Anastasia Curwood

May 2, 2024 | chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Lara Bricker |Anastasia Curwood |Lois U. Horvitz

In the mid-to-late 1980s, Hap Hansen and his mount Juniperus dominated the West Coast show jumping circuit and beyond. But an unlikely victory in a dressage arena at Del Mar (California) set him apart from other equine athletes of his time. “Juniperus was really successful in the jumper division,” said Hansen of the Selle Français (Floriss II—Coquine I). “At home, all I did was flatwork to keep him fit,” he added.

Feb 29, 2024 | chronofhorse.com | Anastasia Curwood |Christina Keim |Lois U. Horvitz |Kimberly Loushin

As judges, we are officials. We’re no different than umpires in baseball or referees in basketball. Most judges enjoy watching good horses and riders. We give our honest opinion of the competition we are watching. We have been accredited by our national organization, the U.S. Equestrian Federation, with continuing education clinics routinely scheduled. We also log many hours judging throughout the country, and we estimated we judge roughly 12,000 rounds each per year.

Feb 22, 2023 | kentucky.com | Anastasia Curwood

Black History Month celebrates the remarkable achievements of Black Americans, and it is particularly important to remember Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005). In 1972, the first Black congresswoman became the first Black person to run for President on a major-party ticket, and the first woman to run on the Democratic ticket. Chisholm's presidential campaign was an attempt to win that acknowledged the impossibility of winning.

Feb 21, 2023 | liberreview.com | Tomiko Brown-Nagin |Anastasia Curwood

WHEN WE CELEBRATE a political “first,” we’re heralding the beginning—not the end—of a struggle. And yet, understanding the lives of trailblazers can instruct us in how to pursue justice in spite of institutional prejudice. Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s recent biography of Constance Baker Motley, Civil Rights Queen, provides one such example, beginning with Motley’s birth in 1921 to West Indian immigrants in New Haven, Connecticut.

Feb 5, 2023 | post-gazette.com | Anastasia Curwood

Shirley Chisholm arrived in Washington on January 3, 1969, as the first Black woman member of Congress. She had the reputation of being “a hellcat,” and despite her diminutive size, she suspected that she was frightening to most of her congressional colleagues. As time went on she “realized that everyone had been expecting someone else, a noisy, hostile, antiwhite type.” Sometimes the lengths others would go to in order to avoid her were almost comical.