The year was highlighted by the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, the horse sport extravaganza held once every four years and outside Europe for the first time. Other events chronicled by dressage-news.com included some of the top competitions on both…

MECHELEN, Belgium, Dec. 28–Defending World Cup champion Edward Gal rode Sisther de Jeu to victory in the Mechelen World Cup qualifying Grand Prix Freestyle Tuesday, their first competition for the Dutch rider in the 2010/2011 annual global dressage contest…

WELLINGTON, Florida, Dec. 27–A Young SportHorse Show series open to all disciplines and with a total of more than $30,000 in cash and prizes is being offered for the 2011 Winter Equestrian Festival with a final next December, Equestrian Sport…

MECHELEN, Belgium, Dec. 27–Edward Gal, the reigning World Cup champion, rode Sisther de Jeu to victory in the Jumping Mechelen World Cup qualifier Grand Prix Monday, the first of the 2010/2011 indoor series in which the Dutch rider has competed…

HARSKAMP, Netherlands, Dec. 27–Asther de Jeu, a three-year-old Contango mare co-owned by Moorland Investments along with the prominent Dutch breeder, Emmy de Jeu, has been placed in training with Edward Gal…

VLIMMEREN, Belgium, Dec. 25–Australian Young Rider Megan Bryant is spending a white Christmas in the heart of snow-bound Europe, beyond anything she ever wished for…

Steffen Peters who rode Ravel to an historic two individual medals at the 2010 World Equestrian Games said Wednesday he had “received a lot of emails” over the absence of the pair from the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s Equestrian and Horse…

OTTAWA, Ontario, Dec. 21– Jacqueline (Jacqui) Oldham, a lifelong dressage horsewoman, was reported by Equine Canada to have died after a battle with cancer. She was 72 years old…

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Dec. 21–The USEF announced the nominees for 2010 Horse and Equestrian of the Year for voting by the membership. No dressage horse or rider was among the nominees despite the historic WEG individual double bronze medal performance by…

California is scheduled to stage two World Cup qualifying competitions for the 2011 Final that will enable 2009 championship pair Steffen Peters and Ravel to seek a place at the Final in Leipzig, Germany at the end of April…