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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Mollie Bailey |Christina Keim |Rose Keller |Sara Bradley
Much like the eponymous buckskin protagonist of “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” Come Back De Massa has a spirit that cannot be broken, his rider and co-owner Denielle Gallagher says. But as the pair have proven, their previous personal best Grand Prix freestyle record most certainly can be.
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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Rose Keller |Christina Keim |Sara Bradley |Kimberly Loushin
Like many busy professional equestrians, Emily Morris often finds herself with more on the “to do” list than time to do it. Whether she is coaching one of her students—who range in age from 8 to her 81-year-old mother, Century Club member Janet Hadden—schooling a client’s horse, or working alongside her mother to care for their own herd at Russell’s Landing Farm in Avella, Pennsylvania, Morris is always on the move.
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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Tracy Gold |Camilla Mortensen |Sara Bradley |Jamie Sindell
Let’s make a slightly delayed New Year’s resolution, horse professionals: 2025 is going to be the year that you look at your savings and retirement plans, or lack thereof, and put some actual plans in place. I know, I know, horse people never retire, we just subsist on coffee and ibuprofen and yell, “half HALT!” louder and louder. But just imagine for a moment that you made plans and saved and could decide whether or not you’d like to have a different life at some point in the future.
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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Tracy Gold |Nicole Mandracchia |Camilla Mortensen |Sara Bradley
Welcome back to our advice column, Ask Stable Sage, where we answer queries from readers about horse- and life-related issues, especially where the two intersect. Take our suggestions with a grain of salt, or at least one sugar cube. This column is intended for entertainment purposes only and should not be considered legal advice. Have a question for Stable Sage? Email it to [email protected].
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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Christina Keim |Melissa Wright |Erin Harty |Sara Bradley
The Fédération Equestre Internationale announced today, Jan. 31, that it has created a dedicated working group tasked with developing a comprehensive strategic action plan for dressage, aimed at establishing a clear vision, realigning objectives, and creating actionable plans to enhance dressage at all levels.
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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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Jul 29, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Melissa Wright |Mollie Bailey |Eliza Sydnor Romm |Sara Bradley
Versailles, France—July 29The dressage horses had their horse inspection yesterday, July 28, for the Paris Olympic Games. All four U.S. horses passed. Three other horses will be reinspected tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. local time (1:45 a.m. ET): Christian Schumach’s Amplemento (Austria), Jose Daniel Martin Dockx’s Malagueno (Spain) and Zaneta Sworonska-Kozubik’s Love Me (Poland). All three horses are on teams, with Amplemento in the reserve slot and may be substituted before the start of dressage.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Mollie Bailey |Eliza Sydnor Romm |Sara Bradley
The video that ended Charlotte Dujardin’s bid for a seventh Olympic medal has been obtained by British news outlets including The Telegraph, The Guardian and Good Morning Britain. In publicly aired clips from the video, Dujardin is shown on the ground in an indoor, using a whip to repeatedly hit the legs of a horse being ridden by someone—reportedly a 19-year-old taking a lesson with the Olympian—whose face is blurred in video.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Mollie Bailey |Eliza Sydnor Romm |Sara Bradley |Kimberly Loushin
British Olympian and World No. 4-ranked dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin today announced that she has withdrawn from the upcoming Paris Olympics and all other competitions following the appearance of a four-year-old video she said shows her “making an error of judgement” in a coaching session. Dujardin posted a statement on social media explaining her decision:“A video has emerged from four years ago which shows me making an error of judgement during a coaching session.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Eliza Sydnor Romm |Sarah K. Susa |Sara Bradley |Lauren Sprieser
Recently, a friend and I were discussing our journey as horsewomen thus far. She and I both have older, retired mares who helped us take our riding careers to the next level and realize many of our dreams, as well as 2-year-old geldings we hope will be our riding futures. We’re at an interesting place in our lives, riding-wise.
