WELLINGTON, Florida, Dec. 30, 2016–The Adequan Global Dressage Festival goes into its sixth year in 2017 as the world’s richest circuit with a slight increase in total prize money to $689,000 (€654,000) for seven weeks of CDI competition beginning Jan….

SAN MIGUEL ALLENDE, Mexico, Dec. 5, 2016–Bernadette Pujals dominated the Big and Small Tours at the Mexican championships in the first CDI in the homeland of the Olympic rider in more than two years. A record number of 100 entries…

Aachen, 2016. Reflections on the Freestyle and last day of Dressage Competition…

By ILSE SCHWARZ AACHEN, Germany, July 13, 2016—Wonderful, glorious Aachen. I have missed attending the last couple of years so I am especially excited to be here in this Olympic year. However, I must confess that my excitement is not…

On the day of rest for the dressage horses, the organization in Las Vegas typically puts on a show. I will let pictures cover the events of the dressage showcase! We started with freestyles performed by two future stars. Sabine…

Caen Travelogue, including musings on French toilets, shuttle services and Caen in photos…

CAEN, France, Aug. 26, 2014–It must seem somewhat surreal for the 27-year-old Laura Graves that she finished in the top 10 in the World Equestrian Games Grand Prix in Normandy, France….

Aug 26th, Caen France: All pictures by Ilse Schwarz Today may have been the team competition for dressage, but the arena belonged to Valegro. 85.271, almost four percent ahead of Bella Rose and Isabell Werth. An almost flawless ride which…

August 26th, Caen, France. By Ilse Schwarz The day started early for many as we all tried to manage the shuttle system to be at the main stadium in time for the first ride at 8am. Ordinarily, if one were…