Netherlands Gold (& World Record Grand Prix Score for Totilas), Great Britain Silver, Germany Bronze at European Championships

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WINDSOR, England, Aug. 26--The Netherlands, led by a world record Grand Prix score by Edward Gal and Moorlands Totilas, on Wednesday won the gold medal for the second consecutive European Championships. Great Britain won their first ever silver medal to push Germany to the bronze for their worst finish ever in the Nations Cup at the championships Read More

Dutch “Doing Good!” Commanding Lead Midway in European Champs

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WINDSOR, England, Aug. 25--The Netherlands took a commanding lead midway through the Nations Cup at the Alltech FEI European Championships Tuesday with Adelinde Cornelissen underscoring her words that Parzival is back better than ever by producing a record championship score Read More

European Dressage Championships begin Tuesday with seeming invincibility of Dutch team and hopes for home side beating Germany for first time

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WINDSOR. England, Aug. 24–The Alltech FEI European Dressage Championships begin Tuesday with unprecedented excitement at the seeming invincibility of the Dutch team and hopes for the home side beating Germany for the first time in history Read More

CABANA BOY RIDDEN BY CHRIS HICKEY US DEVELOPING HORSE CHAMPION

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WAYNE, Illinois, Aug. 23--Cabana Boy, bred in the United States and ridden by Chris Hickey won the U.S. Developing Horse Championships Sunday to complete an historic string of consecutive victories by adding to the five and six-year-old titles won by the pair Read More

US-BRED PIKKO DEL CERRO HU RIDDEN BY DENMARK’S MIKALA GUNDERSEN WINS US 6-YEAR-OLD TITLE

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WAYNE, Illinois, Aug. 23--The U.S.-bred Pikko del Cerro HU ridden by Denmark's Mikala Gundersen won the USEF National Dressage Championship for six-year-old horses Read More

Selten HW & San Shivago, California-Owned Sandro Hit Offspring, Take Top Two Places in US 5-Year-Old Championships

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WAYNE, Illinois, Aug. 22--Selten HW, a Sandro Hit gelding that Elizabeth Ball has been riding for only two months, won the US National Dressage Championships for five-year-olds Saturday. The horse won the four-year-old 2008 championships for four-year-old horses, but ridden by a trainer she left it with to develop.Read More

AESTHETE, TRAINED LIKE AN EVENT HORSE, IS US 4-YEAR-OLD CHAMPION

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WAYNE, Illinois, Aug. 22--Aesthete, a Dutch warmblood gelding bought by the owners for the trainer of their fox hunters, Karen Monks-Reilly, won the Markel/USEF National Young Horse Championship for four-year-olds Saturday. Read More

CABANA BOY RIDDEN BY CHRIS HICKEY HEADING TO HISTORIC TRIPLE AT USEF NATIONAL CHAMPS

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WAYNE, Illinois, Aug. 22--Cabana Boy ridden by Chris Hickey on Saturday convincingly won the USEF National Developing Horse Dressage Championships sponsored by the Dutta Corp. and Performance Sales International, to take a major step toward an historic triple of being the champion at five and six years old and in their first year of the developing horse series Read More