When event rider Kurt Martin took on Anna Bella as a sales horse, the barely broke, nearly feral 5-year-old Holsteiner probably seemed an unlikely prospect for the foundation of a future breeding program. But a decade later, having competed Anna Bella (Acodetto—Hellena, Leonid) through the four-star level before retiring her due to an injury, her first foal […]
After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dressage At Devon is back this week for its 2021 edition with a new title sponsor, ShowPlus. ShowPlus Dressage At Devon runs Sept. 28-Oct. 3 in Devon, Pennsylvania. Devon is a unique experience, allowing spectators to see breeds like Morgans, Appaloosas and Saddlebreds compete in the breeding divisions, as […]
The U.S. Center for SafeSport on Sept. 23 lengthened Shelley Fellers’ suspension from four years to six years. She was suspended for “abuse of process; retaliation; failure to report.” “Shelley Fellers appealed the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s April 28, 2021, decision imposing a four-year suspension against her for abuse of process, retaliation, and failure to […]
Editor’s note: This list was updated Oct. 11. As the inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill draws closer, two horses have been withdrawn from the original entry list. The event runs Oct. 13-17 in Elkton, Maryland. With the changes, the total number of pairs now stands at 48. See the full list here. The withdrawals are: […]
Three months ago, I wrote about my next big adventure with my young gelding, Sig. I took a military assignment in the United Kingdom and decided to bring him with me on this next chapter. In the immediate aftermath of that blog came a whirlwind of to-do items: packing up and moving my household across […]
Zoe Brown, the 16-year-old daughter of Australian show jumper and trainer Harley Brown, topped a record field of 44 entries to win this year’s Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final—West, held Sept. 24-26 at Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park (California). Zoe, Redwood City, California, piloted The Original, a 7-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding owned by her father […]
In this column, which first appeared in the Chronicle’s Horseman’s Forum, Carrie Kehring shares her family’s experience going through the U.S. Center for SafeSport reporting process. My daughter, Maggie Kehring, recently brought a SafeSport complaint against her former coach Rich Fellers. I am sharing our experience and observations in the hopes that it will educate and inform others about […]
After Great Britain’s Natasha Baker finished her team test at the Tokyo Paralympic Games—a test that helped her win her sixth Paralympic gold medal—she flashed an unusually marked glove to the camera. The drawing on Baker’s glove—a purple 15% pie piece—is the logo of #WeThe15, a human rights campaign launched at the Tokyo Paralympic Games to […]
In the latest of a series of webinars being held to update members on the work of the recently repopulated U.S. Equestrian Federation Competition Task Force, USEF President Tom O’Mara and CEO Bill Moroney on Sept. 21 outlined the most recent proposals developed for hunter/jumper competitions. The proposals are designed to address five main priorities identified by […]
Amateurs competing in hunter/jumper, eventing and dressage, among others, will not be allowed to teach beginner lessons under proposed changes to the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s so-called “amateur rule”—a reversal of course a task force studying the issue made in response to member feedback. Allowing amateurs to teach introductory lessons was one of five proposed rule […]
When event rider Kurt Martin took on Anna Bella as a sales horse, the barely broke, nearly feral 5-year-old Holsteiner probably seemed an unlikely prospect for the foundation of a future breeding program. But a decade later, having competed Anna Bella (Acodetto—Hellena, Leonid) through the four-star level before retiring her due to an injury, her first foal […]
After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dressage At Devon is back this week for its 2021 edition with a new title sponsor, ShowPlus. ShowPlus Dressage At Devon runs Sept. 28-Oct. 3 in Devon, Pennsylvania. Devon is a unique experience, allowing spectators to see breeds like Morgans, Appaloosas and Saddlebreds compete in the breeding divisions, as […]
The U.S. Center for SafeSport on Sept. 23 lengthened Shelley Fellers’ suspension from four years to six years. She was suspended for “abuse of process; retaliation; failure to report.” “Shelley Fellers appealed the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s April 28, 2021, decision imposing a four-year suspension against her for abuse of process, retaliation, and failure to […]
Editor’s note: This list was updated Oct. 11. As the inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill draws closer, two horses have been withdrawn from the original entry list. The event runs Oct. 13-17 in Elkton, Maryland. With the changes, the total number of pairs now stands at 48. See the full list here. The withdrawals are: […]
Three months ago, I wrote about my next big adventure with my young gelding, Sig. I took a military assignment in the United Kingdom and decided to bring him with me on this next chapter. In the immediate aftermath of that blog came a whirlwind of to-do items: packing up and moving my household across […]
Zoe Brown, the 16-year-old daughter of Australian show jumper and trainer Harley Brown, topped a record field of 44 entries to win this year’s Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Final—West, held Sept. 24-26 at Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park (California). Zoe, Redwood City, California, piloted The Original, a 7-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding owned by her father […]
In this column, which first appeared in the Chronicle’s Horseman’s Forum, Carrie Kehring shares her family’s experience going through the U.S. Center for SafeSport reporting process. My daughter, Maggie Kehring, recently brought a SafeSport complaint against her former coach Rich Fellers. I am sharing our experience and observations in the hopes that it will educate and inform others about […]
After Great Britain’s Natasha Baker finished her team test at the Tokyo Paralympic Games—a test that helped her win her sixth Paralympic gold medal—she flashed an unusually marked glove to the camera. The drawing on Baker’s glove—a purple 15% pie piece—is the logo of #WeThe15, a human rights campaign launched at the Tokyo Paralympic Games to […]
In the latest of a series of webinars being held to update members on the work of the recently repopulated U.S. Equestrian Federation Competition Task Force, USEF President Tom O’Mara and CEO Bill Moroney on Sept. 21 outlined the most recent proposals developed for hunter/jumper competitions. The proposals are designed to address five main priorities identified by […]
Amateurs competing in hunter/jumper, eventing and dressage, among others, will not be allowed to teach beginner lessons under proposed changes to the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s so-called “amateur rule”—a reversal of course a task force studying the issue made in response to member feedback. Allowing amateurs to teach introductory lessons was one of five proposed rule […]
