PERL-BORG, Germany, Sept. 12, 2015–Isabell Werth and Don Johnson FRH won the Grand Prix Freestyle Saturday holding back a strong challenge from Sönke Rothenberger on Cosmo for the five-time Olympian’s third straight Big Tour victory at the Peterhof Dressur Gala…

THOUSAND OAKS, California, Sept. 11, 2015–Steffen Peters and Legolas won the World Cup Grand Prix Friday in the first competition for the pair since competing for the United States to earn a start for the team at the Olympic Games…

PERL-BORG, Germany, Sept. 11, 2015–Japan won a team place at the 2016 Olympic Games with a slim victory Friday over South Africa vying for its first ever Olympic dressage appearance at a special qualifying event at the Peterhof Dressur Gala…

PERL-BORG, Germany, Sept. 11, 2015–Isabell Werth rode Emilio to victory Friday in the international Grand Prix debut of the nine-year-old Westfalen mare and the second win in two days at the CDI4* Peterhof Dressur Gala for the five-time German Olympian…

PERL-BORG, Germany, Sept. 10, 2015–Sönke Rothenberger on Cosmo making the eight-year-old gelding’s senior Big Tour debut were edged out of victory by the slimmest of margins by multi Olympian Isabell Werth on Don Johnson at the Peterhof CDI4* Grand Prix…

PERL-BORG, Germany, Sept. 9, 2015–Great Britain’s Laura Tomlinson and Unique won the Peterhof Dressur Gala CDI2* Intermediate II Wednesday while South Africa’s Nicole Smith on Victoria was the highest placed of the riders using the competition as a warmup to…

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Sept. 8, 2015–The “calming” substance Phenibut (β-phenyl gamma aminobutyric acid) has been declared a forbidden substance by the U.S. Equestrian Federation…

Russia’s Inessa Merkulova tops the 2016 Olympic individual dressage rankings released Tuesday while Denmark has five combinations and Belgium three pairs in the top 20 ranked riders and horses that put the nations in contention to qualify teams for Rio…

NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2015–Valegro, the Olympic, world and European champion, will not make the trip to compete at New York’s Central Park Horse Show but rider Charlotte Dujardin will give special performances at the event being held for the…

SOWIA WOLA, Poland, Sept. 6, 2015–Anna Lukasik rode her Polish-bred 12-year-old mare Stella Pack Ganda to repeat as Polish Dressage Champion…