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Norway’s Isabel Freese Rides Vitalis to Burg-Pokal Win, 2nd Non-German Rider in 25 Years
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FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 17, 2016--Norway's Isabel Freese rode Vitalis to win the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal Saturday, only the second non-German rider to capture the Prix St. Georges Special for seven to nine-year-old horses that is a pillar in Germany's development of dressage sport horses Read More
Anabel Balkenhol & Dablino Win Frankfurt CDI4* Special Completing Best Year for Victories For Olympic Pair
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FRANKFURT, Germany, De. 17, 2016--Anabel Balkenhol rode Dablino FRH to victory in the CDI4* Grand Prix Special Saturday posting double wins at the Festhallen Reitturnier on her 2012 Olympic mount and rounding out the most successful of seven years at Big Tour Read More
Anabel Balkenhol & Dablino FRH Win Frankfurt CDI4* Grand Prix
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FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 16, 2016--Anabel Balkenhol and Dablino FRH won the CDI4* Grand Prix Friday for the fourth win of the year for the German 2012 Olympic partnership Read More
Carl Hester & Nip Tuck Repeat Winners of London Olympia World Cup Freestyle
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LONDON, Dec. 14, 2016--Carl Hester and Nip Tuck win the London International Horse Show World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle for the second year in a row for the British Olympic team silver medal partnership. Read More
Farewell! Valegro Retires From Competition
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LONDON, Dec. 14, 2016--Valegro gave a farewell performance of his rousing British-themed 2012 Olympic Grand Prix Freestyle in a two-stage ceremony that produced thunderous applause from the packed Olympia exhibition hall that rider Charlotte Dujardin was trying hard to hold together her emotions Read More
2017 Nations Cup Series Expands to 8 Events With Hickstead Restored
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The Nations Cup series for 2017 will expand to a record eight competitions on both sides of the Atlantic with the restoration of Hickstead, England to the schedule after a break for a year Read More
The Celebrations Begin! Valegro Center Stage at London World Cup Show
8 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on The Celebrations Begin! Valegro Center Stage at London World Cup Show
LONDON, Dec. 13, 2016--Celebrations to farewell Valegro from competition began in the storied century-old Olympia exhibition hall Tuesday night, a packed house of 7,500 spectators gearing up for what will surely be a tear-filled, goose-bump inducing retirement a day later. By the way, Carl Hester and Nip Tuck won the World Cup Grand Prix Read More
Carl Hester On Life With and After Valegro
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LONDON, Dec. 13, 2016—Although Carl Hester’s life will be “different for a while” with the retirement from competition of Valegro that dominated the past five years of dressage boosting it into the mainstream in Britain and embraced by legions of adoring fans around the world Read More