The Casanova Hunt announced on June 1 that it will discontinue operations due to increasing pressures from residential development and other factors. Based in Casanova, Virginia, the 111-year-old club was a prominent part of the Northern Virginia equestrian calendar as a sponsor of foxhunting meets, hunter paces and point-to-point races. In a letter to landowners, […]
All my life I have always considered the barn to be my home away from home. It’s a place I can go to get away from reality and leave all my problems at the door. Riding has been an outlet for me to express myself and be who I truly am, and I will forever […]
On June 7, equestrians and their mounts joined thousands of pedestrian protestors for the Compton Peace Walk, marching from Gateway Towne Center in Los Angeles to Compton City Hall in Compton, California. Announced just four days earlier by Compton mayor Aja Brown, the Compton Peace Walk was planned as “a show of solidarity to honor […]
HITS Saugerties and the Vermont Summer Festival received final permission today from the U.S. Equestrian Federation to announce the Great American Summer Series at HITS-on-the-Hudson, Saugerties, New York, July 1–Aug. 9. Entry blanks and class listings are available now. This six-week series will offer nearly $2 million in prize money with featured classes for hunters and jumpers each week, […]
Updated June 10: We recognize this content might be hurtful for some readers. For our explanation on why we published it, please read the Chronicle editorial team’s response. I’m glad to be a member of our horse community. We’re a close-knit group of people, and, despite having shortcomings and moments of disagreement, one of our best attributes […]
Partnerships are everything in the sport of eventing. The relationship with your horse is the bedrock on which solid training can be laid. Many riders are lucky to know their horses from the moment they hit the ground, but Colleen Rutledge and her five-star event horse Covert Rights go back even farther. Rutledge bred the […]
Dear Rita, Anyone who has spent time in this business knows how small the horse world really is. I want to tell you the story about Wisdom, a larger-than-life Hanoverian who has woven a web of friends for me across two countries and the USA. Appearing and reappearing many times, always with remarkable people in […]
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of this year’s Hampton Classic Horse Show. The Hampton Classic would have been celebrating its 45th year in late August at its world-class show grounds in Bridgehampton, New York. The Hampton Classic will return Aug. 29-Sept. 5, 2021. “It is difficult to express how disappointing this is for […]
Brought to you by Mane ‘n Tail Many children growing up in Baltimore face a grim laundry list of impediments to success. The city of roughly 612,000 residents has a per-capita murder rate higher than Chicago and Detroit, ranking second only to St. Louis among major cities in the United States. An estimated 13 percent […]
The Casanova Hunt announced on June 1 that it will discontinue operations due to increasing pressures from residential development and other factors. Based in Casanova, Virginia, the 111-year-old club was a prominent part of the Northern Virginia equestrian calendar as a sponsor of foxhunting meets, hunter paces and point-to-point races. In a letter to landowners, […]
All my life I have always considered the barn to be my home away from home. It’s a place I can go to get away from reality and leave all my problems at the door. Riding has been an outlet for me to express myself and be who I truly am, and I will forever […]
On June 7, equestrians and their mounts joined thousands of pedestrian protestors for the Compton Peace Walk, marching from Gateway Towne Center in Los Angeles to Compton City Hall in Compton, California. Announced just four days earlier by Compton mayor Aja Brown, the Compton Peace Walk was planned as “a show of solidarity to honor […]
HITS Saugerties and the Vermont Summer Festival received final permission today from the U.S. Equestrian Federation to announce the Great American Summer Series at HITS-on-the-Hudson, Saugerties, New York, July 1–Aug. 9. Entry blanks and class listings are available now. This six-week series will offer nearly $2 million in prize money with featured classes for hunters and jumpers each week, […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale Tribunal has imposed a 20-year suspension and a fine of $18,302 in a record sanction regarding an endurance horse abuse and anti-doping violation case in which the horse was fatally injured. Athlete Sheik Abdul Aziz Bin Faisal Al Qasimi of the United Arab Emirates was also ordered to pay $15,691 towards the costs […]
Updated June 10: We recognize this content might be hurtful for some readers. For our explanation on why we published it, please read the Chronicle editorial team’s response. I’m glad to be a member of our horse community. We’re a close-knit group of people, and, despite having shortcomings and moments of disagreement, one of our best attributes […]
Partnerships are everything in the sport of eventing. The relationship with your horse is the bedrock on which solid training can be laid. Many riders are lucky to know their horses from the moment they hit the ground, but Colleen Rutledge and her five-star event horse Covert Rights go back even farther. Rutledge bred the […]
Dear Rita, Anyone who has spent time in this business knows how small the horse world really is. I want to tell you the story about Wisdom, a larger-than-life Hanoverian who has woven a web of friends for me across two countries and the USA. Appearing and reappearing many times, always with remarkable people in […]
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of this year’s Hampton Classic Horse Show. The Hampton Classic would have been celebrating its 45th year in late August at its world-class show grounds in Bridgehampton, New York. The Hampton Classic will return Aug. 29-Sept. 5, 2021. “It is difficult to express how disappointing this is for […]
Brought to you by Mane ‘n Tail Many children growing up in Baltimore face a grim laundry list of impediments to success. The city of roughly 612,000 residents has a per-capita murder rate higher than Chicago and Detroit, ranking second only to St. Louis among major cities in the United States. An estimated 13 percent […]
