Riders went back to basics and were pushed outside their comfort zone in Anne Kursinski’s annual show jumping clinic at Market Street, Inc., in Frenchtown, New Jersey, on Nov. 15-17. Three groups spent two hours each day with Kursinski. They started with flatwork and grid work, progressed to more difficult jumping exercises, and capped off […]
Christy Edwards dreamed of one day seeing Reddy Or Not tackle her first advanced event. The breeder from Enterprise, Alabama, had big goals for the Trakehner mare, and she believed she’d found the perfect partner to help her achieve them in Kyle Carter. “She loved the mare from the day she was born,” said Carter. […]
As the temperatures start to drop, and the show schedules slow down, it can only mean one thing: It’s November, which means it’s time for No Stirrup November. This year the Chronicle is celebrating this annual tradition with the #COTHLoseTheLeathers Challenge, challenging riders to drop their irons for at least a portion of their ride […]
At the Fédération Equestre Internationale General Assembly, held Nov. 16-19 in Moscow, a bevy of rule changes for the 2020 season were approved. First among them: an updated flag rule in eventing. A new version of 549.2, the FEI’s rule regarding missing a flag on cross-country, was adopted after much back and forth throughout the […]
Double Olympic team gold medalist and five-time Olympian Ingrid Klimke was announced as winner of the Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete award at the FEI Awards Gala in Moscow on Nov. 19 The glittering gala awards ceremony, which took place in the splendid surrounds of the Kremlin State Palace in the Russian capital, was attended by more than 400 […]
Recently I was fortunate enough to attend a five-day intensive riding workshop with equestrian legend Bernie Traurig at his ranch in San Marcos, California. The format was two lessons a day in small groups. In the morning we did flatwork and small gymnastics, and the afternoon was reserved for coursework. I brought two horses, my […]
On Nov. 19, the U.S. Center for SafeSport changed George Morris’ suspension status on its website, which had been listed as “subject to appeal/not yet final” to “permanently ineligible,” meaning that Morris’ bid to overturn his ban in arbitration was unsuccessful. (The organization does not announce or comment on its findings.) Morris, the former chef […]
South Carolina horse owners in Greenville and Spartanburg Counties are on high alert after a string of bizarre pasture incidents left at least three horses dead and multiple others with serious lacerations and puncture wounds over the past few weeks. Debra Howell found her son’s retired Thoroughbred mare in the field in Campobello, South Carolina, […]
In a unanimous vote on Nov. 19, delegates to the Fédération Equestre Internationale General Assembly in Moscow voted to require protective headgear while riding and during the marathon phase of combined driving events, beginning Jan. 1, 2021. That date was chosen to allow for education and so manufacturers could produce enough helmets to meet the […]
Rodrigo Pessoa announced Nov. 15 that he is stepping down as the high performance director for the Irish show jumping team. “As I close this adventure as high performance manager of the Irish team, I have a feeling of fulfillment in having accomplished my initial mission with them,” Pessoa wrote on his website. “The qualification […]
Riders went back to basics and were pushed outside their comfort zone in Anne Kursinski’s annual show jumping clinic at Market Street, Inc., in Frenchtown, New Jersey, on Nov. 15-17. Three groups spent two hours each day with Kursinski. They started with flatwork and grid work, progressed to more difficult jumping exercises, and capped off […]
Christy Edwards dreamed of one day seeing Reddy Or Not tackle her first advanced event. The breeder from Enterprise, Alabama, had big goals for the Trakehner mare, and she believed she’d found the perfect partner to help her achieve them in Kyle Carter. “She loved the mare from the day she was born,” said Carter. […]
As the temperatures start to drop, and the show schedules slow down, it can only mean one thing: It’s November, which means it’s time for No Stirrup November. This year the Chronicle is celebrating this annual tradition with the #COTHLoseTheLeathers Challenge, challenging riders to drop their irons for at least a portion of their ride […]
At the Fédération Equestre Internationale General Assembly, held Nov. 16-19 in Moscow, a bevy of rule changes for the 2020 season were approved. First among them: an updated flag rule in eventing. A new version of 549.2, the FEI’s rule regarding missing a flag on cross-country, was adopted after much back and forth throughout the […]
Double Olympic team gold medalist and five-time Olympian Ingrid Klimke was announced as winner of the Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete award at the FEI Awards Gala in Moscow on Nov. 19 The glittering gala awards ceremony, which took place in the splendid surrounds of the Kremlin State Palace in the Russian capital, was attended by more than 400 […]
Recently I was fortunate enough to attend a five-day intensive riding workshop with equestrian legend Bernie Traurig at his ranch in San Marcos, California. The format was two lessons a day in small groups. In the morning we did flatwork and small gymnastics, and the afternoon was reserved for coursework. I brought two horses, my […]
On Nov. 19, the U.S. Center for SafeSport changed George Morris’ suspension status on its website, which had been listed as “subject to appeal/not yet final” to “permanently ineligible,” meaning that Morris’ bid to overturn his ban in arbitration was unsuccessful. (The organization does not announce or comment on its findings.) Morris, the former chef […]
South Carolina horse owners in Greenville and Spartanburg Counties are on high alert after a string of bizarre pasture incidents left at least three horses dead and multiple others with serious lacerations and puncture wounds over the past few weeks. Debra Howell found her son’s retired Thoroughbred mare in the field in Campobello, South Carolina, […]
In a unanimous vote on Nov. 19, delegates to the Fédération Equestre Internationale General Assembly in Moscow voted to require protective headgear while riding and during the marathon phase of combined driving events, beginning Jan. 1, 2021. That date was chosen to allow for education and so manufacturers could produce enough helmets to meet the […]
Rodrigo Pessoa announced Nov. 15 that he is stepping down as the high performance director for the Irish show jumping team. “As I close this adventure as high performance manager of the Irish team, I have a feeling of fulfillment in having accomplished my initial mission with them,” Pessoa wrote on his website. “The qualification […]
