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Don Johnson Ridden by Isabell Werth in Final Big Tour Competition After 9 Years of Top Sport With Victory
5 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Don Johnson Ridden by Isabell Werth in Final Big Tour Competition After 9 Years of Top Sport With Victory
FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 20, 2019--Don Johnson, the sometimes feisty Hanoverian gelding that Isabell Werth competed at top sport for nine years, was performing in the 18-year-old horse's final international competition, going out with a victory in the CDI5* Grand Prix Friday. Read More
USA Team Rider Michael Barisone Indicted on Two Charges of Attempted Murder
5 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on USA Team Rider Michael Barisone Indicted on Two Charges of Attempted Murder
Michael Barisone, reserve for the United States dressage team at the 2008 Olympics, has been indicted on two charges of first degree attempted murder in the shooting in August of a woman he had been coaching at his New Jersey farm Read More
Germany-Based Isabel Freese of Norway & Total Hope Win Preliminary Nürnberger Burg-Pokal
5 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Germany-Based Isabel Freese of Norway & Total Hope Win Preliminary Nürnberger Burg-Pokal
FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 19, 2019--Isabell Freese, the Norwegian rider based in Germany, rode Total Hope to win the warmup Nürnberger Burg-Pokal Thursday leading to the final of the German championship of seven-to-nine-year-old Prix St. Georges horses. Read More
First Apple Ridden by Sarah Lockman Nominated for USA Horse of Year
5 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on First Apple Ridden by Sarah Lockman Nominated for USA Horse of Year
First Apple, ridden by Sarah Lockman to Pan American Games individual gold medal, has been nominated for United States international Horse of the Year honors to be decided by online voting of U.S. Equestrian Federation members. Read More
Charlotte Dujardin & Mount St. John Freestyle Near Best Score to Win Olympia World Cup Freestyle
5 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Charlotte Dujardin & Mount St. John Freestyle Near Best Score to Win Olympia World Cup Freestyle
LONDON, Dec. 17, 2019--Charlotte Dujardin rode Mount St. John Freestyle to near a personal best score to win the Olympia World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle Tuesday night and move closer to a start at the Final in Las Vegas in April. Read More
Charlotte Dujardin Declares New Short Grand Prix “Quite Easy” & Wins London Olympia World Cup Grand Prix
5 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Charlotte Dujardin Declares New Short Grand Prix “Quite Easy” & Wins London Olympia World Cup Grand Prix
LONDON, Dec. 16, 2019--Declaring the experimental short Grand Prix "quite easy," Charlotte Dujardin rode Mount St. John Freestyle to victory in the World Cup Monday night on the first score above 80% in two years of the new test. Read More
Russia’s Olympic Dressage Team Status Uncertain as Fallout from Country’s Anti-Drug Turmoil
5 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Russia’s Olympic Dressage Team Status Uncertain as Fallout from Country’s Anti-Drug Turmoil
Russia's dressage team, the only one of the three equestrian disciplines to qualify for the 2020 Olympics, is caught in the long running drug testing turmoil involving the status of its athletes and the flag to compete under in Tokyo. Read More
New Zealand’s Wendi Williamson & Don Amour MH Capture World Cup Pacific League Title With Freestyle Victory at Boneo
5 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on New Zealand’s Wendi Williamson & Don Amour MH Capture World Cup Pacific League Title With Freestyle Victory at Boneo
BONEO, Australia, Dec. 14, 2019--New Zealand's Wendi Williamson on Don Amour MH won the World Cup Pacific League Final Saturday to earn an invitation to the global championship in Las Vegas next April. If she accepts, this will be the second World Cup Final in America for the pair that competed at Omaha in 2017 as the first New Zealander ever to go to the only annual dressage world... Read More