Totilas Wins Hagen CDI4* Freestyle With New Music, Laura & Mistral Hojris Close 2nd Also With New Score

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HAGEN, Germany, April 29--Matthias Alexander Rath rode Totilas to a new Michael Jackson musical freestyle for a personal best score of 88.025 per cent and the victory at the Horses & Dreams meets Great Britain CDI4* Sunday while Laura Bechtolsheimer danced with Mistral Hojris to a new score to place second by less than a half percentage point. The scores were personal bests for the three top placing combinations Read More

Charlotte Dujardin & Valegro Set Grand Prix Special World Record at Hagen CDI4*

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HAGEN, Germany, April 29--Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro set the standard for the Olympics by shattering the record with an epic performance to score 88.022 per cent in the Olympic Grand Prix Special at the aptly named Horses & Dreams meets Great Britain CDI4* just 90 days before the Games in London Read More

Steffen Peters & Legolas Produce Personal Best at Del Mar CDI3*

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DEL MAR, California, April 28--Steffen Peters rode Legolas to a personal best in their short CDI career to win the Del Mar National CDI3* Grand Prix Friday, but with scores from the five judges that were more than nine percentage points apart Read More

Aussie Lyndal Oatley & Sandro Boy Shine at Hagen CDI4*

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HAGEN, Germany, April 28--Lyndal Oatley on Saturday rode Sandro Boy 9 to the highest score for an Australian at a CDI Grand Prix this year with 70.466 per cent at the Horses and Dreams meets Great Britain CDI4*, a premier event on the road to the Olympics in London in three months Read More

Totilas Wins Big With Matthias at Hagen CDI4*

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HAGEN, Germany, April 28--Totilas performed the best Grand Prix since Matthias Alexander Rath began competing the black stallion a year ago to claim victory at the Horses & Dreams meets Great Britain CDI4* Saturday, and scoring a scant 0.276 per cent within the world record set by Edward Gal on Totilas in 2009 Read More

Charlotte Dujardin on Nerves at the Top

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HAGEN, Germany, April 27--Charlotte Dujardin loved riding as a kid but found horse show ompetitions "ghastly," her nerves so bad she went to a psychologist for help Read More

Charlotte & Valegro “Wow” Crowds in Dominating Hagen CDI4* Grand Prix

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HAGEN, Germany, April 27--Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro wowed the crowd and logged a personal best score of more than 81 per cent in the first outing in Germany for the British superstar partnership and dominated the Grand for the Special at the aptly named Horses & Dreams meets Great Britain CDI4* Friday Read More

2012 Debut for Totilas Marked by Flip-Flops

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HAGEN, Germany, April 26--The 2012 competition debut for Totilas has been marked by flip-flops as rider Matthias Alexander Rath did not decide until the last minute whether to contest the Grand Prix Special or the Freestyle at the outdoor season's first major competition in Europe, the Horses & Dreams CDI4* Read More

Shawna Harding & Come On III Found Not to Have Started Late in World Cup Grand Prix

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Shawna Harding and Come On III of the United States have been found officially to have entered the arena within the specified period for the World Cup Final Grand Prix and the International Equestrian Federation said Wednesday the score for the pair will be corrected Read More

Ingred Klimke & Dresden Mann Win St. Georges to Kick Off Hagen CDI4*

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HAGEN, Germany, April 25--Ingred Klimke rode the black stallion Dresden Mann to victory in the Prix St. Georges Wednesday to kick off the Horses & Dreams meets Great Britain CDI4* in which two of three British combinations likely to be on the London Olympic team are scheduled to compete along with 16 nations Read More