Last October, the eventing world lost one of their own when California-based trainer and rider Pam Fisher passed away unexpectedly due to an undiagnosed medical condition. Originally from the East Coast, Pam spent several years
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If you want to start an argument in a room full of riders, all you really have to do is mention importing horses from overseas vs buying them in America. On one side you have
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It was equal parts happenstance and a demonstration of the positive power of social media that brought a dark bay new ride to Kate Chadderton’s barn in 2019. Kate, who is based in Woodbine, Md.,
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Back in 2015, I started blogging about breeding my maiden mare, Cor de Fe (Cor Magnifique – Leap of Faith, Malthus) with the help of Mary Quarles at Ketchen Place Farm (KPF). We had teased
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I recently spent a week in Ireland shopping for young event prospects and was shocked to find that the traditionally-bred Irish Sport Horse is seriously endangered.
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Marie Le Menestrel’s passion for horses started when she was a young child following her mother around at show jumping competitions in her native country of France. Coming from a family of horse enthusiasts, it
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I’m a first time breeder with a maiden mare. I’ll be blogging about the entire breeding process over the coming year and hope to welcome a new foal in 2016! Click here to read part
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There have been some recent changes at the American Connemara Pony Society. In addition to registering purebred Connemara ponies and half-bred Connemaras, the society has created a Connemara Sporthorse Registry. For breeders concentrating on eventing
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I’m a first time breeder with a maiden mare. I’ll be blogging about the entire breeding process over the coming year and hope to welcome a new foal in 2016! Click here to read part
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Is there a critical shortage of Thoroughbred blood in eventing? Tom Reed, of the Warmblood Studbook of Ireland and Morningside Stud in Co Clare, Ireland, tackled that topic in the most recent issue of Horse International.
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I’m not sure exactly when I decided I wanted to breed event horses, but it was somewhere around the age of 12. My first horse, Breezy, was a penny-colored Thoroughbred/Saddlebred mare with snappy knees. I
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The movement towards developing and supporting U.S. event horse breeding programs is really beginning to take a strong hold in our community, and we hope that 2015 will bring even more enthusiasm to the subject.
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It’s not every day you get to pick William Micklem’s brain about breeding, bloodlines and his take on the state of U.S. eventing as a whole. We’re running a three-part series in which William addresses
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Most breeders of horses don’t breed for the event market, as OTTBs are often the mounts of choice for eventers. However, lately more purpose-bred event horses are offered for sale in the U.S. Gone are
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Kristi Nunnink made the heartwrenching decision to retire her veteran partner, R-Star, a mere week before Rolex this year due to an irregular heartbeat discovered during some fitness work. While Kristi was understandably disappointed, she
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