Adrienne Lyle & Wizard Dominate Estes Park CDI3*

13 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Adrienne Lyle & Wizard Dominate Estes Park CDI3*
ESTES PARK, Colorado Aug. 22--Adrenne Lyle dominated the CDI3* Grand Prix and Special at Paragon Dressage CDI3* ahead of  the U.S. Grand Prix National Championships next month Read More

FEI Exploring Nations Cup Series

13 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on FEI Exploring Nations Cup Series
Creation of a Nations Cup series for dressage is being explored by the International Equestrian Federation as a next ambitious expansion of the Olympic discipline and to help build greater public interest Read More

Tina Konyot & Calecto Claim Grand Prix, Freestyle at Saugerties World Cup Qualifier

13 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Tina Konyot & Calecto Claim Grand Prix, Freestyle at Saugerties World Cup Qualifier
SAUGERTIES, New York, Aug. 22--Tina Koyot and Calecto V claimed both the Grand Prix and the Freestyle at Centerline at HITS on the Hudson World Cup qualifier while Lauran Sammis and Sagacious HF in only their second competition since taking a year off won the Grand Prix Special Read More

Adelinde & Parzival Capture 2nd Individual Gold Winning Kür at European Championships

13 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Adelinde & Parzival Capture 2nd Individual Gold Winning Kür at European Championships
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 21--Adelinde Cornelissen brought her best ever performance on Jerich Parzival to capture the freestyle before her home crowd Sunday, to win the second individual gold medal at these European Championships to go with the two golds they won at Windsor in 2009 Read More

EXQUIS NADINE RIDES IN LAST COMPETITION–FREESTYLE AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

13 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on EXQUIS NADINE RIDES IN LAST COMPETITION–FREESTYLE AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 21--Exquis Nadine who competed in Olympics, World Equestrian Games, multiple World Cup Finals and European Championships, was ridden by Hans Peter Minderhoud in his last competition Sunday, the musical freestyle at the European Championships Read More

European Championships Grand Prix Special

13 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on European Championships Grand Prix Special
Adelinde Cornelissen made a superhuman effort to overcome a mistake as a result of a laser-like focus on showing Jerich Parzival at his best, enough to claim a second gold medal in the Grand Prix Special at successive European Championships Read More

Adelinde & Parzival Repeat Grand Prix Special Gold Medal Performance at European Championships

13 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Adelinde & Parzival Repeat Grand Prix Special Gold Medal Performance at European Championships
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 20--Adelinde Cornelissen rode Jerich Parzival to victory in the Grand Prix Special to repeat as the first individual gold medalist of this year's European Championships, overcoming an expensive course error that was minor compared with mistakes that seemed to plague the entire class. The ride forTotilas was the most mistake-filled of his career Read More

European Championships in Photos & Words

13 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on European Championships in Photos & Words
The European Championships, continental though they may be, offer amazing prformances by most of the best horses and riders in the world. Although other countires, notably the U.S., produce world class combinations as their haul of Olympic and World Equestrian Games shows the gold standard is on display in Rotterdam.. Read More

7 Nations Now Qualified for Olympics, 4 More to Qualify

13 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on 7 Nations Now Qualified for Olympics, 4 More to Qualify
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 18–At the European Championships Thursday, Denmark, Sweden and Spain qualified teams for the Olympics in London in 2012. The three countries will join host Great Britain and Germany, The Netherlands and the United States who qualified at the World Equestrian Games in Kentuky last year. Two more teams will qualify at the Read More

Britain Wins Gold at European Championships, Germany 2nd, Netherlands 3rd

13 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Britain Wins Gold at European Championships, Germany 2nd, Netherlands 3rd
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 18--Great Britain made dressage history with their first ever gold medal and a record team score at the European Championships Thursday, led by a stunning performance by Carl Hester on Uthopia to beat the other black stallion, Totilas, ridden by Matthias Alexander Rath Read More
Translate »