August 25, Caen, France, by Ilse Schwarz. The biggest story of the day may have been the rain. Most riders were fairly pragmatic about it and the effects it had on their rides…many had experienced worse in qualifying competitions,…

August 25th, Caen, France. DRESSAGE, Day 1 by Ilse Schwarz: A quick update on the mornings proceedings are is well overdue! In brief, Kristina Sprehe and Desperados of Germany have a convincing lead with 78.814%, Fabienne Lutkemeier and D’Agostino also…

SYDNEY, Oct 25–I arrived into Sydney from Miami, Florida at 8 a.m. after about 16 hours of travel, jumped into my rental car, reminded myself to stay on the left side of the road and headed west, to the Sydney…

AACHEN, Germany, July 1–Helen Langehanenberg and the stallion Damon Hill NRW (Donnerhall x Rubinstein) are a true delight to watch. The suppleness, power, light footedness and sheer expression in all gaits are evident, to a certain extent, when you watch…

AACHEN, Germany, June 29–I arrived in Aachen, at 6.30pm ready to jump right to work and a thought crossed my mind, “Three continents in as many weeks, can my body rise to the challenge?” To be honest, it has been…

WELLINGTON, Florida, Aug. 29–You won’t have heard about any major impact on South Florida on the international or even the national news. As far as the media in the rest of the world is concerned, the only link between tropical…

The USA young horse championships are fast approaching, so it is with this motivation that I return to my World Young Horse Championship photos and results sheets to finish something that is now old news…

VERDEN, Germany, Aug. 5–Woodlander Farouche (Furst Heinrich – Dimaggio) was in a class of her own in capturing the six-year-old World Championship for Young Dressage Horses on Sunday…

VERDEN, Germany. Aug. 5–Oldenburg gelding Sa Coeur (Sir Donnerhall – Don Davidoff) was ridden beautifully by Eva Möller of Germany into first place and World Champion status Saturday…

  By Ilse Schwarz World Championships for Young Horses, Verden, Germany, Aug 2- The clear winner of today’s competition, and the only rider with a final score over 9.0 was the oldenburg gelding Sa Coeur (Sir Donnerhall – Don Davidoff)…