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1 month ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Kaitlyn Kupiec |Natalie Voss |Sue Weakley |Nicole Mandracchia
When 11-year-old Savanna Springfield and her pony Candy Crush entered the ring for their second round at the ExEL Winter Wonderland Show in Germantown, Tennessee, last December, she had more on her mind than just the order of her fences. The show was the first major outing for “Candy” in almost a year, after a hock injury had left her sidelined for months, but—uncharacteristically—the pony had refused several jumps in their first round, and they were unable to finish the course.
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2 months ago | 
chronofhorse.com | Sue Weakley |Dallas Finn Calvert |Natalie Voss |Christina Keim
Small dustings of leftover snow, a rare sight for South Carolina riders, still flanked several of the cross-country jumps when riders headed out to the schooling field for their opportunity to learn from British double Olympic gold medalist Laura Collett during a her clinic last week at Andre Parro’s Cedar Ridge Equestrian in Aiken.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
chronofhorse.com | Christina Keim |Promoting Dressage |Sue Weakley |Jamie Sindell
My human is just … a lot. She means well, and she tries hard, but she has a lot of room for improvement. Take, for example, her approach to my management this fall. I won two regional championships and one national championship for us, after which she (wisely) gave me a richly deserved vacation. But her idea of vacation and my idea of vacation are very different. I think vacation should be about doing your favorite things, which for me is hacking and stretching and running away with her.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
chronofhorse.com | Sue Weakley |Lindsay Berreth |Eliza Sydnor Romm |Promoting Dressage
For over 25 years, the Rattner family’s DevonWood Equestrian Centre in Sherwood, Oregon, has served the Pacific Northwest both as a full-service boarding facility and as home to countless educational and competition opportunities for regional equestrians. Built from the ground up on 40 acres in Oregon’s Willamette Valley by Justin and Ginny Rattner in 1998, the couple wanted to establish a venue where equestrians could gather to learn and enjoy their horses.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
chronofhorse.com | Sue Weakley |Lindsay Berreth |Rose Keller |Lauren Sprieser
The 2024 Adequan/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference was led this year by a team of German-born athletes sharing the essence of the training system promoted by the German Equestrian Federation. Some 300 attendees watched as moderator Lilo Fore and clinicians Sabine Schut-Kery and Sven Rothenberger coached riders through a series of lessons designed to provide continuing education for upper-level trainers and riders alike during the clinic, held Jan.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Sue Weakley |Lindsay Berreth |Allison Dunne |Rose Keller
Normally, Rebecca Hart doesn’t even think about heading down the centerline until at least 6 months into a relationship with a horse. She broke her own rule, though, after getting to know Chloe Gasiorowski’s mare Floratina. “When we were eight weeks into our partnership, she already just felt like home,” said Hart, who only started riding the mare three months ago.
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Feb 8, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Lindsey Long |Lindsay Berreth |Sue Weakley
Ariana Marnell vividly remembers the first time she saw Ocean Road. It was during the $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular at the 2020 Winter Equestrian Festival (Florida), and his owner and regular rider Keri Kampsen had offered “Roady” to fellow professional John French, who finished ninth in the highly competitive class with him. When Marnell started looking for her next junior hunter, she and her parents kept thinking back to the stylish gray.
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Feb 6, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Nicole Mandracchia |Christina Keim |Sue Weakley |Lindsey Long
Whether it’s face-to-face or in a text, at least twice a week Josefine “Josie” Eliasson gets asked the same questions: “I’m looking for a groom, rider, manager, etc., do you know someone?” or “I’m looking for a new job, do you know of a good employer?”Eliasson, a professional groom who has spent the past seven years working for Olympic show jumper Jessica Springsteen, is well-connected in the industry, and people come to her hoping she knows of an opportunity in her large network.
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Jan 30, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Lindsey Long |Kimberly Loushin |Lindsay Berreth |Sue Weakley
Even in a barn full of winning hunters, Reese’s knows he’s the biggest star. The charismatic 10-year-old bay Zangersheide gelding (Spartacus TN—Carabelle, Contendro) owned by West Coast Equine Partners occupies the first stall at Nick Haness’ Hunterbrook Farms, and he takes it upon himself to greet everyone who enters. “He knows he’s Mr. Hot Stuff,” Haness said.
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Jan 24, 2023 | 
chronofhorse.com | Kimberly Loushin |Lindsay Berreth |Sue Weakley |Laura Lemon
Around John French’s barn in Wellington, Florida, if you’re having a bad day, there’s one horse who can lift your spirits: Babylon—or “Crumbles,” as he’s known in the barn. With his pony face and extravagant blaze, he’s hard to resist. And that’s before you get to know his personality. “He looks at you, and you can’t help but smile,” is a common refrain from those who know him well.
