, Florida. “Even when he’s excited, Luis’ energy is calm. […]
Back in March, blogger (and dressage trainer and Grand Prix rider, not necessarily in that order) Lauren Sprieser wrote about the struggles and setbacks that invariably come with riding and training horses in “Getting By With A Little Help From My Friends,” and observed, “How lucky am I to have so, so many people in […]
Considering that we participate in a sport where we still mount from the left because that’s the side we carry our swords, and that we’ve managed to keep a sport meant to test the bravest cavalry horses in the Olympics alongside skateboarding and three-on-three basketball, one might be forgiven for assuming that riding is, perhaps, a […]
In honor of Peder Fredricson earning the No. 1 spot in the 2021 FEI Longines show jumping rankings, we are taking you behind the scenes at his Vitaby, Sweden, home. Since this story ran in the July/August 2020 issue of Untacked, Fredricson and All In took home the individual silver and team gold in the Tokyo Olympics, and Fredricson earned individual bronze […]
And so it begins, my bucket-list journey to Ocala. The drive on Dec. 20 from our farm in the Shenandoah Valley, 90 minutes east to Keswick, was the official start. That’s when I dropped off my horse, Jules, at Brooke Kemper’s farm to be picked up by MJR Horse Transportation for the 12-hour ride to […]
The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics took center stage in 2021 as the horse world, like the larger world around it, attempted to return to some version of pre-COVID-19 normalcy. From triumphs to TikToks, we covered the best of Tokyo with our reporter at the Games and our team back home. Beyond the Olympics, readers most often […]
While the writers at The Chronicle of the Horse always aim to produce impactful stories, we sometimes have especially meaningful encounters as we try to do justice to a person’s struggle or triumph or partnership with our words. Here are a few of the stories we wrote in 2021 that made a lasting impression on their writers. “The Eternal […]
As a loyal fan of the Chronicle’s online content, you’re getting FREE access to our annual Sport Horse Breeding Issue. If you enjoy this issue, consider taking advantage of our latest subscription offer and subscribe today! Click the cover above to read. In this issue: • Dogs, pigs, bunnies and of course horses display their holiday […]
A Christmas Eve fire at Fair Hill Training Center in Fair Hill, Maryland, destroyed a veterinary clinic and the barn of racing trainer and former Olympic show jumper Michael Matz. No people or horses were injured in the fire. Matz and his horses had already moved to Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Florida, […]
In honor of Kathy Kusner receiving the U.S. Equestrian Federation Lifetime Achievement Award, we are republishing this Living Legend article that graced the cover of the April 4, 2016 Chronicle of the Horse. The Southern California light transitions to rose gold as the sun begins to slip behind the Pacific Ocean. Our day began nearly 12 hours earlier, […]
It’s easy to become flustered at a horse show, but Luis Diaz, head groom for Shadow Ridge Farm, always keeps his cool. “I think that’s why all the horses love him,” said professional rider Samantha Schaefer said of Shadow Ridge Farm, in Westminster, Maryland, and Ocala, Florida. “Even when he’s excited, Luis’ energy is calm. […]
