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Farewell, Hula Hooper February 21, 2025We lost a special soul at Knollwood today when legendary lessonhorse Hooper crossed the rainbo...
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With Age Comes Wisdom February 19, 2025Hi everyone, Hooper here. Officially known in the Saddlebred registry as Hula Hooper, I’m cu...
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How to Get Involved in All the Fun February 12, 2025. Here at Knollwood, we’re proud of the community we’ve built. It’s one of the things that make...
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A Great Time Was Had By All January 29, 2025Our 27th annual banquet was a glorious evening for the 178 guests who joined the celebration. ...
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The Best Night of the Year January 23, 2025It’s the night we’ve been waiting for. The storied Knollwood banquet is coming up this Saturday...
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Our Plan for Progress In The Offseason. January 15, 2025Riding success is hard. Really hard. It takes hours, days, and weeks of hard work and dedicat...
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Our Recipe For A Remarkable 2025 January 08, 2025Let’s say it one more time, 2024 was a memorable one for team Knollwood. Our show barn team...
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Looking Back, and Looking Ahead January 02, 2025We’ve had an unbelievable year at Knollwood. Both the show barn and the school barn enjoyed a y...
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World Cup Gold Medal, and All the Happenings! December 18, 2024FIrst of all, we're thrilled to congratulate RIchie and his Team USA teammates on the 3 gaited ...
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All The News! December 11, 2024The 2024 Knockout holiday party was a rip-roaring success. While the weather wasn’t winterish,...
Farewell, Hula Hooper
We lost a special soul at Knollwood today when legendary lesson
horse Hooper crossed the rainbow bridge.
Born at Knollwood on June 13, 2002, Hooper joined the lesson program after a brief career as a show horse.
With his flashy markings, pop eyes, and engaging personality, he
quickly became a favorite. Hoop was a star on the Midwest academy
scene and was sought after by all the Knollwood Kids.
Numerous national and world champions including Sydney
Budzinski, Ainsley Budzinski, Nick Maupin, Abby Kastenholz, and
Hailey Berget all showed him in academy. Heck, Syd even performed
a 7 loop serpentine at a show, and Hooper went along with it.
In most recent years, Hooper has enjoyed teaching small
Knollwood Kids the ways of riding a legend. With his high head, he
was a master at teaching walk trot patterns over and over.
