Jack Le Goff, the man who defined the eventing program in the United States, died July 24 in France. He was 78.

The legendary horseman revolutionized the United States equestrian program and defined an era with medals and championships.

Mr. Le Goff’s coaching record at international championships was exemplary. His teams won medals at four consecutive Olympic Games and three consecutive World Championships. He brought some of the biggest names in the sport over the past three decades to fruition.

Thomas L. Ashbridge III, former MFH of the Huntingdon Valley Hunt (Pa.), died on June 12. He was 85.

Born in Bucks County, Pa., Mr. Ashbridge graduated from the Wharton School of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1948. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II in the Pacific Theater as a lead navigator and bombardier in a B29 squadron, rising to the rank of major. After serving in the Air Force, he worked as an investment executive for Kidder Peabody in Philadelphia, Pa.

Equine journalist Doris Ogden Mount died May 23 in Colts Neck, N.J. She was 88.

Mrs. Mount’s love affair with horses began as a child in Summit, N.J. She graduated from Kent Place School (N.J) and Sweetbriar College (Va.) where she double majored in her two loves: English literature and equine studies.

Walter Gervais, the eventer who completed his first CCI* at age 75, died from congestive heart failure at his home in South Attleboro, Mass., on June 17. He was 87.

Mr. Gervais entered the Navy at age 18, serving in World War II on the aircraft carrier Ranger, which was engaged in searching for German U-boats in the North Sea. He also served in the Korean War.

He was a lifelong athlete, boxing in the Navy and placing 25th in the 1946 Boston Marathon. He did not take up riding until he was in his 50s, however.

Evalee Hunter, a lifelong horsewoman, died on May 31 after a non-horse related fall. She was 64.

Ms. Hunter was born in Kansas but grew up in Cortland, N.Y., where she began riding at the age of 4. She participated in 4-H as a child and continued to ride and train western trail and parade horses for several decades.

When her daughter Ali Rawles started riding, Ms. Hunter stepped into the role of “Pony Club Mom.” In 2004, she purchased Spring Meadow Farm in Oxford, Pa., where she and Ali ran a race horse lay-up facility.