Sunday, Apr. 27, 2025

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Jean “Terry” Campbell Tugman, a driving force in Hawaii’s dressage scene, died June 19 in Christchurch, New Zealand. She was 82.

Mrs. Tugman was born in 1927 in Middletown, Conn. She graduated from Skidmore College (N.Y.) in 1948 and later obtained her master’s degree in physical education from Smith College (Mass.). After graduating, she instructed at Russell Sale College and Skidmore in New York, where she taught several riding classes.

Highland Hogan, an alternate for the 2000 U.S. Olympic eventing team, died in his paddock on July 12. He was 18. 

Skyline, an accomplished junior jumper, was euthanized July 13 after an accident at her farm in Stevenson, Md. She was 22.

A Thoroughbred-warmblood mare, Skyline was known affectionately as “Queenie” by her owner Miriam Schulman and all who loved her. Skyline was bred by Mary Ann Steiert at Skyline Farm in North Carolina, trained by Elizabeth Solter, and purchased by 14-year-old Tolley Ewing and her father, Michael, when she was 5.

E’Sop’s Fable, a popular sport horse stallion, died July 27 after colicking. He was 23.

The elegant stallion, known as a gentleman by all who handled him, was approved as a Dutch Warmblood, American Warmblood and Selle Français. He was by Le Mexico, a Selle Français stallion, and out of Wendy, an imported warmblood mare. Wendy was imported in foal, and E’Sop’s Fable was born in California. He was owned by McDonald Performance Horses and spent his last several years as the senior breeding stallion for Les Chevaux de Carlier in Waddell, Ariz.

Uni Griffon, an up-and-coming advanced event horse, collapsed and died after completing the cross-country phase of the Maui Jim Horse Trials (Ill.) on July 11. He was 10.

Owner and rider Lisa Marie Fergusson, Vancouver, B.C., first met “Uni” when he was just 2 days old at breeder Carol McDonald’s farm in Langley, B.C. The 26-year-old Canadian rider had a strong bond with the Welsh Cob-Thoroughbred gelding, whom she trained herself.

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