Your Connection to the Modern Sport Horse
TABLE OF CONTENTS MARCH/ APRIL 2 0 1 4
FEATURES
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The Early Years of the 70-Day Stallion Test Champions by Charlene Strickland Two southwestern breeders talk about their winners.
Don’t Call It Cushing’s Disease by Patti Schofler The latest on this condition and its connection to injuries.
Ready for Rolex – Sir Oberon and Ellen Doughty by Amber Heintzberger These eventers prepare for their first Rolex Kentucky, but not without some hurdles along the way.
Contender: A Look Back at a Legend by Adriana van Tilburg A tribute to this famous stallion who recently died at age thirty.
Making History - Past, Present & Future by Katie Shoultz A look at Ireland’s famous Hartwell Stud and their stallion Cruising.
The Warlander by Mary Daniels What’s old is new with this developing breed.
In Utero: An INteresting Option by Gigha Steinman The pros and cons of selling or buying a foal in utero.
SEC TION BREED SPECIAL American Hanoverian Society
54 A Free Education: THE INSPECTION PROCESS by Kate Palmquist
DEPAR TMENTS & COLUMNS
12 Publisher’s Welcome 14 Letters to WT 68 Barn Exam: Planning for our Ponies. by Attorney Krysia Nelson
38 Conformation Corner #1: A Close Look at Team Weber’s driving horse Splash. by Judy Wardrope
82 Conformation Corner #2: Breeding to Improve Your Mare’s Weaknesses. by Judy Wardrope
86 Sport Horse Snippet: An International Equine Charity Receives a ‘Jewel’ of a Boost. by Anne Lamoriello
89 Trainers’ Point of View: Young-Horse Trainers Speak Out. by Amber Heintzberger 96 Index of Advertisers 97 Index of Breed Associations 98 Warmblood Whoas by Boyd Martin
On the cover:
The Hanoverian stallion Dancier in a water obstacle during his
licensing test in Germany. Photo by Buße
6 March/April 2014 38 54 32 18
Charlene Strickland
Amber Heintzberger
Bill Alphin
Courtesy of Madeleine Augustsson
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