Sometimes it takes a little while to get perfectly synced with a new dance partner, but Sarah Lockman and her stallion First Apple look like they’ve been together forever. Watching them go undefeated across three days at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, in July, you’d never know that Lockman and First […]
At the ceremony for the 2019 Eclipse Awards, held Jan. 23, Irish-bred Winston C was honored as North America’s top steeplechasing horse. Owned by Hudson River Farms and trained by Jonathan Sheppard, the 6-year-old gelding (Rip Van Winkle—Pitrizza, Machiavellian) won two Grade I races during the Saratoga season: the A.P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase and the […]
I just lived through one of those disaster weeks. It started with the USDF FEI Trainers’ Conference. I’d been selected to ride on Elvis, and I thought it would be a good exposure moment for him as I work to add members to his syndicate. But I’d also entered a CDI for later in the […]
Palm Beach County cheered as equestrians and their mounts, representing local non-profit organizations, competed for a share of more than $1 million in prize money at the Great Charity Challenge presented by Fidelity Investments on Saturday, Feb. 1. Held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, the GCC has become a highlight of the 12-week Winter […]
Aug. 30, 2019, started as just another horse show day for Juan Pablo Gnecco. It was the Friday of the Hampton Classic Horse Show in Bridgehampton, New York, and he was entered in the afternoon’s grand prix qualifier. He stopped to chat with a fellow rider about the track, and they discussed various plans for […]
In the Chronicle’s new series, we follow various equine professionals throughout a typical day. In this installment, we asked veterinarian and occasional Chronicle blogger Liz Arbittier to take us to work with her. Liz is an assistant professor in the clinical equine field service at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center in Kennett […]
In honor of Col. John Russell’s 100th birthday on Feb. 2, we’re looking back at the Living Legend profile of the Olympic show jumper and coach, originally published in the Sept. 19, 2011, issue. LIVING LEGEND: Col. John Russell Is Still Giving Orders In Col. John Russell’s birth year of 1920, Woodrow Wilson was in the […]
Christophe Ameeuw announced on Jan. 30 that this year’s Longines Masters of Hong Kong, slated for Feb. 14-16, will not take place. This decision is a precautionary measure following the recent developments in the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak, which is currently affecting the city of Hong Kong, mainland China and the Asia-Pacific region. “With more than […]
Erin Davis-Heineking wasn’t looking for a way back into show jumping when her husband, Christian Heineking, suggested she try a new mare in the barn. “Every year at our farm we have a little New Year’s jumping competition; you get on a horse you don’t know, and we have a high jump competition,” Davis-Heineking said. […]
Brought to you by Kentucky Equine Research and Darby Bonomi Ph.D. Earlier this month reporter Laura Lemon explored mental health in the horse world in the lead story in our Jan. 13 Rider Health and Fitness issue. She spoke with various riders about their journeys with their own mental health including five-star eventer Matt Brown. Matt spoke […]
Sometimes it takes a little while to get perfectly synced with a new dance partner, but Sarah Lockman and her stallion First Apple look like they’ve been together forever. Watching them go undefeated across three days at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, in July, you’d never know that Lockman and First […]
At the ceremony for the 2019 Eclipse Awards, held Jan. 23, Irish-bred Winston C was honored as North America’s top steeplechasing horse. Owned by Hudson River Farms and trained by Jonathan Sheppard, the 6-year-old gelding (Rip Van Winkle—Pitrizza, Machiavellian) won two Grade I races during the Saratoga season: the A.P. Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase and the […]
I just lived through one of those disaster weeks. It started with the USDF FEI Trainers’ Conference. I’d been selected to ride on Elvis, and I thought it would be a good exposure moment for him as I work to add members to his syndicate. But I’d also entered a CDI for later in the […]
Palm Beach County cheered as equestrians and their mounts, representing local non-profit organizations, competed for a share of more than $1 million in prize money at the Great Charity Challenge presented by Fidelity Investments on Saturday, Feb. 1. Held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, the GCC has become a highlight of the 12-week Winter […]
Aug. 30, 2019, started as just another horse show day for Juan Pablo Gnecco. It was the Friday of the Hampton Classic Horse Show in Bridgehampton, New York, and he was entered in the afternoon’s grand prix qualifier. He stopped to chat with a fellow rider about the track, and they discussed various plans for […]
In the Chronicle’s new series, we follow various equine professionals throughout a typical day. In this installment, we asked veterinarian and occasional Chronicle blogger Liz Arbittier to take us to work with her. Liz is an assistant professor in the clinical equine field service at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center in Kennett […]
In honor of Col. John Russell’s 100th birthday on Feb. 2, we’re looking back at the Living Legend profile of the Olympic show jumper and coach, originally published in the Sept. 19, 2011, issue. LIVING LEGEND: Col. John Russell Is Still Giving Orders In Col. John Russell’s birth year of 1920, Woodrow Wilson was in the […]
Christophe Ameeuw announced on Jan. 30 that this year’s Longines Masters of Hong Kong, slated for Feb. 14-16, will not take place. This decision is a precautionary measure following the recent developments in the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak, which is currently affecting the city of Hong Kong, mainland China and the Asia-Pacific region. “With more than […]
Erin Davis-Heineking wasn’t looking for a way back into show jumping when her husband, Christian Heineking, suggested she try a new mare in the barn. “Every year at our farm we have a little New Year’s jumping competition; you get on a horse you don’t know, and we have a high jump competition,” Davis-Heineking said. […]
Brought to you by Kentucky Equine Research and Darby Bonomi Ph.D. Earlier this month reporter Laura Lemon explored mental health in the horse world in the lead story in our Jan. 13 Rider Health and Fitness issue. She spoke with various riders about their journeys with their own mental health including five-star eventer Matt Brown. Matt spoke […]
