Fiontini With Severo Lopez Win 6-Year-Old Prelim, Sezuan With Dorothee Schneider Take 7-Year-Old Prelim at World Championships

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Fiontini, the Danish Warmblood mare that was world champion in 2015, won the World Young Horse six-year-old championship preliminary test Friday while the seven-year-old stallion Sezuan was within one ride of an historic hat trick. The championship finals for five, six and seven-year-old horses will be staged over the weekend Read More

USA’s Region 3 Takes North American Junior Championship Team Gold, Region 4 Silver, Regions 1-6 Bronze

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PARKER, Colorado, July 28, 2016--The United States' Region 3 of five southeastern states won the North American Junior Championships team gold Thursday with the Midwest's Region 4 taking silver and a squad of riders from Regions 1 and 6 the bronze Read More

Dressage Judging Working Group Starts, 1st Recommendations May Come Next Spring

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The International Equestrian Federation working group set up to study judging in dressage and propose changes has held its first meeting after an Olympic qualifying period marked by some controversial results Read More

USA Organizers Seeking Jewish Equestrians for 20th World Maccabiah Games

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Jewish Equestrians aged 18 to 35 are being sought by American organizers for the 20th World Maccabiah Games in Israel July 4-18, 2017 Read More

Victoria’s Secret Ridden by Beatrice Buchwald to Win World Young Horse Championships Preliminary 5-Year-Old Test

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Rhinelander mare Victoria's Secret was ridden by Germany's Beatrice Buchwald to win the preliminary test for five-year-old horses at the World Young Horse Championships Read More

USA’s Region 1 Wins North American Young Rider Championship Team Gold

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Nicholas Hansen and Ritter Benno led Region 1 of the Mid-Atlantic states to Young Ruder team gold at the North American Junior & Young Rider Championships Wednesday with Canada's Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta taking silver and a combined team of three regions covering almost half the country to California earning bronze. Read More

USA Olympic Team Performs Dress Rehearsal Before Heading to Rio Games

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The United States Olympic dressage team has performed a full dress rehearsal at their European base as final preparations are underway for the four competition and one reserve horses to fly to Rio de Janeiro next Monday Read More

FEI Widened Investigation Into Canada’s Cedar Valley Competition

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The International Equestrian Federation has widened its investigation into the Cedar Valley CDI following allegations beyond the Olympic qualifying event scores that the governing body of horse sports left unchanged Read More

Horse Flights to Rio Olympics Begin In Week

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Almost 300 competition horses representing 49 nations to compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be flown from Europe and the Americas to Rio de Janeiro beginning this week. Read More

FEI to Consider Alleged Judging Bias by Elizabeth McMullen In Canada’s Olympic Qualifying Scores

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FEI) Dressage Committee on Tuesday will consider whether alleged bias by Canadian judge Elizabeth McMullen impacted Canada's final Olympic qualifying event Read More