Claire Hartsook Boyce, longtime riding instructor, show manager and judge, died on Aug. 25. She was 96 years old.

Mrs. Boyce graduated from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro in 1933 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. She taught in local schools and the P.E. department of the college before opening Little Bit Pony Farm, where she taught young riders for the next 40 years.

Trip Harting, beloved judge, coach and clinician, died on Aug. 21 in his Los Angeles, Calif., home after a short battle with liver cancer. He was 62.

Raised in Potomac, Md., where his father founded the Potomac Horse Center, Mr. Harting began riding when he was 6 years old. By the age of 15, he became the youngest member of the U.S. Pentathlon Team.

Carl Knee, lifelong horseman and former Olympic equestrian coach, died July 22 after battling a long illness. He was 76.

From his Rock Bottom Stables, Mr. Knee trained some of the nation’s most successful hunters and jumpers in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. It was a team effort, however, that gave him his greatest joy.

Mr. Knee coached the Canadian Equestrian Team at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. Under his guidance, Canadian show jumper Michel Vaillancourt won the silver medal in the individual jumping event.

Brown Betty, Oliver and Barbara King’s advanced eventing horse, died July 29 following an injury at their farm in Frederick, Md. She was 15.

After a brief career at the track, “Betty” found her true talent and love for cross-country and jumping. At the beginning of their special relationship, Betty had no previous jumping experience and Oliver King had never ridden above training level. They quickly developed and moved up through the levels to enjoy success at intermediate and advanced.

Caroline Bevins-Taylor, show hunter rider and veterinarian, died Aug. 1 during surgery at the University of Kentucky Medical Center for a non-riding injury incurred at the Kentucky Horse Park. She was 46.