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Nov 14, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Sarah K. Susa |Lauren Sprieser |Ann Glavan |Rosie Napravnik
A little over a year ago my family was lucky enough to purchase our own 8-acre farm. We named it Wish List Farm because, when I look out at the horses grazing it our yard, it’s everything I’ve ever wished for. (My husband says it’s “Wish List Other Than Pool Farm,” but to me it’s perfection.)One of my favorite things about our farm is sharing it with non-horsey friends. We invite their children to brush our aged pony: “This is a curry.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Lauren Sprieser |Ann Glavan |Rosie Napravnik |Laura Adriaanse
In our lesson program, as the days get colder and temperatures drop, we use No-Stirrups November to celebrate and reward the hard work our students do year-round.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Ann Glavan |Rosie Napravnik |Laura Adriaanse |Camilla Mortensen
For most people, equine insurance is a critical component of horse ownership. It is important for horse owners to know that changes in their ownership interest, such as leasing their horse, need to be reported to their insurance carrier. Leased horses present a unique scenario for the horse owner (the lessor) and for the individual leasing the horse (the lessee).
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Aug 24, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Emma Smith |Lauren Sprieser |Rosie Napravnik
Emma Smith, a 25-year-old USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and USDF-certified instructor based in Delano, Minnesota, is chronicling her trip to the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions this week, where she is competing in the Brentina Cup U25 Grand Prix with Stedemann, a 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Stedinger—SPS Weissendra, Hardenberg Donnerschwee) donated to her through the nonprofit Dressage4Kids.
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Aug 23, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Lauren Sprieser |Emma Smith |Rosie Napravnik
Emma Smith, a 25-year-old USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and USDF-certified instructor based in Delano, Minnesota, is chronicling her trip to the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions this week, where she is competing in the Brentina Cup U25 Grand Prix with Stedemann, a 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Stedinger—SPS Weissendra, Hardenberg Donnerschwee) donated to her through the nonprofit Dressage4Kids.
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Aug 23, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Emma Smith |Rosie Napravnik |Lauren Sprieser
I bought Ojalá (Vitalis—Fienna, Sir Sinclair) from her breeder, Belinda Nairn, as a foal. She grew up in a field, learned to stand on crossties, lead, have a bath, be civilized. At 3, she was backed. She learned to walk, trot and canter on the bit like a lady, work with other horses in the ring, and hack out by the time I picked her, now 4, up in April of this year.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Emma Smith |Rosie Napravnik |Lauren Sprieser
Emma Smith, a 25-year-old USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and USDF-certified instructor based in Delano, Minnesota, will be video blogging for the Chronicle from this year’s U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. Smith will be competing in the U25 Grand Prix with Stedemann, a 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Stedinger—SPS Weissendra, Hardenberg Donnerschwee) donated to her through the nonprofit Dressage4Kids. Get to know Smith and Stedemann here.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Rosie Napravnik |Lauren Sprieser |Emma Smith
Emma Smith, a 25-year-old USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and USDF-certified instructor based in Delano, Minnesota, will be video blogging for the Chronicle from this year’s U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. Smith will be competing in the U25 Grand Prix with Stedemann, a 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Stedinger—SPS Weissendra, Hardenberg Donnerschwee) donated to her through the nonprofit Dressage4Kids. Get to know Smith and Stedemann here.
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Jul 21, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Rosie Napravnik |Lauren Sprieser |Jamie Sindell |Natalie Voss
Back in 2018, a campus introduction between a second-semester student who loved horse racing and a horse-loving administrator at Harford Community College (Maryland) started the wheels in motion for that student, Dominick Merritt, to turn his passion into a vocation. Educator Jennie Towner blogged about the experience then. Now, five years later, Merritt, 25, is sharing what he has created from that experience.
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Jul 20, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Lauren Sprieser |Jamie Sindell |Rosie Napravnik |Sarah K. Susa
It’s about that time in the journey when the trials and tribulations of competitors and horses aiming for the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover are really beginning to form interesting stories. Although there are certainly the cases where some trainers are just starting a horse, most of us are past the introduction period and into the thick of introducing second career.
