Zume Gallaher, 23, earned her first grand prix win on July 18 when she and Edita (Ukato—Zinzi, Clinton) beat nine other pairs in the jump-off in the $25,000 Markel Insurance Grand Prix at the Showpark Summer Festival in San Juan Capistrano, California. Adopted from Vietnam and raised in Sonoma County, Gallaher now lives in Carlsbad, […]
For 21st century fans accustomed to regarding seven-time Olympian Mark Todd as an elder statesman, it might be hard to believe that no New Zealand rider had finished in the top 20 at any Olympic Games before Todd and the small but mighty Charisma won individual gold in 1984. Their repeat performance four years later […]
Five-star event rider Buck Davidson is recovering from surgery following a kick to the face on July 17. “I had just finished galloping horses [at a friend’s track] and was putting horses on my big trailer, which has five on the inside and three on the back,” he said. “I put the first two in […]
Juan Matute Guimón’s life is returning to a sense of normalcy, a revelation he shared with the Chronicle following weeks in the hospital due to a brain bleed that saw him collapse and fall unconscious on May 5. “I’m back home, and it feels amazing,” said Guimón, who lives in Madrid. “It was so cool to go back […]
For hunter/jumper competitors across the country, fall means indoor horse shows, specifically the East Coast run of Capital Challenge (Maryland), the Pennsylvania National, the Washington International (District of Columbia) and the National Horse Show (Kentucky). But the coronavirus pandemic has turned the show world on its head, so what’s going on with four of the […]
On July 18, 15-year-old Alexis Halbert fell while jumping in a 1.10-meter children’s jumper class with her horse Charisma at the Tryon International Equestrian Center (North Carolina). Halbert suffered a serious injury to her back, and Charisma, a 13-year-old warmblood mare (Quasimodo Z—Kim), broke her neck and died instantly. Halbert’s trainer, Hector Florentino, knew he […]
In honor of the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, we’re looking back at the greatest moments in equestrian Olympic history. The 1984 Olympic Games, held at the Santa Anita racetrack for a full house in Los Angeles, were an incredible highlight for U.S. horse sport, with the U.S. show jumping squad earning its first team gold […]
She may have just done her first intermediate horse trial last summer, but Kaylawna Smith-Cook has been making headlines on the West Coast with her two upper-level horses Passepartout and MB MaiBlume. This weekend, Smith-Cook will compete at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana, aboard Passepartout in their fourth advanced start. *Update: She finished fourth, adding […]
The 2020 Ocala Jockey Club International 3-Day Event, which was set to run Nov. 12-15 at the Ocala Jockey Club farm in Reddick, Florida, has been canceled. The event was designated as the U.S. CCI4*-L National Championships. Additionally, due to the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games, set to occur in the summer of 2021, the OJC […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association announced July 24 that it will pledge $100,000 towards a $450,000 Helmet Safety Research Campaign to support the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab’s research to improve helmets used by the equestrian community. The USHJA will be hosting an informational webinar with lead researcher Dr. Barry Miller on Wednesday, July 29 at […]
Zume Gallaher, 23, earned her first grand prix win on July 18 when she and Edita (Ukato—Zinzi, Clinton) beat nine other pairs in the jump-off in the $25,000 Markel Insurance Grand Prix at the Showpark Summer Festival in San Juan Capistrano, California. Adopted from Vietnam and raised in Sonoma County, Gallaher now lives in Carlsbad, […]
For 21st century fans accustomed to regarding seven-time Olympian Mark Todd as an elder statesman, it might be hard to believe that no New Zealand rider had finished in the top 20 at any Olympic Games before Todd and the small but mighty Charisma won individual gold in 1984. Their repeat performance four years later […]
Five-star event rider Buck Davidson is recovering from surgery following a kick to the face on July 17. “I had just finished galloping horses [at a friend’s track] and was putting horses on my big trailer, which has five on the inside and three on the back,” he said. “I put the first two in […]
Juan Matute Guimón’s life is returning to a sense of normalcy, a revelation he shared with the Chronicle following weeks in the hospital due to a brain bleed that saw him collapse and fall unconscious on May 5. “I’m back home, and it feels amazing,” said Guimón, who lives in Madrid. “It was so cool to go back […]
For hunter/jumper competitors across the country, fall means indoor horse shows, specifically the East Coast run of Capital Challenge (Maryland), the Pennsylvania National, the Washington International (District of Columbia) and the National Horse Show (Kentucky). But the coronavirus pandemic has turned the show world on its head, so what’s going on with four of the […]
On July 18, 15-year-old Alexis Halbert fell while jumping in a 1.10-meter children’s jumper class with her horse Charisma at the Tryon International Equestrian Center (North Carolina). Halbert suffered a serious injury to her back, and Charisma, a 13-year-old warmblood mare (Quasimodo Z—Kim), broke her neck and died instantly. Halbert’s trainer, Hector Florentino, knew he […]
In honor of the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, we’re looking back at the greatest moments in equestrian Olympic history. The 1984 Olympic Games, held at the Santa Anita racetrack for a full house in Los Angeles, were an incredible highlight for U.S. horse sport, with the U.S. show jumping squad earning its first team gold […]
She may have just done her first intermediate horse trial last summer, but Kaylawna Smith-Cook has been making headlines on the West Coast with her two upper-level horses Passepartout and MB MaiBlume. This weekend, Smith-Cook will compete at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana, aboard Passepartout in their fourth advanced start. *Update: She finished fourth, adding […]
The 2020 Ocala Jockey Club International 3-Day Event, which was set to run Nov. 12-15 at the Ocala Jockey Club farm in Reddick, Florida, has been canceled. The event was designated as the U.S. CCI4*-L National Championships. Additionally, due to the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games, set to occur in the summer of 2021, the OJC […]
The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association announced July 24 that it will pledge $100,000 towards a $450,000 Helmet Safety Research Campaign to support the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab’s research to improve helmets used by the equestrian community. The USHJA will be hosting an informational webinar with lead researcher Dr. Barry Miller on Wednesday, July 29 at […]
