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3 days ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Melissa Wright
New rules for testing noseband tightness go into effect May 1 for Fédération Equestre Internationale competitions, and the FEI is now selling online the testing device it will use to determine acceptable fit.
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1 week ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Hannah Sherk |Kimberly Loushin |Mollie Bailey |Melissa Wright
Six days after informing Galway Downs officials that the Temecula, California, venue would not host the 2028 Olympic equestrian events, the LA28 organizing committed announced today that Santa Anita Park has been confirmed as the new Olympic equestrian venue. The Arcadia, California, racetrack has a history with the Olympics. “The FEI has very fond memories of Santa Anita, which had hosted the equestrian events at the 1984 Olympic Games,” FEI President Ingmar De Vos said in a press release.
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1 week ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Mollie Bailey |Melissa Wright
British Olympic Champion Ben Maher ended his 2025 season in Wellington, Florida, with back-to-back victories on the grass derby field. On Saturday, he earned a victory in the $32,000 KeyFlow USA CSI3* 1.45-Meter Speed Classic with Exit Remo, then he returned Sunday in the irons of Ginger-Blue to win the $120,000 Bainbridge Companies CSI3* Grand Prix.
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2 weeks ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Sarah K. Susa |Hannah Sherk |Melissa Wright |Kimberly Loushin
One day after announcing Olympic show jumper Erynn Ballard as its 2024 Equestrian Of the Year, Equestrian Canada has “paused the award” due to concerns regarding a video of Ballard. “We are aware of concerns regarding a video involving our award recipient for Equestrian Of The Year,” EC wrote on Facebook and Instagram. “The video is under review in accordance with our safe sport policies, which are administered by our independent third-party complaints process.
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2 weeks ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Mollie Bailey |Melissa Wright |Hannah Sherk |Erin Harty
In 1971, a leggy young Appendix Quarter Horse gelding named Texas caught the attention of the crowd at the Calgary International Horse Show (Alberta) when he veered sharply off course and jumped out the in-gate.
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2 weeks ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Mollie Bailey |Melissa Wright |Hannah Sherk |Kimberly Loushin
Authentic, the horse Beezie Madden rode to two team Olympic gold medals, individual bronze, and two FEI World Equestrian Games silver medals, died Wednesday at age 30, according to a post by Beezie Madden/John Madden Sales Inc. on social media. “ ‘Bud’s’ intelligence and cheerful personality made him exceptional to work with and carried him through his many great accomplishments, as well as his long retirement,” Beezie wrote in the social media post.
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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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4 weeks ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Melissa Wright
It’s official: Galway Downs will be the site of equestrian competition for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games, after a Los Angeles City Council committee on Wednesday voted to approve a slate of event venue changes.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Melissa Wright
The manufacturer of a calming supplement at the center of a doping case that led to the disqualification of rider Tine Magnus and the Belgian eventing team from the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday, March 13, released a statement saying accidental contamination was to blame for the situation.
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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Melissa Wright |Nicole Mandracchia |Hannah Sherk
It’s been a busy day for Molly Pellegrini. She and her husband, Hank Pellegrini, 55, were supposed to fly from Philadelphia to Alabama to watch their son Will, 22, play in a college tennis match. However, the couple, married 27 years, had their flight delayed and then rerouted to Atlanta. They missed the tennis match, so Pellegrini was revising their travel plans. They’d rent a car and drive from Atlanta to Auburn University in Alabama, where Will was playing in another match the next day.
