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1 week ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Jillian Sinclair |Kimberly Loushin |Hannah Sherk |Christina Keim
For Shannon Lilley, sending in her entry for the Defender Kentucky CCI5*-L was deeply personal. It wasn’t motivated by a desire to pave the way for a team berth or set herself up for bigger things in the future. Instead, it was about a lifelong journey towards a dream held by many upper-level eventers.
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2 weeks ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Melissa Wright |Christina Keim |Kimberly Loushin |Hannah Sherk
On Wednesday, April 9, the International Olympic Committee Executive Board of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games gave updates across the 31 Olympic disciplines, including equestrian competition. The announcement and subsequent press release focused on gender equality in the upcoming games.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Nicole Mandracchia |Mollie Bailey |Jillian Sinclair |Christina Keim
When your nickname is “Ducky,” odds are everyone’s going to buy you duck-themed items, because of course. And the team at Aaron Vale’s Thinkslikeahorse has happily leaned into the theme when it comes to his current top grand prix horse and partner for this week’s Longines League of Nations Ocala, Carissimo 25, better known as “Ducky” in the barn. Ducky got his nickname from the collection of rubber ducks that live on the dashboard of owner Debbie Smith’s Jeep.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Lauren Sprieser |Christina Keim |Lindsay Berreth |Jillian Sinclair
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the combinations who will represent the United States at the 2025 FEI Dressage World Cup Final, to take place April 4-5 in Basel, Switzerland.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Christina Keim |Kimberly Loushin
The definite list of entries for the 45th edition of the Longines FEI World Cup Final, which will take place April 3-6 in Basel, Switzerland, has been confirmed. Forty-two athletes from 23 countries will line up alongside 51 horses to decide who will be crowned the World Cup champion. Defending champion Henrik von Eckermann of Sweden won with King Edward in both 2023 and 2024, though this year he’ll be bringing Iliana and Toveks Azario Dinero instead.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Nicole Mandracchia |Christina Keim |Dallas Finn Calvert
Caroline Pamukcu is used to being on the go, having competed 18 horses 93 times from beginner novice to advanced in 2024. But she left the show scene in October, as she and her husband Deniz Pamukcu prepared for a new chapter of their life: parenthood. The couple welcomed daughter Blake Pamukcu, who shares a name with Caroline’s Paris Olympic mount HSH Blake, on Jan. 29. “I’ve always wanted to have a family, and I’ve always been super close with my family,” Caroline said.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Rose Keller |Mollie Bailey |Christina Keim |Lindsay Berreth
Jenny Spain admits she’s always been one to look toward the future, and she has trouble living in the present moment. But last autumn, the amateur dressage rider allowed herself to celebrate a huge accomplishment when she earned her U.S. Dressage Federation gold medal on her self-made off-the-track Thoroughbred Some Caan Job. Spain, Catlett, Virginia, had trained her now-retired OTTB Turnaround Tony to Grand Prix in 2017, but she had yet to earn her gold medal.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Christina Keim |Mollie Bailey |Lindsay Berreth |Melissa Wright
When Archie Cox called Karli Postel last summer to tell her that he was planning to retire from his Brookway Stables in the near future, Postel was shocked. “Archie is one of the hardest working men that I know,” said Postel, who worked full-time for the hunter/jumper trainer from 2016-2022 before leaving to run Schroeder Sporthorses with her ex-husband, Simon Schroeder. After an unexpected separation from Schroeder last year, Postel knew it was time to start a new chapter in her life as well.
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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Rose Keller |Mollie Bailey |Christina Keim
For the fifth consecutive year, Germany stood atop the podium Thursday in the Starpoint Dancesport FEI Nations Cup CDIO3* Grand Prix at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (Florida). Five countries entered the Nations Cup, with Germany earning 207.02 points, the U.S. taking second place (201.56) and Sweden finishing third (190.76).
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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Mollie Bailey |Christina Keim |Rose Keller |Sara Bradley
Much like the eponymous buckskin protagonist of “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” Come Back De Massa has a spirit that cannot be broken, his rider and co-owner Denielle Gallagher says. But as the pair have proven, their previous personal best Grand Prix freestyle record most certainly can be.
