Thursday, May. 8, 2025

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France Will Be A Strong Gold-Medal Bet
France is the reigning team World Champions, won the 2003 Samsung Super League and 2004 World Cup Final. And they intend to remain atop the world, writes Birgit Popp.


The French team not only has depth, but it also has new talent.


The Belgians Are Aiming For Another Medal
With Ludo Philippaerts and Jos Lansink, they could just follow up their 2002 World Championship bronze medal with their first Olympic medal since 1976, writes Birgit Popp.


Ingmar de Voss, the general secretary of the Belgian Equestrian Federation, has been facing a new problem.


ASTM/SEI-certified helmets have been a subject before the U.S. Congress since March 29, when Sen. Tom Daschale (D-S.D.) reintroduced for Sen. Christopher J. Dodd's (D-Conn.) the Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Safety Act of 2004 (S.2254), which establishes a federal standard for equestrian helmets.

The U.S. Show Jumpers Think They Have Their Best Team In Years
If Royal Kaliber returns, second place at Aachen (Germany) could be a harbinger of good things to come in Athens, writes Molly Sorge.

 

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Every day we spend with horses can be an education, if we're paying attention, about their habits, their training or their care. Like college, the effort you make is directly proportional to the depth of your learning. And it costs about the same.
I`m going to be honest here: this Commentary didn`t just flow from my keyboard. I wanted to write something that commemorated the U.S. Pony Clubs` golden anniversary (p. 26), looking at it through the prism of my involvement with the group, which spanned about 25 years, starting as a D1 to being a coach, district commissioner, committee chairman and member of the Board of Governors.

A Community of the Horse: Partnerships. Bruce Smart. Lost Mountain Graphics. P.O. Box 1590, Middleburg, VA 20118. 471 pp. Illus. 2003. $75.00.



HOOFPRINTS-HORSE POEMS

Jessie Haas. Harper Collins Children's Books. 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. 2004. 224 pp. $15.99.

 

Col. Rex Denny, MFH of Cloudline Hounds, who regularly shoots his age at golf and has developed a passion for antique cars, hunted his hounds for the last time on his 80th birthday. Col. Denny has served two terms as the Western District representative for the Masters of Fox Hounds Association and is known for his candor and sense of humor.

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