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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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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Camilla Mortensen |Sara Bradley |Jamie Sindell |Lauren Sprieser
The best school horses transcend beyond flesh and fur. They become legends. The barn where I ride recently lost one of their beloved school ponies, Anne. Feisty in her youth, Anne had long ago stepped down to teaching beginners and toting kids. By the time my 6-year-old daughter, Ava, got to know Anne, the pony had already become quite a legend. Decades ago, Anne came to Tranquillity Manor Farms in Maryland from a rescue.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
chronofhorse.com | Lauren Sprieser |Jamie Sindell |Eliza Sydnor Romm |Melissa Wright
I often blog about my oldest daughter, but I also have an 8-year-old who’s smack in the “middle-child” zone in our circus of five. From a young age, she was absolutely terrified of anything unfamiliar and, full disclosure, her anxiety made her extremely challenging to parent. I didn’t know it at the time, but all it took was stepping out of her way and letting the horses work their magic. She has transformed into a whole different kid. It was far from love at first sight, though.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
chronofhorse.com | Lauren Sprieser |Jamie Sindell |Eliza Sydnor Romm |Melissa Wright
In my show career, I learned that there are times—often what seem, to me, to be random times—when Humans will insist upon doing more than just combing your hair. They will show up in the middle of the night or early in the morning hellbent on making your hair look as terrible as their own. As far as I’m concerned, Human decisions about when to braid are totally arbitrary.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
chronofhorse.com | Rose Keller |Juliana Chapman |Lauren Sprieser |Christina Keim
When former equitation rider and Mount Holyoke College (Massachusetts) graduate Tara Korde attended an alumni mixer six years ago, she never imagined that a casual conversation would lead to finding her “horse of a lifetime.” But that’s exactly what happened, and Korde and In The Nick Of Time made 2024 their winningest season yet, earning the second level musical freestyle year-end championship from the U.S. Dressage Federation with a median score of 76.39%, placing eighth in the USDF...
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
chronofhorse.com | Juliana Chapman |Lauren Sprieser |Christina Keim |Promoting Dressage
The new year started off with a bang for Christian Simonson, whose new partner Indian Rock arrived stateside in the first week of 2025. Competed to 11th place in the freestyle at the Paris Olympic Games by Dutch rider Emmelie Scholtens, “Rocky” (Apache—Crisjena, Vivaldi) is the newest addition to Simonson’s string, owned by Heidi Humphries of Zen Elite Equestrian. “He’s so special, it’s hard to describe,” 22-year-old Simonson said. “He’s one of the most special horses I’ve ever interacted with.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
chronofhorse.com | Melissa Wright |Lauren Sprieser |Christina Keim |Promoting Dressage
Tight Lines carried Olympic eventer Will Coleman to multiple championships during the height of the gray gelding’s competitive days. Their accomplishments together included representing the United States at the 2018 World Equestrian Games (North Carolina), winning the national three- and four-star championships at Fair Hill International in 2015 and 2017, when he was 8 and 10, respectively, and completing six five-stars, including a fifth-placed finish at the 2021 Mars Maryland CCI5*.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Lindsay Berreth |Rose Keller |Lauren Sprieser
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9Patricia Hughes has been waiting three years for a championship cooler at the U.S. Dressage Finals, and this afternoon she finally got it, leading the victory gallop with her own 18-year-old Oldenburg gelding San Angelo (San Remo—Weltfee) in the adult amateur second level freestyle (72.65%). The pair came into Finals off a win in the same division at the GAIG/U.S. Dressage Federation Region 9 Championships (Texas).
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Lindsay Berreth |Rose Keller |Lauren Sprieser |Melissa Wright
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 9His belly may just reach past the dressage letters, and it might take him forever to get down centerline, but 13.2-hand Welsh Pony Cartwheel Toccata has been holding his own at U.S. Dressage Finals this weekend. With his 15-year-old rider Madelyn Yi, “Taco” scored a 63.24% in today’s junior/young rider first level championship. “It went pretty good,” said Yi, Houston, Texas. “I always love his leg yields.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Lindsay Berreth |Rose Keller |Lauren Sprieser |Melissa Wright
Lexington, Ky.—Nov. 7Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn paused when she was asked what it was about Franzsis HSR that caught her eye when she saw a video of him as a newborn foal. “He moved like a cat, and I was just really taken with what athleticism I saw and the handiness I saw in him, and that has not disappointed me,” she said.
