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Olympic Dressage Team Competition Format Changes Sought

7 minutes
August 15, 2012
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The second straight Olympics to hold dressage teams to three horses and riders with no fourth drop score has led to calls for change from several nations while eventing and jumping squads compete with extra combinations as insurance against injury…

Wellington’s Global Dressage Festival Approved Unanimously, Jacobs Family “Conditions” Rejected

5 minutes
August 15, 2012
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WELLINGTON, Florida, Aug. 15–The Global Dressage Festival of up to five months of competitions including a CDI5*, the only Nations Cup in the Western Hemisphere and two World Cup events was approved unanimously early Wednesday by the local government council…

Totilas & Matthias Alexander Rath in Fulltime Training with Holland’s Sjef Janssen this Winter

3 minutes
August 14, 2012
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Totilas, who missed out on competing for Germany at the London Olympic Games when Matthias Alexander Rath reported he was too sick, will go into fulltime training with Sjef Janssen in about three months, the Dutch national coach confirmed Tuesday…

Changes Near Top of World Rankings

2 minutes
August 12, 2012
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World dressage rankings saw some of the biggest changes in several months ahead of the Olympic Games in London with two riders and horses making it into the top 10 for the first time, according to the International Equestrian Federation…

How UK Lottery Helped to Write Olympic History in London

7 minutes
August 12, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 12–Great Britain’s emotional and history-making performance in Olympic dressage winning both gold medals in London has sparked interest in the nation’s funding and support after a century of a medal famine, but the question is whether the results…

Olympic Dressage Images–Joy, Tears, Focus & Disappointment

4 minutes
August 11, 2012
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Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro celebrating their Olympic individual gold medal after capturing team gold, the first rider and horse to achieve the Olympic double gold since Isabell Werth and Gigolo in 1996. © 2012 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com The emotion of the…

USA Worst Olympic Equestrian Results in 56 Years – Update

4 minutes
August 10, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 10–When the Grand Prix musical freestyle ended the Olympic equestrian program, the failure of the United States to win a single medal in dressage, eventing and jumping marked these Games as the worst for America since 1956, according…

Charlotte Dujardin & Valegro Win Olympic Individual Gold, Adelinde/Parzival Silver, Laura/Mistral Hojris Bronze

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August 9, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 9–Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro won the Olympic individual gold medal Thursday to add to Great Britain’s team gold, beating Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival who took silver and team mate Laura Bechtolsheimer and Mistral Hojris the bronze…

STEVE GUERDAT OF SWITZERLAND WINS OLYMPIC INDIVIDUAL JUMPING GOLD, GERCO SHRODER SILVER, CIAN O’CONNOR BRONZE

9 minutes
August 8, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 8–Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat claimed individual jumping gold at the London 2012 Olympic venue at Greenwich Park Wednesday when he was the only rider in the final competition to maintain a completely clean sheet in the two rounds. And…

Olympic Individual Dressage Schedule

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August 8, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 8–The musical freestyle to determine individual Olympic dressage medals will be held Thursday as the finale of equestrian sports at historic Greenwich Park…