News
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What A Way To Start The Season! April 17, 2024Margit, Alivia, and Alexa Last weekend, Team Knollwood started the 2024 show season in two st...
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It's Time. April 10, 2024We've been working hard all off season. Horses and riders have learned lessons and advanced th...
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Fuzzy Logic Rules!!! April 03, 2024Horse assignments for the spring show will be posted by this weekend, and we’re so grateful th...
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It's Official. Spring is Here! March 27, 2024It’s Officially Spring! How can you tell? The doors are open. It's the season of mud in the pa...
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Spring Break is Here! March 20, 2024Spring break season is upon us, and many, many Knollwood Kids are on their way to warmer destina...
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Our May Show is Coming March 13, 2024We can hardly wait for our May show! Being a competition based riding program, Team Knollwood pl...
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Catching Up, and Looking Ahead March 06, 2024The off season has been anything but quiet for Team Knollwood. Show horses are working on final...
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Banquet Recap, and So Much More! February 28, 2024Team Knollwood cleans up well. We all enjoyed gathering outside the barn last weekend, and what ...
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It's Banquet Week! February 21, 2024It’s the week all of Team Knollwood has been waiting for. It’s banquet week. The points have be...
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Happy Valentine's Day! February 14, 2024Valentine's Day means many different things to different people. Here at Knollwood, it’s a chan...
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.