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CHARLES MANN PHOTO Don't Miss In The Magazine Think you know The Chronicle of the Horse? If you've let your subscription lapse or skipped some of our recent issues, you're missing more than you think. In addition to the news, analysis and results from all the top competitions that you've come to expect, we're also jam-packed full of expert commentary on controversial issues, perceptive profiles, fun features and beautiful photography. Keep your finger on the pulse of the industry with stories like these: u Holding Box Procedure Questioned Alongside our Nov. 4 coverage of the Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International, we published an exclusive investigation into the performance of multiple flexions by an FEI veterinarian in the holding box at the first horse inspection—a practice strictly forbidden by FEI rules because of its propensity to cause lameness—which resulted in two riders going home without an appeal. Pick up a copy of the issue to read more about why these competitors lacked recourse, why veterinarians aren't fined or punished for breaking FEI rules as riders would be, and why this veterinarian says he'd do it all over again. u Top Trainers Respond To Tough USEF Penalties KAT NETZLER PHOTO If you read through the most recent U.S. Equestrian Federation Hearing Committee rulings, a few familiar names may jump out at you. Some of the most successful trainers in the hunter/jumper industry, such as Andre Dignelli, Bibby Farmer Hill and Scott Stewart, made the list. Find out who was fined $7,500 for improper paperwork, whose horse tested positive for the forbidden substance GABA, and what they had to say in response to the committee's rulings in staffer Mollie Bailey's report in our Nov. 18 & 25 Foxhunting Issue. u Sheppard On Love, Loss And Winning TOD MARKS PHOTO u Morning AMY DRAGOO PHOTO Glory As she headed to the Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International showgrounds early on cross-country morning, Oct. 19, this sunrise scene beckoned eventing photographer Amy Dragoo to pull over and document a morning workout at the Fair Hill Training Center near Elkton, Md. In our regular feature In The Frame, we showcase stunning equine images from around the world and let the beauty and magnificence of the horse speak for itself. You can find this image in our Nov. 4 issue. In this installment of our ongoing Living Legends series—one of our most popular stories of 2013— Racing Hall of Fame member Jonathan Sheppard opens up about the personal tragedies and professional triumphs he's faced along the way to greatness. "This passion, obsession—whatever one chooses to call it—defines Sheppard's life. It is his life, and yet, for all the success this multi-Eclipse Award winning, Hall of Fame trainer has known, he's also experienced episodes of extraordinary heartbreak, rife with emotional hurdles much more challenging than those dotting the steeplechase track," writes staffer Jennifer Calder in our July 29 Steeplechasing Issue. Visit our archives to read more about the 73-year-old trainer's remarkable resilience through the tragic deaths of siblings, children and spouses and his enduring devotion to the horse. C H RO N O F H O R S E .CO M W INTER 2013 95