The Chronicle of the Horse made its debut in 1937 with equestrian news of national and international significance—often focused through a local viewpoint. This year the Chronicle joins the Commonwealth of Virginia, which turns 400 in 2007, in commemoration.

Initially called The Middleburg Chronicle, the weekly journal, then a tabloid-size newspaper with a yearly subscription price of $2.50, was established by publisher and editor Stacy B. Lloyd Jr. and managing editor Gerald B. Webb Jr.