Emalee Leitner feeds grapes to her horse Lacey Undies before her last class of the weekend at the All American Youth Horse Show! Thank you to Katti Leitner for sending this in. If you have a great photo or video of the day, please email Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.  

Derby Hat Showmanship is one of the fun classes at the Beverly Upell Memorial Show, held every Kentucky Derby weekend in Wauseon, Ohio.  Pictured is the producer, Katti Leitner, who holds the show in honor of her Grandma Upell, and all proceeds for the show are donated to St Jude’s Children’s Hospital! Thank you to […]

By Delores Kuhlwein This sweet moment between eight-year-old Ellenor Kavanaugh and her 5-year-old POA, Santee Carlos, is much more than it appears. “Everyone suffers with something, and we thought people would connect to this image as comfort for their own struggles,” says Louise Kavanaugh. Horse riding has always been special for Ellenor, explains Louise, because […]

I know the way! It’s this way! “One of the Cool Kids”, aka Luke, being led by Ali, Natalie Dolan’s Pomsky at World Equestrian Center at the Level 1 Championships.  Natalie says she’s had Ali lead him before with a lead rope, but this time, Luke wanted to lead! If you have a great photo […]

That’s one way to boost morale after a rough showmanship morning! Thank you to Carly Veldman Parks of Parks Show Horses for sharing this hilarious photo of Alexa Black and Kaylynn Heitman at The Madness in Wilmington, Ohio! If you have a great photo or video of the day, please email Delores.Kuhlwein@EquineChronicle.com.

By Delores Kuhlwein On December 30, 2019, Bonnie Sue Kalmar looked out her window to see a big, white, fluffy dog wandering at the end of her driveway where she lives in the “thumb” of Michigan, better known as the Blue Water Area. Seeing a stray dog seemed unremarkable, so Kalmar simply walked the dog […]