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2 weeks ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Hannah Sherk
U.S. riders came out swinging last week at the Covalliero Dressage Days in Hagen, Germany, kicking off their European season with wins across the board. They swept the top four spots in the CDI3* Grand Prix, while the U.S. para dressage team clinched second behind the Netherlands in a hotly contested CPEDI3* team competition.
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2 weeks ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Hannah Sherk
While safety vests are becoming standard gear in horse sports, current data doesn’t yet prove that the devices are truly effective in protecting equestrians from injury. The need for further research is an early finding from the Fédération Equestre Internationale’s newly launched Equestrian Safety Vest Working Group.
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3 weeks ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Hannah Sherk
There was no official notice posted to the tack room door. No email to staff and boarders. No letter to families. Just rumors passed from boarder to instructor, instructor to student. Then the trailers arrived, confirming the suspicions that had been swirling: Rock Creek Park Horse Center was in trouble. On Jan. 31, Laura Brown, then a Rock Creek instructor, first heard that the public barn, established by Congress in 1890, would be closing.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Hannah Sherk
A dispute between the International Eventing Officials Club and Fédération Equestre Internationale will culminate in a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Switzerland), the international body that arbitrates disputes in sport. Set for fall of this year, the hearing will address a conflict between FEI and the IEOC, the organization that represents eventing officials globally, over the termination of a memorandum of understanding.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Hannah Sherk
When Boyd Martin travelled to Paris alongside his U.S. teammate Liz Halliday last summer, he admired how in sync the rider was with her Olympic partner, Cooley Nutcracker. “Liz always presented the horse and made him look quite easy and beautiful,” Boyd said of the horse-and-rider team, whose dressage test at the Games earned the best score by a U.S. pair since 2008.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Hannah Sherk
Australian eventer Hazel Shannon says that when you have a 20-year-old horse in active riding and competition, you “don’t have a big picture plan—it’s just a day by day thing.” But when your horse is WillingaPark Clifford, on some of those days you win the Adelaide International CCI5*-L (Australia).
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Hannah Sherk
When Libby Head’s underdog eventer, Sir Rockstar, died this month at age 27, it struck her that the five-star horse had been in her life longer than he hadn’t. “I’ve had him since I was 16,” Head, 33, said. “He went to college with me. He moved everywhere with me. He was just the most consistent thing in my life.”While Head retired “Rocky” from high-level competition in 2016, the Thoroughbred still played a big part in her daily life, teaching a new generation of riders.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Hannah Sherk
Riders who put in long hours at the barn or on the road competing would likely say it isn’t all about the horses—they also invest in bonds with other riders, parents, grooms and coaches. To strengthen boundaries and safeguard athletes, the Fédération Equestre Internationale has partnered with #WeRideTogether, a U.S.-based nonprofit with a mission to prevent sexual misconduct in sports, to create a free online safeguarding training course available to FEI members and non-members alike.
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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Hannah Sherk
After a nearly four-year process working with Olympic representatives to prepare Galway Downs in Temecula, California, to host equestrian events for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, last week’s switch up shocked the venue’s owner, Ken Smith. When the Los Angeles City Council voted to approve Galway Downs in March, Smith was ready to celebrate.
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2 months 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.
