News
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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,...
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Election Endorsements December 04, 2024So, we haven’t done this for a while, but we’re going to let the lesson horses endorse candidates...
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The Holidays Come to Knollwood November 27, 2024Happy Thanksgiving to all! Thank you to all our friends and supporters who made this year spect...
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Finishing BIG! November 20, 2024Team Knollwood has returned from the UPHA National Championship American Royal Horse Show, the ...
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It May Seem Quiet Around Here ... November 13, 2024The academy team is done competing for 2024, and the show horses are at the American Royal, the...
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Kansas City, Here We Come November 06, 2024Team Knollwood’s show horses are heading to Kansas City tomorrow where they’ll compete at the ...
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IASPHA Stories October 30, 2024Photo by Andrea SItzman Knollwood’s academy team has returned from their 9th and final out of ba...
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We Had A Ball! October 23, 2024Team Knollwood finished their in-barn show season with a celebration of the lesson program. Nin...
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What A Weekend! October 16, 2024Our academy team is back from an action-packed UPHA Chapter 10 show at Beyond Stable Farm. With...
We Lose A Teacher
It seems ironic that on National Teachers' Day, Team Knollwood lost one of their valuable equine instructors when Chepengo lost a brief battle with colic.
While he was usually not ambitious about his job performance, Chip taught riders many valuable lessons. His students learned to be persistent about what they wanted from him, to not take his responses personally, and to never give up before he did what they wanted.
A charismatic presence in the show ring, Chip enjoyed traveling to shows, and spent many a morning resting up before his academy performances. He showed off many of our academy riders over the years, and took many a victory pass as he was teaching his riders the value of persistence.
He was beautiful, he was quirky, and he taught his students how to persevere.
Peace, Chip.