Longtime Area I event trainer, Chronicle of the Horse advertising account manager and founder of “Buck Off Cancer” Jess Halliday died on Oct. 26 after a hard-fought battle with colon cancer. Here, her friend, fellow eventer and Chronicle colleague, Caitlin Calder, shares her memories of Jess and the legacy she leaves. While no amount of […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 3 Scott Stewart has developed a knack for rising to the occasion at big horse shows, and this year’s National Horse Show is no exception. Today he picked up two tricolors and the grand hunter championship, as well as leading hunter rider honors. He piloted Charlemagne to the green conformation hunter championship and […]
Ariel Piper gave no thought to something as routine as retrieving her horse Tango from her pasture. But one day in November 2015, Tango and her other horse got grumpy with each other at the gate, and when a nip was returned with a swift kick, Piper was caught in the crossfire and kicked in […]
This sneak-peek excerpt from “The Athletic Equestrian,” by former Dartmouth coach Sally Batton and Christina Keim, available in January 2022, helps riders improve this classic skill. This excerpt is reprinted with permission from Trafalgar Square Books. For many riders, training their seat to follow the bounce of the horse’s back in the sitting trot can seem […]
Icabad Crane made headlines in 2014 when he won the Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred title. The bay gelding (Jump Start—Adorahy, Rahy) had raced 33 times with trainer Graham Motion for owner Earle Mack, and when it came time to retire, Motion suggested he go to Phillip Dutton’s True Prospect Farm in […]
Amateur dressage rider Anartz Chanca has risen to the top levels of the sport remarkably quickly, and one of the top professionals he works with—spoiler: she’s also his wife—has a theory about how he’s done it: “Some people are born with it—the athleticism, the drive, the feel for horses,” Marta Renilla said of her husband. […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 31 Over the past few years, Rebecca Hart’s World Equestrian Games and Paralympic mount El Corona Texel has garnered lots of attention, but it looks as though her other, younger partner Fortune 500 is going to give “Tex” a run for his money. At the Adequan/USEF Para-Dressage National Championship held Oct. 28-31 […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 31 Eva Mackenzie celebrated the conclusion of pony day at the Washington International with two championships, one grand championship, and three batches of Ethel M chocolate. The 11-year-old from Darien, Connecticut, started off earning champion in the small pony hunters with Farmore State Of The Art above J.J. Torano and H.G. Mud Puddles. “State” took Eva […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 30 Even though Tiffany Foster was last to go in the jump-off for the $215,000 Longines FEI Washington World Cup qualifier at the Washington International, she knew she’d have her work cut out for her. Ahead of her were three riders on very fast horses, and everyone was gunning for the top […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 30 Though he knew that the WIHS Equitation Finals was going to be the last class of his junior career, Dominic Gibbs refused to let that thought creep into his head this week at the Washington International Horse Show. Instead he focused on that fact that he knew his horse Cent 15 […]
Longtime Area I event trainer, Chronicle of the Horse advertising account manager and founder of “Buck Off Cancer” Jess Halliday died on Oct. 26 after a hard-fought battle with colon cancer. Here, her friend, fellow eventer and Chronicle colleague, Caitlin Calder, shares her memories of Jess and the legacy she leaves. While no amount of […]
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 3 Scott Stewart has developed a knack for rising to the occasion at big horse shows, and this year’s National Horse Show is no exception. Today he picked up two tricolors and the grand hunter championship, as well as leading hunter rider honors. He piloted Charlemagne to the green conformation hunter championship and […]
Ariel Piper gave no thought to something as routine as retrieving her horse Tango from her pasture. But one day in November 2015, Tango and her other horse got grumpy with each other at the gate, and when a nip was returned with a swift kick, Piper was caught in the crossfire and kicked in […]
This sneak-peek excerpt from “The Athletic Equestrian,” by former Dartmouth coach Sally Batton and Christina Keim, available in January 2022, helps riders improve this classic skill. This excerpt is reprinted with permission from Trafalgar Square Books. For many riders, training their seat to follow the bounce of the horse’s back in the sitting trot can seem […]
Icabad Crane made headlines in 2014 when he won the Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred title. The bay gelding (Jump Start—Adorahy, Rahy) had raced 33 times with trainer Graham Motion for owner Earle Mack, and when it came time to retire, Motion suggested he go to Phillip Dutton’s True Prospect Farm in […]
Amateur dressage rider Anartz Chanca has risen to the top levels of the sport remarkably quickly, and one of the top professionals he works with—spoiler: she’s also his wife—has a theory about how he’s done it: “Some people are born with it—the athleticism, the drive, the feel for horses,” Marta Renilla said of her husband. […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 31 Over the past few years, Rebecca Hart’s World Equestrian Games and Paralympic mount El Corona Texel has garnered lots of attention, but it looks as though her other, younger partner Fortune 500 is going to give “Tex” a run for his money. At the Adequan/USEF Para-Dressage National Championship held Oct. 28-31 […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 31 Eva Mackenzie celebrated the conclusion of pony day at the Washington International with two championships, one grand championship, and three batches of Ethel M chocolate. The 11-year-old from Darien, Connecticut, started off earning champion in the small pony hunters with Farmore State Of The Art above J.J. Torano and H.G. Mud Puddles. “State” took Eva […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 30 Even though Tiffany Foster was last to go in the jump-off for the $215,000 Longines FEI Washington World Cup qualifier at the Washington International, she knew she’d have her work cut out for her. Ahead of her were three riders on very fast horses, and everyone was gunning for the top […]
Mill Spring, N.C.—Oct. 30 Though he knew that the WIHS Equitation Finals was going to be the last class of his junior career, Dominic Gibbs refused to let that thought creep into his head this week at the Washington International Horse Show. Instead he focused on that fact that he knew his horse Cent 15 […]
