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 […]
Jitterbug is a world-renowned expert in human management and training and has long been respected for her wisdom and sharp eye, as evident in her well-read columns here on The Chronicle of the Horse. From time to time she receives specific requests for feedback from fellow quadruped trainers or especially enlightened bipeds. Today, she continues a […]
Every barn family has that one member. The one who shows up to every show, boot rag in hand, ready to cheer on her fellow riders. The one who’s always happy to get on whatever horse needs work, whether she knows him or not. She’s the one who gets on an impossible number of horses […]
Janik Gasiorowski, VMD, DACVS, of Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center (New Jersey) explains which race horse conditions are unlikely to interfere with a sport horse career. The scariest injury most people associate with racing is some type of fracture. For example, the horse has screws in one leg. Is that a red flag? Dr. Gasiorowski: What […]
On Sept. 20, Nicole McMillion of Huntington Beach, California, topped 23 entries over two days and three phases of competition and a work-off to win the third annual EMO Insurance/USHJA 3’3″ Jumping Seat Medal Finals—West at the Blenheim EquiSports International Jumping Festival. Coming into Saturday’s competition, 14-year-old McMillion had the lead, winning the blue ribbon […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the list of athletes who will represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final CSIO, hosted from Oct. 3-6, at Real Club de Polo Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain, as well as athletes competing for the United States at the FEI Jumping Youth Nations Cup […]
Boyd Martin and Caroline Martin are recovering from falls at the Plantation Field International CCI4*-S (Pennsylvania) on Sept. 22. Boyd, 40, fell from Bonito, a 12-year-old Hanoverian (Betel xx—Ronda, Ramiro’s Son II) who was competing in his first advanced since an injury last year, at fence 16B, a set of angled cabins. “Bonito was giving […]
After an injury in 2018 and a sticky start to the season this year, Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights are back on track as they head to the Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International CCI4*-L (Maryland) next month. Rutledge and “CR” topped the Plantation Field International CCI4*-S this weekend in Pennsylvania, and the Chronicle was on […]
Emma Catherine Reichow, of Menlo Park, California, took home the win in the 2019 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—West aboard Campitello 5 on Sept. 22 in San Juan Capistrano, California. In a testament to her talent and ability, Reichow competed and captured the title aboard a catch-ride. Clearly suitable for the role, the […]
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England—Sept. 22 Britain’s Piggy French jumped two spectacular clear rounds to finish first and third in the principal CCI4*-L class at SsangYong Blenheim Palace Horse Trials on Alison Swinburn and John and Chloe Perry’s Brookfield Inocent and Susanna Paybody’s Castletown Clover. She had already show jumped clear on fifth-placed Castletown Clover when she […]
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 […]
Jitterbug is a world-renowned expert in human management and training and has long been respected for her wisdom and sharp eye, as evident in her well-read columns here on The Chronicle of the Horse. From time to time she receives specific requests for feedback from fellow quadruped trainers or especially enlightened bipeds. Today, she continues a […]
Every barn family has that one member. The one who shows up to every show, boot rag in hand, ready to cheer on her fellow riders. The one who’s always happy to get on whatever horse needs work, whether she knows him or not. She’s the one who gets on an impossible number of horses […]
Janik Gasiorowski, VMD, DACVS, of Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center (New Jersey) explains which race horse conditions are unlikely to interfere with a sport horse career. The scariest injury most people associate with racing is some type of fracture. For example, the horse has screws in one leg. Is that a red flag? Dr. Gasiorowski: What […]
On Sept. 20, Nicole McMillion of Huntington Beach, California, topped 23 entries over two days and three phases of competition and a work-off to win the third annual EMO Insurance/USHJA 3’3″ Jumping Seat Medal Finals—West at the Blenheim EquiSports International Jumping Festival. Coming into Saturday’s competition, 14-year-old McMillion had the lead, winning the blue ribbon […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation announced the list of athletes who will represent the NetJets U.S. Jumping Team at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup Final CSIO, hosted from Oct. 3-6, at Real Club de Polo Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain, as well as athletes competing for the United States at the FEI Jumping Youth Nations Cup […]
Boyd Martin and Caroline Martin are recovering from falls at the Plantation Field International CCI4*-S (Pennsylvania) on Sept. 22. Boyd, 40, fell from Bonito, a 12-year-old Hanoverian (Betel xx—Ronda, Ramiro’s Son II) who was competing in his first advanced since an injury last year, at fence 16B, a set of angled cabins. “Bonito was giving […]
After an injury in 2018 and a sticky start to the season this year, Colleen Rutledge and Covert Rights are back on track as they head to the Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International CCI4*-L (Maryland) next month. Rutledge and “CR” topped the Plantation Field International CCI4*-S this weekend in Pennsylvania, and the Chronicle was on […]
Emma Catherine Reichow, of Menlo Park, California, took home the win in the 2019 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals—West aboard Campitello 5 on Sept. 22 in San Juan Capistrano, California. In a testament to her talent and ability, Reichow competed and captured the title aboard a catch-ride. Clearly suitable for the role, the […]
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England—Sept. 22 Britain’s Piggy French jumped two spectacular clear rounds to finish first and third in the principal CCI4*-L class at SsangYong Blenheim Palace Horse Trials on Alison Swinburn and John and Chloe Perry’s Brookfield Inocent and Susanna Paybody’s Castletown Clover. She had already show jumped clear on fifth-placed Castletown Clover when she […]
