Categories | Sports magazine |
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Frequency | Weekly |
Founded | 1937 |
Country | United States |
Based in | Middleburg, Virginia |
Language | English |
Website | www |
ISSN | 0009-5990 |
The Chronicle of the Horse is an American weekly equestrian magazine. [1] [2] [3] [4] It covers dressage, hunters and jumpers, eventing, fox hunting, and steeplechase racing. [1] [5] 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. [1] [5] It is headquartered in Middleburg, Virginia, in a building adjacent to the National Sporting Library. [1] [2] [3] In 1953, it changed from tabloid to magazine size. [2] Its website was created in 1998 and forums in 1999. [2]
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]