Elkton, Md.—Oct. 13 After three years of waiting, the inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill is officially underway. The action started with the first horse inspection for the five-star competitors. Forty-six horses presented. Two combinations who were on the overnight draw order, Boyd Martin with Long Island T and Lexi Scovil with Chico’s Man […]
A February 2022 trial date has been set for former Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer Michael Barisone, who is accused of attempted murder in the 2019 shooting of a former student and tenant at his New Jersey farm. Journalist Nancy Jaffer reported that Barisone’s attorney indicated during an Oct. 8 hearing on the case that […]
After a COVID-induced one-year gap in the record books, the Pennsylvania National Horse Show is back this week for its 75th anniversary celebration. With a second ring opened for the first time, junior weekend starts Oct. 14 with junior hunters, ponies and the big staples, the Neue Schule USEF National Junior Jumper Championships and Dover […]
When Gretje Witt first met the Connemara-Canadian Warmblood gelding TBF Triton’s Rauri as a 3-year-old, she had no inkling that the pint-sized powerhouse would one day become her first FEI horse. His breeder, Jenny Youngblood, had brought the chestnut youngster to Betty Findley’s Liberty Grove Farm in Spokane, Washington, to be started under saddle and […]
Whether you plan to watch live or online, read on for everything you need to know to follow all the CCI5*-L action from the inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill, to be held Oct. 12-17 in Elkton, Maryland: Event Schedule • Wednesday, Oct. 13: The first horse inspection begins for the three-star division at […]
Natalie Jayne and Charisma on Sunday won the prestigious Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—East after three days of competition at the historic U.S. Equestrian Team headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey. Jayne, of Elgin, Illinois, rode to a final score of 365 to earn the victory ahead of Dominic Gibbs (Colorado Springs, Colorado), who […]
There’s a saying that you ask a stallion, tell a gelding and discuss with a mare, and that’s the mantra Fylicia Barr lives by with Galloway Sunrise. Found off Craigslist as a 2-year-old, “Sunny,” an American Warmblood (Duty Officer—Coco Chanel), likes things her own and way and likes her specific people. Sunny, now 13, made Barr’s […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.—Oct. 8 When Scott Stewart read the instructions for how to ride Nabisco, he felt a bit of apprehension. In the World Championship Hunter Rider Pro Final at the Capital Challenge Horse Show, the top four riders compete head-to-head on completely unfamiliar horses, and Nabisco was the opposite of Stewart’s normal rides. “Actually, […]
Handicapper Kyle Carter reflects on what it means for North America to have a fall event at the highest level. To read his horse-by-horse predictions for the entries in this year’s inaugural Maryland 5 Star, pick up a copy of the Oct. 4. & 11, 2021, issue of The Chronicle of The Horse or subscribe […]
The U.S. Para Dressage National Championships will join the roster of national championships held during the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions beginning next year. The change speaks to how far para dressage has come as a sport in the United States and is an important step toward ensuring its continued growth, U.S. Para Equestrian Association President […]
Elkton, Md.—Oct. 13 After three years of waiting, the inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill is officially underway. The action started with the first horse inspection for the five-star competitors. Forty-six horses presented. Two combinations who were on the overnight draw order, Boyd Martin with Long Island T and Lexi Scovil with Chico’s Man […]
A February 2022 trial date has been set for former Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer Michael Barisone, who is accused of attempted murder in the 2019 shooting of a former student and tenant at his New Jersey farm. Journalist Nancy Jaffer reported that Barisone’s attorney indicated during an Oct. 8 hearing on the case that […]
After a COVID-induced one-year gap in the record books, the Pennsylvania National Horse Show is back this week for its 75th anniversary celebration. With a second ring opened for the first time, junior weekend starts Oct. 14 with junior hunters, ponies and the big staples, the Neue Schule USEF National Junior Jumper Championships and Dover […]
When Gretje Witt first met the Connemara-Canadian Warmblood gelding TBF Triton’s Rauri as a 3-year-old, she had no inkling that the pint-sized powerhouse would one day become her first FEI horse. His breeder, Jenny Youngblood, had brought the chestnut youngster to Betty Findley’s Liberty Grove Farm in Spokane, Washington, to be started under saddle and […]
Whether you plan to watch live or online, read on for everything you need to know to follow all the CCI5*-L action from the inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill, to be held Oct. 12-17 in Elkton, Maryland: Event Schedule • Wednesday, Oct. 13: The first horse inspection begins for the three-star division at […]
Natalie Jayne and Charisma on Sunday won the prestigious Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—East after three days of competition at the historic U.S. Equestrian Team headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey. Jayne, of Elgin, Illinois, rode to a final score of 365 to earn the victory ahead of Dominic Gibbs (Colorado Springs, Colorado), who […]
There’s a saying that you ask a stallion, tell a gelding and discuss with a mare, and that’s the mantra Fylicia Barr lives by with Galloway Sunrise. Found off Craigslist as a 2-year-old, “Sunny,” an American Warmblood (Duty Officer—Coco Chanel), likes things her own and way and likes her specific people. Sunny, now 13, made Barr’s […]
Upper Marlboro, Md.—Oct. 8 When Scott Stewart read the instructions for how to ride Nabisco, he felt a bit of apprehension. In the World Championship Hunter Rider Pro Final at the Capital Challenge Horse Show, the top four riders compete head-to-head on completely unfamiliar horses, and Nabisco was the opposite of Stewart’s normal rides. “Actually, […]
Handicapper Kyle Carter reflects on what it means for North America to have a fall event at the highest level. To read his horse-by-horse predictions for the entries in this year’s inaugural Maryland 5 Star, pick up a copy of the Oct. 4. & 11, 2021, issue of The Chronicle of The Horse or subscribe […]
The U.S. Para Dressage National Championships will join the roster of national championships held during the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions beginning next year. The change speaks to how far para dressage has come as a sport in the United States and is an important step toward ensuring its continued growth, U.S. Para Equestrian Association President […]
