The International Equestrian Federation Bureau has initiated suspension proceedings against the International Dressage Riders Club as an FEI Associate Member for “apparent lack of respect for the fundamental principles of good governance”…

The International Equestrian Federation notified the Dominican Republic national federation Tuesday that it has accepted as “official” a protest against approval for Brazil to hold Olympic qualifying competitions with predominantly national judges…

The French equestrian magazine, Grand Prix, has published in its March edition an interview with U.S. dressage rider Steffen Peters. The magazine is published in French and distributed throughout Europe. Grand Prix gave permission for dressage-news.com to reprint the interview…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Feb. 27–William Steinkraus, a five-time Olympic jumper rider and the first American to win an individual gold medal, has been nominated for induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame at the age of 99…

Heather Mason has been awarded the $25,000 Carol Lavell Advanced Dressage Prize by The Dressage Foundation, recognizing her performances in 2011 when she was an alternate for the U.S. Pan American Games team and swept the small tour at Dressage…

The Dominican Rublic has filed an “official protest” with the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) over its approval of CDI3* events in Brazil with a predominantly national panel of judges that last weekend awarded the top Brazilian rider personal best scores…

BURBANK, California, Feb. 25–Steffen Peters rode his first Olympic Grand Prix Special Saturday on Lgolas rather than Ravel to post the highest score of any American so far in a performance that showed none of the “green” mistakes from their…

BURBANK, California, Feb. 25–Jan Ebeling rode Rafalca into contention for the pair’s third World Cup Final in winning the Mid-Winter Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle that was their first qualifying competition of the season and though contested by only two combinations…

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Feb 25–Patrick Kittel was the crowd-pleaser on home ground in the Scandinavium Arena at Gothenburg, Sweden Saturday night when steering Toy Story to victory in the last qualifying leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Western…

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK BURBANK, California, Feb. 25–Yvonne Losos de Muñiz and Liebling II, seeking to fulfill a personal dream of riding in the Olympics and showing that tiny countries such as her Dominican Republic have a chance of making…