Mark Bellissimo, 55, is the founder, managing partner, and largest shareholder of a series of equestrian related entities which are focused on creating sport, entertainment, lifestyle, and commerce centered around the love of horses.
The new executive director of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association, Janet Greenlee, doesn’t have a name familiar to most USHJA members. Greenlee, 59, has spent her career in communications and business management largely outside the equestrian world. She’ll start her tenure at the Association on Jan. 2, but is attending the USHJA Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Ga., held Dec. 8-12.
Sue Blinks first became a household name in the international dressage world with the expressive Flim Flam. Blinks and Flim Flam won team bronze at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and were part of the silver medal-winning team at the 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games (Spain).
Blinks, 55, and her current Grand Prix partner, Robin Hood, have won CDI Grand Prix classes in California, Quebec and Ontario. Based out of Leatherdale Farm West in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Blinks is a popular clinician and trainer, in addition to her riding duties.
There aren’t many eventers out there with more three-day wins than William Fox-Pitt of Great Britain, and he’s currently one four-star away from winning the Rolex Grand Slam. He’s agreed to a series of interviews and updates as he prepares for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton CCI****.
You’ve had a tremendous season so far with a four-star win in Kentucky, team silver at the London Olympic Games and now a victory in the Fidelity Blenheim Palace International CCI***. How do you feel it’s gone?
Germany’s reigning dressage queen Isabell Werth is back in the show ring after giving birth to her first child Frederik in October. She’s agreed to answer some questions and give periodic updates as she prepares for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Read all about her typical training day, her rising stars and her plans for 2010.
Q. Could you describe a typical training day?
Australian show jumper Edwina Alexander is preparing for the 2010 Global Champions Tour and the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, and she's agreed to a series of interviews and updates. Read about how her Rolex FEI World Cup Final went and where her horses are headed next.
Q. What’s happened in the last month?
Are you ready for Rolex Kentucky? Will Faudree is, and he'll be there with his Stetson firmly in place at the jog on Wednesday, April 21, showing off the talented and beautiful Pawlow.
The 2010 Rolex FEI Show Jumping World Cup Final is set to begin on Wednesday, April 14, in Geneva, Switzerland, and the Chronicle's Mollie Bailey will be there to bring you all the news, photos and more. Australian rider Edwina Alexander will certainly be in the mix at this year's World Cup Final, and she's agreed to a series of interviews and updates. Read about her daily schedule, her top horse and what she thinks her chances are for this year's Final while you wait for the fun to begin.
Q. Could you describe a typical training day?
Hey Eventers! This is the third interview in the “Watch Your Back” series featuring fiercely talented Young Riders coming up through the ranks of eventing. Tiana Coudray, Carmel Valley, Calif., just came off a big win in the CIC*** at Galway Downs (Calif.). I talked with Tiana about winning the U.S.
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