A Bit About Me and my Horse(s)

John Strassburger has spent most of his life riding horses across the countryside. John is a graduate A Pony Clubber and has competed in eventing through the CCI** level. He and his wife, Heather Bailey, operate their Phoenix Farm (www.phoenixsporthorses.com) in Healdsburg, Calif., where they breed and train event and dressage horses, while also writing and editing books and magazine articles. John has also foxhunted for 38 years, and he rode in point-to-points and NSA-sanctioned steeplechase races, over hurdles, timber and on the flat for eight years. While editor of The Chronicle of the Horse, from 1986 to 2006, he covered six Olympics and hundreds of other competitions around the country and the world. His first two books—John Strassburger: the Things I Think Matter Most and George H. Morris: Because Every Round Counts—are available at Amazon.com. John was president of the Land Trust of Virginia for three years, serving on the Board of Directors from 1997 to 2003 and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Equestrian Land Conservation Resource since 2006. He’s also a member of the Media Committee for the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games, is the press officer of the Galway Downs CCI** and Galway Downs CIC***, and works on the media staff of the Rolex Kentucky CCI****.

Country

United States

Website:

http://www.phoenixsporthorses.com

Do you have any pets?

2 dogs, plus the horses