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Aug 8, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Mollie Bailey |Nicole Mandracchia |Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum |Clayton Fredericks
Rox Dene’s owner, horsewoman Dorothy Elaine Boylen of Keswick, Virginia, died July 23 at age 84. To honor her, we’re looking back at the time the Chronicle named her mare Rox Dene as its 1994 Overall and Show Hunter Horse of the Year. Rox Dene died at age 33 in 2019. A version of this article originally ran in the Feb. 3, 1995, issue of the Chronicle. Rox Dene is a contradiction. She’s a horse, but she prefers to be with people.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Clayton Fredericks |Kimberly Loushin |Lindsay Berreth |Lindsey Long
Column: Experience Will Show The Way In Olympic Jumping
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Mollie Bailey |Kimberly Loushin |Erin Harty |Clayton Fredericks
Paris—July 27As he has done so often in the past, Great Britain’s Tom McEwen leads at the lunch break of the eventing dressage competition at the Olympic Games. He scored a 25.8 with JL Dublin to hold a slight lead over Belgium’s Karin Donckers and Leipheimer Van’t Verahof (26.6). Germany’s Julia Krajewski and Nickel 21 are in third on 26.9.“ ‘Dubs’ was awesome, amazing,” said McEwen.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Mollie Bailey |Erin Harty |Clayton Fredericks
Paris—July 27Heading into the Paris Olympics, Great Britain was the team to beat in eventing, and they proved their prowess on Day 1 by taking the lead in the team competition with a combined score of 66.7 penalties. Their nearly 8-point lead over Germany is largely thanks to an impressive score put in by their second rider, Laura Collett and London 52, who record-breaking test scored 17.5, which converts to 82.5%.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Erin Harty |Clayton Fredericks |Hannah Sherk
Paris—July 26Eighty horses congregated on the jog strip this morning in Versailles, France, for the first horse inspection for eventing at the Paris Olympic Games. Of those, five were sent to the hold box and one was spun upon re-inspection. DSP Fighting Line, ridden by Lea Siegl of Austria was not passed on re-inspection. Austria did qualify a team, so Siegl was competing as an individual. Austria still has one individual in the field, Harald Ambros and Vitorio Du Montet.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Erin Harty |Clayton Fredericks
Eventing will kick off the Paris Olympic Games equestrian competition Saturday, July 27, against the backdrop of the stunning Park at Versailles.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Erin Harty |Clayton Fredericks
Paris—July 26The draw order for eventing at the Olympic Games has been set with Julia Krajewski and Nickel 21 of Germany as the pathfinder at 9:30 a.m. local time (3:30 a.m. EST). The U.S. team is sixth in the rotation and Caroline Pamukcu and HSH Blake will be the team’s pathfinder at 10 a.m. (4 a.m. EST). Liz Halliday and Nutcracker will be the final pair before the break at 12:54 p.m. (6:54 a.m. EST).
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Erin Harty |Clayton Fredericks |Melissa Wright
Ahead of the first horse inspection for the eventing competition at the Paris Olympic Games, the U.S. Equestrian Federation announced a change to the team. Traveling reserve Liz Halliday and Nutcracker are replacing Will Coleman and Diabolo. This is the second change to the U.S. team after Diabolo replaced Coleman’s first horse, Off The Record on Wednesday.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Clayton Fredericks |Kimberly Loushin |Hannah Sherk |Erin Harty
Is it the mountain air? The stunning vistas of “big sky country”? Or maybe it’s just the change of scenery that brings out the best in Pascal and Jennie Brannigan, who came out on top of the five-entry CCI4*-L division at The Event at Rebecca Farm in Kalispell, Montana, July 17-21. They also won Rebecca Farm’s CCI3*-L division last year. “I go to Rebecca Farm every year,” said Brannigan, who is based in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Erin Harty |Clayton Fredericks |Kimberly Loushin |Hannah Sherk
Paris—July 25Cross-country day at the Paris Olympic Games is Sunday, July 28, and course designer Pierre Le Goupil designed a beautiful track in homage to French history and the park at Chateau de Versailles where the equestrian events are taking place. Riders will tackle a 5,300-meter course with an optimum time of 9 minutes 18 seconds, with 28 numbered obstacles and 42 jumping efforts.
