Developing Suppleness With Dressage At Devon Intermediaire I Winner Sara Hassler

Devon, Pa.—Sept. 28 Sara Hassler has never shown in the Dixon Oval before this weekend, but no one will be able to forget her after this year’s Dressage At Devon. She followed up her win in the Prix St. Georges with Harmony’s Boitano with another blue ribbon, this time in the Intermediaire I on a […]

Trading The Rub Rag For Dressage At Devon Blue

Devon, Pa.—Sept. 27 Whether you compete on the hunter/jumper circuit or prefer dressage, the Devon showgrounds is a place you dream of one day competing. Lindsay Kellock may have a team gold medal from the 2019 Pan American Games (Peru), but it doesn’t change the magic of Dressage at Devon this year. “Devon is just […]

Maher Starts Out The Weekend On The Right Foot

New York City—Sept. 27 Last month Martin Fuchs and Ben Maher went toe-to-toe at the Longines FEI European Championships (the Netherlands), with Martin Fuchs getting the individual gold medal on Clooney 51 and Ben Maher taking silver on Explosion W. This weekend the two are on the same team as members of the London Knights. […]

Three Years Of Rehab Brought Harmony’s Boitano To Dressage At Devon Win

Devon, Pa.—Sept. 27 For years it felt like Harmony’s Boitano was taking a step forward only to come up with yet another suspensory injury that would start the rehabilitation process over from scratch. He’d shown promise with Susanne Hassler in the small tour classes at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (Florida) in 2015, but once […]

Throwback Thursday: Winsome Adante As Overall And Eventing Horse Of The Year

Kim Severson’s legendary partner, Winsome Adante, earned the title of the Chronicle’s Overall and Eventing Horse Of The Year in 2004, adding to his Eventing Horse of The Year title from COTH from 2001. After learning of his death on Sept. 25, we take a look back at an excerpt from Beth Rasin’s story, published during […]

Babington Transferred To Rehabilitation Center

Kevin Babington, the Olympic show jumper who injured his spinal cord in a fall at the Hampton Classic (New York) on Aug. 20, transferred to a rehabilitation center on Sept. 24. His wife, Dianna Babington, posted on Facebook, “Kevin was successfully transferred to rehab today. He was extremely happy to get out of [New York […]

Eventing Legend Winsome Adante Dies At 26

Kim Severson’s three-time Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event winner Winsome Adante died on Sept. 25. He was 26. Bred in England by Janet and Chris Gooch and owned by Linda Wachtmeister for most of his career, the British Sport Horse gelding (Saunter—Juswith Genoa, Bohemond) was one of the United States’ top eventers of all time. He […]

From $400 Racetrack Reject To Hampton Classic Tricolor

Kathryn Currey loves a good Thoroughbred. In fact, she becomes overcome with emotion trying to describe their heart, spirit and inherent raw athleticism. After seeing her family’s Thoroughbred, the immortal Touch Of Class, go from racetrack washout to Olympic double-gold medalist with Joe Fargis, there’s never been a doubt in her mind that the breed […]