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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Matt Brown |Eliza Sydnor Romm |Tracy Gold |Camilla Mortensen
I need security cameras, I thought, peering into the depths of the partially frozen, 100-gallon trough in my front pasture. My phone glowed eerily from the bottom, a sad little submarine. It’s a real shame no one else gets to see this. Just before dusk, I’d set out to check the troughs in each of the three pastures on my little 10-acre farm just north of Pittsburgh.
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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Tracy Gold |Camilla Mortensen |Sara Bradley |Jamie Sindell
Let’s make a slightly delayed New Year’s resolution, horse professionals: 2025 is going to be the year that you look at your savings and retirement plans, or lack thereof, and put some actual plans in place. I know, I know, horse people never retire, we just subsist on coffee and ibuprofen and yell, “half HALT!” louder and louder. But just imagine for a moment that you made plans and saved and could decide whether or not you’d like to have a different life at some point in the future.
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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Tracy Gold |Nicole Mandracchia |Camilla Mortensen |Sara Bradley
Welcome back to our advice column, Ask Stable Sage, where we answer queries from readers about horse- and life-related issues, especially where the two intersect. Take our suggestions with a grain of salt, or at least one sugar cube. This column is intended for entertainment purposes only and should not be considered legal advice. Have a question for Stable Sage? Email it to [email protected].
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Natalie Voss |Molly Sorge |Kimberly Loushin |Camilla Mortensen
Nearly three years ago, Sara Kozumplik got a call from her friend and fellow eventer Nilson Moreira Da Silva that his four-star mount, Rock Phantom, was for sale. Kozumplik had always liked the striking bay Irish Sport Horse gelding (Spirit House—Ballycroy Rose, Clonakilty Hero) bred by Maura O’Malley, and Da Silva wondered if she knew someone who might be interested in him.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Molly Sorge |Mollie Bailey |Kimberly Loushin |Camilla Mortensen
It’s not exactly a new experience for seven-time Olympian Phillip Dutton to win an upper-level event, but the CCI4*-S at TerraNova—which served as the third qualifier in the inaugural year of the US Equestrian Open series—was a big day, even for him. Dutton won with Azure, and he also took second on Quasi Cool, giving him an early lead in the series, which builds toward a fall 2025 final offering $250,000 in total prize money.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Camilla Mortensen |Alexia Rule |Hannah Sherk
Two weeks before the Royal Horse Show CSI5*-W, Alex Matz wasn’t planning to compete there. He was stuck on the wait list until 10 days out, when a phone call let him know he was in. Cue a flurry of planning to get himself and two horses up to Toronto.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
Back in 2013, TV watchers were disappointed to learn that local TV station KMTR had let Renee McCullough and co-anchor Matt Templeman go — after a decade — when the station went to a new ownership. But viewers were not sad for long, as the co-anchors announced they were moving to KEZI, where they have been ever since. McCullough has been off the air since this summer when KEZI announced she had suffered a stroke.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Sarah K. Susa |Lauren Sprieser |Camilla Mortensen |Brit Vegas
In early July of this year, I decided to write a post on Facebook explaining my decision to radically change my business. I had already told my clients, family, and friends, but I figured I would let everyone know. I tried to decide if a short, upbeat post was the best way to go—no intimate details, just a perky announcement about my new life. But that felt a bit disingenuous. I was excited about my plans, but I was also feeling many other things.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Lauren Sprieser |Mollie Bailey |Melissa Wright |Camilla Mortensen
I recently spent 12 hours at our 4-H district’s horse show with our lesson program’s show team. It was the last of the season, and today I’m nursing a severe horse show hangover. When my alarm went off this morning at 5:15 a.m. for my “real job,” it felt like the middle of the night, and I am counting down the hours until I can be in sweatpants on my couch.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
The Eugene School District 4J board may be looking at a hefty price tag if they move to get rid of embattled Superintendent Andy Dey. The board reprimanded Dey Feb. 21 after concluding he retaliated against a female middle school teacher. Now, board members are debating whether to keep Dey or fire him. The 4J board meets Wednesday night in an open meeting and a closed executive session to discuss Dey’s fate. Dey has had the top job for less than two years.
