Saturday, Apr. 26, 2025

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There Could Be Gold On The U.S. Team's Horizon
For the first time ever, the U.S. dressage team is considered a true medal contender, writes
Nicole Lever.


Can New Zealand pull itself up from disappointing results--apart from Mark Todd's individual bronze at Sydney--at both the last Olympics and the 2002 World Equestrian Games?



The Dutch Are Hoping They'll Find A New Star
They won't have their two individual medalists from 2000, but a young squad might just be able to pull off another surprise, writes Birgit Popp.


Ireland's Squad Can Certainly Jump
But will their strength over fences outweigh their weakness in front of the letters, wonders Louise Parkes.

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I`m going to be honest here: this Commentary didn`t just flow from my keyboard. I wanted to write something that commemorated the U.S. Pony Clubs` golden anniversary (p. 26), looking at it through the prism of my involvement with the group, which spanned about 25 years, starting as a D1 to being a coach, district commissioner, committee chairman and member of the Board of Governors.
 
Every day we spend with horses can be an education, if we're paying attention, about their habits, their training or their care. Like college, the effort you make is directly proportional to the depth of your learning. And it costs about the same.


HOOFPRINTS-HORSE POEMS

Jessie Haas. Harper Collins Children's Books. 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. 2004. 224 pp. $15.99.

 

A Community of the Horse: Partnerships. Bruce Smart. Lost Mountain Graphics. P.O. Box 1590, Middleburg, VA 20118. 471 pp. Illus. 2003. $75.00.

Col. Rex Denny, MFH of Cloudline Hounds, who regularly shoots his age at golf and has developed a passion for antique cars, hunted his hounds for the last time on his 80th birthday. Col. Denny has served two terms as the Western District representative for the Masters of Fox Hounds Association and is known for his candor and sense of humor.

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