Lars Petersen “Happily Surprised” to Have Blue Hors’s Gredstedgards Casmir as Olympic Hopeful

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Lars Petersen, still a Danish citizen but one of the most prominent trainers in the United States, said he was "happily surprised" to be offered Gredstedgårds Casmir to ride for Blue Hors stud for whom he competed their horses in an Olympics, three world championships and two Wortld Cup Finals Read More

International Movement of Horses Focuses on Latin American Competitions

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GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Oct. 24--An international effort aimed at easing a patchwork of burdensome regulations in much of Central and South America to streamline the transportation of high performance show horses was the focus of a conference Monday organized by the International Equeastrian Federation (FEI) and the World Organization for Animal Health Read More

Australian & New Zealand Dressage Teams Announced for Final Olympic Qualifiers

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SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 24--The Australian and New Zealand squads that will compete over the next two weeks in the final 2012 Olympic team qualification in Sydney and Ermelo, the Netherlands, was annoounced Monday with their only competition for two places being South Africa Read More

USA Wins Pan American Games Eventing Gold, Indidivual Gold to Canada’s Jessica Phoenix & Pavarotti

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GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Oct. 23--The United States won eventing team gold at the Pan American Games Sunday without incurring a single jumping fault and all five finishing on their dressage score for the first time in the championship history of the sport. Jessica Phoenix of Canada on Pavarotti won individual gold, the first ever for her nation at the Pan Ams Read More

Hans Peter & Tango WIN 1ST 2011/12 WEST EURO WORLD CUP EVENT

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ODENSE, Denmark, Oct. 23–Hans Peter Minderhoud and IPS Tango won the first Western European League World Cup event of the 2011/2012 indoor circuit Sunday, posting a personal best score of 79.300 per cent. The Dutch Olympian and the 11-year-old KWPN stallion (Jazz x O. Bertje x Contango) came out on top of the field of Read More

USA Maintains Pan Am Eventing Team Lead, Canada Tops Individual Ranking

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GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Oc.t 22--Canada's Jessica Phoenix on Pavarotti maintained the eventing individual lead after cross country Saturday while the United States remained atop the team standings at the Pan American Games and the top three go into the jumping final separated by less than one rail Read More

Balance Sought for Pan Am Games Small Tour & Need to Move to Grand Prix for Olympic Qualifying

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GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Oct. 22--Faced with an edict to raise team dressage qualifying for future Olympic Games to Grand Prix from the current small tour at the Pan American Games, national federations are seeking to balance growth of the sport in Latin America against a tiny number of Big Tour horses Read More

Brigitte Wittig & Blind Date Take Odense CDI3* Grand Prix Special

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ODENSE, Denmark, Oct. 21--Germany's Brigitte Wittig on her Blind Date won the CDI3* Grand Prix Special Friday, reversing placings with compatriot Fabienne Lütkemeier on D'Agostino who won the Grand Prix Thursday in the kickoff of the 2011/12 World Cup season in western Europe Read More
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