The Chronicle of the Horse

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The Chronicle of the Horse
Categories Sports magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Founded1937
Country United States
Based in Middleburg, Virginia
LanguageEnglish
Website www.chronofhorse.com
ISSN 0009-5990

The Chronicle of the Horse is an American (once weekly but now 12 times a year [1] ) equestrian magazine. [2] [3] [4] [5] It covers dressage, hunters and jumpers, eventing, fox hunting, and steeplechase racing. [2] [1] It has been described as one of the "most prestigious" and "respected" US magazines about horses. [6]

It was started in 1937 by Stacy Barcroft Lloyd Jr and Gerald Webb. [2] [1] It is headquartered in Middleburg, Virginia, in a building adjacent to the National Sporting Library. [2] [3] [4] In 1953, it changed from tabloid to magazine size. [3] Its website was created in 1998 and forums in 1999. [3]

In 2013, the Ohrstrom family sold the Chronicle to Mark Bellissimo, owner of the Winter Equestrian Festival. [7] [8] In 2022, Bellissimo sold it to Global Equestrian Group, which also owns several other equine-related businesses. [9] . In September 2025 the magazine was sold to GRANDPRIX Group [10] .

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Us - The Chronicle of the Horse" . Retrieved May 17, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bloomberg BusinessWeek
  3. 1 2 3 4 Oughton Limited: The Chronicle of the Horse
  4. 1 2 Mary Fishback, Northern Virginia's Equestrian Heritage, Arcadia Publishing, 2002
  5. ↑ Glen Ora, Well-fixed gentry in a changeless town, Life , March 10, 1961, p. 85
  6. ↑ Equestrian Sport Production (December 2013). "Bellissimo Family Acquires The Chronicle of The Horse, One of America's Oldest and Most Prestigious Equestrian Media Properties." Business Wire (English).
  7. ↑ In equine-crazy Middleburg, a horse magazine sale stirs controversy
  8. ↑ Foxhunting Life: The Chronicle of the Horse is sold.
  9. ↑ "Global Equestrian Group Acquires Chronicle Of The Horse" (Press release). The Chronicle of the Horse. September 27, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
  10. ↑ "GRANDPRIX Group Acquires The Chronicle Of The Horse, America's Leading Equestrian Media Outlet" (Press release). The Chronicle of the Horse. September 17, 2025. Retrieved September 21, 2025.


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