By Ilse Schwarz VERDEN, GERMANY, Young Dressage Horse World Championships Aug 2 – The question of today was always going to be “Has Woodlander Farouche maintained the quality and magic that mesmerised us last year when she won the…

GLADSTONE, New Jersey, Sept.11– Steffen Peters made history Sunday when he became the first rider to win both the U.S. National Grand Prix and Intermediare Championships in the same year…

VERDEN, Germany, Aug 7- In stark contrast to the finals of the five year olds, tension, spooking and mistakes were significant factors in the six-year-old World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horse final Sunday that was won by Astrix 7…

VERDEN, Germany, Aug. 6–The exquisite Hanoverian mare, Woodlander Farouche ridden by Great Britain’s Michael George Eilberg, totally dominated the five year old division Saturday to be crowned world champion…

VERDEN, Germany, Aug. 6–Jennifer Hoffmann is currently floating on cloud nine, having just finished in eighth place in the six-year-old qualifications AND she won her group on her stallion Ratzinger at the World Breeding Dressage Championships for Ypung Horses. She…

VERDEN, Germany, Aug. 5–Current Young Horse world champion, the KWPN stallion Astrix 7, ridden masterfully by Emmelie Scholtens left no doubt Friday that they are trying to make it two in a row at the World Breeding Dressage Championships for…

The breeder of Woodlander Farouche, Lynne Crowden thought as a 4yo “Farouche was a glamourous young horse, now she’s a super model”…

I seem to recall that in 2010, my coverage of this championship began with a comment about there being beer in the press room. I’m not sure if we have any here this year, but beer was still a memorable…

VERDEN, Germany, Aug. 4–Britain continues their tremendous rise in the world of dressage with a convincing win in the five-year-old qualifying division by the exquisite mare Woodlander Farouche (Furst Heinrich x Dinaggio) ridden beautifully by Michael George Eilberg at the…

I am currently attending NAJYRC at Lexington, Kentucky, as both a trainer and a photographer/reporter, foolishly believing that having only one student to train would leave me ample time to cover the rest of the event. I was so wrong!!…