The Chronicle Of The Horse

10/09/2025

This isn’t Mia Bagnato’s first trip to the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover; she competed in 2022 and 2023 with two different horses in the hunter/jumper division.

“I love it,” she said of RRP. “My sister [Emma Bagnato] and I grew up riding Thoroughbreds, and I think that they kind of have this image now that they can't do it as much as a warmblood can.”

Young rider Mia Bagnato’s had a big year, competing on the winning U.S. team at the $75,000 FEI Jumping Nations Cup Traverse City CSIO3* (Michigan) in July, then earning team silver at the Gotham North/FEI North American Youth Jumping Championships (Michigan) in August.

10/09/2025

One of those pairs, Emily Hamel and her 18-year-old partner Corvett, are headed to Pau for what will be the 10th five-star event of their career together.

Two of the riders will be traveling overseas to attend. Boyd Martin is returning with Fedarman B, who he finished fifth with last year, and Cooley Nutcracker, in what will be his first five-star with Olympic teammate Liz Halliday’s former mount. After completing the Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill th...

10/09/2025

The U.S. has three riders inside the world's top 10 in this month's Longines FEI rankings, including Laura Kraut—the first woman to crack the top 10 in several years.

For the first time since 2021, a woman has broken into the top 10 in the Longines FEI World Rankings. And who better than Laura Kraut to do it? Thanks in large part to her dynamic and in-form mare Bisquetta, Kraut climbed from 12th to eighth place in the October world rankings, becoming the first wo...

10/08/2025

On Sunday in the $125,000 Silo Ridge Masters CSI3*, he won his 15th international grand prix of the year—and his fifth in five weeks.

Kent Farrington is stacking up wins in the jumper ring, leaving no doubt as to why he’s now spending his fifth consecutive month at No. 1 on the Longines FEI World Rankings list. On Sunday in the $125,000 Silo Ridge Masters CSI3*, he won his 15th international grand prix of the year—and his ...

10/08/2025

The inaugural U.S. Equestrian Open of Eventing Final began today with the first horse inspection at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia. Thirty pairs are entered in the $200,000 CCI4*-L championship division, which begins with dressage on Thursday.

The inaugural U.S. Equestrian Open of Eventing Final began today with the first horse inspection at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia.

10/08/2025

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10/08/2025

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10/08/2025

The Pennsylvania National Horse Show starts tomorrow. Here's everything you need to know to follow the action.

10/07/2025

The guiding principle of the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, put on every year by the Retired Racehorse Project, has always been to showcase all the things off-track Thoroughbreds can do. But two competitors at this year’s event, Chanel Minnifield and Nathan Williams-Bonner, hope spotlight another kind of untapped potential. The riders represent Zen Heart Horsemanship, a non-profit organization supporting people of color to find affordable opportunities to ride and compete in the urban sprawl of Los Angeles.

The guiding principle of the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, put on every year by the Retired Racehorse Project, has always been to showcase all the things off-track Thoroughbreds can do. Dressage? Check. Run barrels? Why not? Re-enact the story of Cinderella complete with elaborate co...

10/07/2025

Remember this?

In 2013, McLain Ward and Rothchild tackled the inaugural Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, helping the U.S. squad win the consolation round. “I really believe in that horse,” said Ward of the feisty chestnut he retired in 2018. “I like riding him. He probably gives me more than his ability should allow him to, so I’m always proud to ride him.” Mollie Bailey Photo

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10/07/2025

“Right now there are hundreds of kids out there itching to ride a musical freestyle to Taylor Swift—they just don’t know it yet," writes Nicole DelGiorno, laying out 10 ways to make the sport of dressage more appealing to children and their families.

I just returned from a week serving as a chef d’equipe at the FEI North American Youth Championships in Michigan. This is one of my favorite events of the year. Why? Well, when I’m not trudging back and forth between the barn and the dressage complex at Traverse City (which I swear is uphill bot...

10/07/2025

Discover the next generation in equestrian sport.
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