I have a hidden talent—finding stray animals. I’ve yet to find a stray horse (despite being a good Pony Club graduate and keeping a spare halter and lead rope in my car at all times), but I’ve found dogs and cats by the dozens. So by necessity, because I certainly can’t keep them all, I’ve […]
Dear Rita, If I’m really going to tell you the stories of the most important horses in my life, we need to take a step back to Ada, Michigan, in the early 1990s. I was training with Bodo Hangen, a German immigrant and a disciple of Willi Schultheis, and it is under his tutelage that […]
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame has elected two new inductees: Olympic gold and silver medalist Leslie Burr Howard and David Distler, an Olympic judge and FEI Steward General. With the cancellation of this year’s Devon Horse Show (Pennslyvania), site of the Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony, the date and location of this year’s induction ceremony is undetermined. Plans […]
The board of directors of Dressage At Devon announced on May 20 that the show, to be held Sept. 22-27 in Devon, Pennsylvania, has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from Lori Kaminski, president and CEO reads: “This was a difficult decision, but the uncertainty of the time has made it necessary […]
Hunter trainer and rider Tommy Serio was added to the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s suspension list. Serio, who runs Summerfield LLC in Aberdeen, North Carolina, was initially given a three-year suspension, starting May 18, 2020, for an “intimate relationship involving a power imbalance, sexual misconduct.” His suspension length was later changed, and it will now […]
These aren’t normal times, you may have noticed, as you’ve scanned aisles at grocery stores completely bereft of paper products or cleaning supplies. The facility where you board your horse might be closed to all but essential personnel. If you keep horses at home, you’ve probably stockpiled some extra feed and are spraying down doorknobs […]
For Christine Walker, her 40th birthday was something of a goal post. She’d grown up riding hunt seat equitation, getting on whatever horses she could find—usually off-the-track Thoroughbreds—into her early 20s. She’d been on the hunt seat and stock seat Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association teams at Midway College (Kentucky), and she purchased a horse from […]
U.S. Equestrian Federation officials have approved modifications to USEF rules in accordance with a resolution approved by the Board of Directors to address issues related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A summary of these modifications is listed below and the full content of each modification can be viewed on the USEF website by […]
On May 19, U.S. Equestrian Federation announced updates to the 2020 Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunt Seat Medal qualification process and point structure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted the suspension of points, scores, money won, qualifications, and rankings towards USEF-owned events, programs, and teams enacted on Mar. 16. The suspension will be lifted on […]
Alex Granato has been developing his partnership with Carlchen W for more than seven years, and it culminated in Granato’s first major U.S. championship at the Pan American Games (Peru) last year, where he and the gelding helped the team win bronze. Granato started with the high-spirited Mecklenburg (Chacco Blue—Celline W, Continue), owned by Page […]
I have a hidden talent—finding stray animals. I’ve yet to find a stray horse (despite being a good Pony Club graduate and keeping a spare halter and lead rope in my car at all times), but I’ve found dogs and cats by the dozens. So by necessity, because I certainly can’t keep them all, I’ve […]
Dear Rita, If I’m really going to tell you the stories of the most important horses in my life, we need to take a step back to Ada, Michigan, in the early 1990s. I was training with Bodo Hangen, a German immigrant and a disciple of Willi Schultheis, and it is under his tutelage that […]
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame has elected two new inductees: Olympic gold and silver medalist Leslie Burr Howard and David Distler, an Olympic judge and FEI Steward General. With the cancellation of this year’s Devon Horse Show (Pennslyvania), site of the Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony, the date and location of this year’s induction ceremony is undetermined. Plans […]
The board of directors of Dressage At Devon announced on May 20 that the show, to be held Sept. 22-27 in Devon, Pennsylvania, has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from Lori Kaminski, president and CEO reads: “This was a difficult decision, but the uncertainty of the time has made it necessary […]
Hunter trainer and rider Tommy Serio was added to the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s suspension list. Serio, who runs Summerfield LLC in Aberdeen, North Carolina, was initially given a three-year suspension, starting May 18, 2020, for an “intimate relationship involving a power imbalance, sexual misconduct.” His suspension length was later changed, and it will now […]
These aren’t normal times, you may have noticed, as you’ve scanned aisles at grocery stores completely bereft of paper products or cleaning supplies. The facility where you board your horse might be closed to all but essential personnel. If you keep horses at home, you’ve probably stockpiled some extra feed and are spraying down doorknobs […]
For Christine Walker, her 40th birthday was something of a goal post. She’d grown up riding hunt seat equitation, getting on whatever horses she could find—usually off-the-track Thoroughbreds—into her early 20s. She’d been on the hunt seat and stock seat Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association teams at Midway College (Kentucky), and she purchased a horse from […]
U.S. Equestrian Federation officials have approved modifications to USEF rules in accordance with a resolution approved by the Board of Directors to address issues related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. A summary of these modifications is listed below and the full content of each modification can be viewed on the USEF website by […]
Alex Granato has been developing his partnership with Carlchen W for more than seven years, and it culminated in Granato’s first major U.S. championship at the Pan American Games (Peru) last year, where he and the gelding helped the team win bronze. Granato started with the high-spirited Mecklenburg (Chacco Blue—Celline W, Continue), owned by Page […]
