Your Connection to the Modern Sport Horse


TABLE OF CONTENTS MARCH/ APRIL 2 0 1 7


FEATURES


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The ‘Final Four’ Jumps into History by Charlene Strickland Reactions to the recent ruling to remove the Final Four competition from the World Equestrian Games.


Do Horses and Oil Mix? by Pat Payne An update on the Trakehner herd of ‘therapists’ in Colorado.


Safety Check: Fifth Leg Training for Event Horses by Amber Heintzberger Four trainers help eventers teach their horses to jump with more confidence.


Presidential Pomp is a Culver Tradition by Amber Heintzberger Culver Academy’s Black Horse Troop participates in the inaugural parade in a big way.


Catching Up with Ann Romney by Charlene Strickland Ann continues to thrive riding her upper-level dressage horses.


A New Weapon in the Fight Against Equine Melanoma by Patti Schofler Learn about Dr. Kris Hennessy’s clinical trial of a new vaccine.


SPECIAL BREED SEC TION


American Hanoverian Society by Diane Nauman and Laurie Weiser, DVM


Top performing Hanoverians and an overview of the registry’s services. DEPAR TMENTS & COLUMNS


12 Publisher’s Welcome 43 Point of View – Advancing the Future of Show Jumping. by M. Michael Meller with Lauren Baker 54 Barn Exam – You Be the Judge. by Attorney Krysia Nelson 61 Point of View – Starting Young Horses: A Message to the Elderly. by JP Giacomini 80 Conformation Corner – The Bowed Tendon. by Judy Wardrope 84 Sport Horse Snippet – Big Things Come From a Small Package. by Liz Cornell 86 Sport Horse Snippet – Double Success with a Dutch Accent. by Janie Pride 88 Index of Advertisers & Stallions


90 Warmblood Whoas – Finding Downtime with Year-Round Eventing. by Boyd Martin


On the cover: Young Hanna Toering


competing the family’s homebred Hanoverian


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mare Coquette BHF at HITS Culpeper (VA) in 2016. Photo by ESI Horse Photography


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Charlene Strickland


Joe Cox


Kerstin Hoffmann


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