Amateur hunter/jumper rider Shelley Sanderson played and then replayed the video of a coppery chestnut Hanoverian with four white stockings and a broad blaze. She played it again. After searching everywhere for her next horse, she knew the hunt was finally over. She purchased the 4-year-old gelding in 2011 and named him Unwritten, inspired by […]
Don’t become a working student to learn how to ride. Don’t race the sun to rise every morning, only to end another 14-hour day under the moonlight, just for a lesson. Don’t add another blister to the palm of your hand, another hole to the sole of your sneakers, another Advil to your already questionable […]
When I was 9, my parents finally allowed me to start riding lessons. This happened after a year of begging them for lessons, going to my best friend’s barn with her, and learning everything I could about horses to prove my desire to learn how to ride. Most horse-crazy kids who continue riding into adulthood […]
The 2020 FEI General Assembly, which was due to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in November, has been canceled and will now be held online due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements and travel restrictions. The decision was approved by the FEI board during its three-day videoconference meeting this week, and the board also gave […]
When Shawna Simmons was scrolling through Instagram last week she came across an image that made her stop. The photo was a snapshot of a dark bay horse in braids that started red at the poll and cycled through the colors of the rainbow to the withers. The picture was on the page of her […]
For Baylee McKeever, learning to ride with McLain Ward looking over her shoulder has always been a fact of everyday life. Her parents, Lee and Erica McKeever, have worked for Ward at Castle Hill Farm in Brewster, New York, since long before Baylee was born. The two families live on the same farm, riding together […]
On the third Monday in April, or Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts, people crowd shoulder to shoulder on Boylston Street, aiming to catch the moment the first Boston Marathon runner crosses the finish line. Regardless of whether you’re the first or last to cross, stepping over the blue and yellow line marks the culmination of months, […]
When Rowan Willis came to the United States in early 2018 he didn’t plan to stay much more than a year. He had work and horses waiting for him in England, where the 40-year-old Australian has been based since his 20s. But two years later, after finishing 12th at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games […]
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair’s Board of Directors today, June 24, made the heart-wrenching but unanimous decision to cancel the 2020 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. The show was originally scheduled for Nov. 6-15 at Exhibition Place, Toronto, and is being canceled due to ongoing concern regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. This treasured annual tradition will return […]
Amateur hunter/jumper rider Shelley Sanderson played and then replayed the video of a coppery chestnut Hanoverian with four white stockings and a broad blaze. She played it again. After searching everywhere for her next horse, she knew the hunt was finally over. She purchased the 4-year-old gelding in 2011 and named him Unwritten, inspired by […]
Don’t become a working student to learn how to ride. Don’t race the sun to rise every morning, only to end another 14-hour day under the moonlight, just for a lesson. Don’t add another blister to the palm of your hand, another hole to the sole of your sneakers, another Advil to your already questionable […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale is investigating accusations made by an unnamed source to the website Grandprix.info that allege show jumper Andy Kocher has used electrified spurs in sanctioned competition. “The FEI is aware of these allegations and is looking into the matter,” an FEI spokesperson told the Chronicle on June 26. “We are already in touch with the […]
When I was 9, my parents finally allowed me to start riding lessons. This happened after a year of begging them for lessons, going to my best friend’s barn with her, and learning everything I could about horses to prove my desire to learn how to ride. Most horse-crazy kids who continue riding into adulthood […]
The 2020 FEI General Assembly, which was due to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in November, has been canceled and will now be held online due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements and travel restrictions. The decision was approved by the FEI board during its three-day videoconference meeting this week, and the board also gave […]
When Shawna Simmons was scrolling through Instagram last week she came across an image that made her stop. The photo was a snapshot of a dark bay horse in braids that started red at the poll and cycled through the colors of the rainbow to the withers. The picture was on the page of her […]
For Baylee McKeever, learning to ride with McLain Ward looking over her shoulder has always been a fact of everyday life. Her parents, Lee and Erica McKeever, have worked for Ward at Castle Hill Farm in Brewster, New York, since long before Baylee was born. The two families live on the same farm, riding together […]
On the third Monday in April, or Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts, people crowd shoulder to shoulder on Boylston Street, aiming to catch the moment the first Boston Marathon runner crosses the finish line. Regardless of whether you’re the first or last to cross, stepping over the blue and yellow line marks the culmination of months, […]
When Rowan Willis came to the United States in early 2018 he didn’t plan to stay much more than a year. He had work and horses waiting for him in England, where the 40-year-old Australian has been based since his 20s. But two years later, after finishing 12th at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games […]
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair’s Board of Directors today, June 24, made the heart-wrenching but unanimous decision to cancel the 2020 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. The show was originally scheduled for Nov. 6-15 at Exhibition Place, Toronto, and is being canceled due to ongoing concern regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. This treasured annual tradition will return […]
