Lois U. Horvitz

May 2, 2024 | chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Lara Bricker |Anastasia Curwood |Lois U. Horvitz

In the mid-to-late 1980s, Hap Hansen and his mount Juniperus dominated the West Coast show jumping circuit and beyond. But an unlikely victory in a dressage arena at Del Mar (California) set him apart from other equine athletes of his time. “Juniperus was really successful in the jumper division,” said Hansen of the Selle Français (Floriss II—Coquine I). “At home, all I did was flatwork to keep him fit,” he added.

Mar 23, 2024 | chronofhorse.com | Mollie Bailey |Laura Lemon |Lois U. Horvitz |Hannah Sherk

Ocala, Fla.—March 22As she walked the course for the Golden Ocala WEC 3’6”/3’9” Hunter Derby, Amanda Steege thought very hard about a turn inside of a two-stride to the third fence—a high option vertical—in the handy.

Mar 10, 2024 | chronofhorse.com | Nicole Mandracchia |Lois U. Horvitz |Laura Lemon |Ava Stearns

Thermal, Calif.—March 9Last year Sabine Close made her debut in the R.W. Mutch Equitation Championship, and it didn’t go quite to plan. She and her partner Off To Neverland ticked a few rails on the course, which she attributed to an imperfect warm-up. So this year she came back determined to nail both the warm-up and the rounds in the ring. That determination paid off with two stellar rounds that gave her first place in the class by a solid 12 points.

Mar 8, 2024 | chronofhorse.com | Lois U. Horvitz |Hannah Sherk |Kimberly Loushin |Paige Cade

Thermal, Calif.—March 8In the second week in February, Nick Haness rode West Coast Equine Partners’ Cavaletto Loma Z in the $49,900 USHJA International Hunter Derby and things didn’t go too well. They started out strong, with “Cavaletto” finishing second in the classic round, but when he slipped on the grass field in Round 2, Haness opted to retire and save him for another day.

Mar 7, 2024 | chronofhorse.com | Lois U. Horvitz |Lindsay Berreth |Nicole Mandracchia |Laura Lemon

Professional rider and trainer Halie Robinson had no qualms about going first in the $50,000 Valencia Saddlery 3’3” Pro Eq Challenge class Friday, March 1, at Desert International Horse Park (California), even though it meant setting a standard to top the nearly 50 riders to follow. “I thought the first-round course was really simple and easy; there wasn’t anything tricky about it,” Robinson said.