As a loyal fan and reader of the Chronicle’s online content, you’re getting FREE access to our annual Sport Horse Breeding Issue. In this issue, you’ll hear from leading U.S. event horse breeder Laurie Cameron, Larissa Barilar of High Point Hanoverians, Karl Cook, Boyd Martin, and more! If you’re in the mood for holiday cheer, […]
The FEI Board took a series of key decisions on allocation, cancellation and reopening of bids for FEI Championships at its videoconference meeting this week. The Board agreed to allocate the 2022 FEI Endurance World Championship to Isola della Scala in Verona, Italy. “We are pleased to have the experience and passion of the Verona Organizing Committee […]
When her green dressage prospect shattered his shoulder in 2019, Ashley Pujol stayed up late, scouring the internet night after night. “I was looking to see if anybody had any stories about comebacks—major comebacks,” said Pujol. “I could never find anything exactly the same. A lot of stories were about nerve damage and arthritis of […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on the U.S. Eventing Association, but CEO Rob Burk is doing his best to focus on the positives that came out of 2020. “Despite the challenges, we’ve had incredible opportunities to advance the sport this year,” he said in his address to members during the USEA’s virtual […]
Everyone’s talking about horse sport governance lately, and the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association is among the organizations that have come under fire. We spoke with USHJA President Mary Babick, who runs Knightsbridge Farm in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, about the criticism. There seems to be a wave of discontent about governance and the USHJA. To […]
The past two weeks of participation in the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s virtual convention has demonstrated to me how wide the gulf still is between the amateurs and the governing body of our sport. The dilemma is how can we change this situation. My journey to riding in the amateur hunters began six decades ago. […]
FEI World Equestrian Games gold medalist Totilas died Dec. 14 from colic. He was 20. Bred by Jan K. Schuil and Anna Schuil-Visser in the Netherlands, the Dutch Warmblood stallion (IPS Gribaldi—Lominka, Glendale) started his competitive career with Jiska van den Akker. He competed at the 2005 World Breeding Championships for Young Horses (Germany) as […]
At the conclusion of the 2020 U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Annual Meeting on Dec. 11, the board of directors voted to change JP 117 to eliminate the amateur-owner jumper division at horse shows. Instead, there will just be one open amateur jumper division on the prize list. As it stands now, there are amateur and […]
With the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s International Hunter Derby program now well over a decade old, the USHJA International Hunter Derby Task Force is continuing to tweak the program specifications. New for the 2021 season? Regional championships and a mandatory enrollment fee for every horse entering a derby. The fee will help fund the new […]
As a loyal fan and reader of the Chronicle’s online content, you’re getting FREE access to our annual Sport Horse Breeding Issue. In this issue, you’ll hear from leading U.S. event horse breeder Laurie Cameron, Larissa Barilar of High Point Hanoverians, Karl Cook, Boyd Martin, and more! If you’re in the mood for holiday cheer, […]
The FEI Board took a series of key decisions on allocation, cancellation and reopening of bids for FEI Championships at its videoconference meeting this week. The Board agreed to allocate the 2022 FEI Endurance World Championship to Isola della Scala in Verona, Italy. “We are pleased to have the experience and passion of the Verona Organizing Committee […]
When her green dressage prospect shattered his shoulder in 2019, Ashley Pujol stayed up late, scouring the internet night after night. “I was looking to see if anybody had any stories about comebacks—major comebacks,” said Pujol. “I could never find anything exactly the same. A lot of stories were about nerve damage and arthritis of […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on the U.S. Eventing Association, but CEO Rob Burk is doing his best to focus on the positives that came out of 2020. “Despite the challenges, we’ve had incredible opportunities to advance the sport this year,” he said in his address to members during the USEA’s virtual […]
Everyone’s talking about horse sport governance lately, and the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association is among the organizations that have come under fire. We spoke with USHJA President Mary Babick, who runs Knightsbridge Farm in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, about the criticism. There seems to be a wave of discontent about governance and the USHJA. To […]
The past two weeks of participation in the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s virtual convention has demonstrated to me how wide the gulf still is between the amateurs and the governing body of our sport. The dilemma is how can we change this situation. My journey to riding in the amateur hunters began six decades ago. […]
FEI World Equestrian Games gold medalist Totilas died Dec. 14 from colic. He was 20. Bred by Jan K. Schuil and Anna Schuil-Visser in the Netherlands, the Dutch Warmblood stallion (IPS Gribaldi—Lominka, Glendale) started his competitive career with Jiska van den Akker. He competed at the 2005 World Breeding Championships for Young Horses (Germany) as […]
At the conclusion of the 2020 U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Annual Meeting on Dec. 11, the board of directors voted to change JP 117 to eliminate the amateur-owner jumper division at horse shows. Instead, there will just be one open amateur jumper division on the prize list. As it stands now, there are amateur and […]
With the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s International Hunter Derby program now well over a decade old, the USHJA International Hunter Derby Task Force is continuing to tweak the program specifications. New for the 2021 season? Regional championships and a mandatory enrollment fee for every horse entering a derby. The fee will help fund the new […]
