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Germany Dominates Preliminary Round of Young Horse World Championships for Five Year Old Dressage Horses

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August 4, 2012
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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)…

London Olympics are Ravel’s Last Championship

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August 3, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 3–Ravel, the horse that Steffen Peters has ridden into American dressage history, is likely performing in his last championship after a career that won a World Cup title, individual world championship medals and within a whisker of the…

Valegro’s Highest Ever Olympic Grand Prix Score Puts Britain in Lead Halfway in Team Contest

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August 3, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 3–A performance by Valegro and Charlotte Dujardin that stunned 23,000 spectators into silence and earned the pair the highest ever Olympic Grand Prix score Friday, gave Great Britain a lead over Germany of a little over one-half of…

Woodlander Farouche and Michael Eilberg, Unbeatable in the 6yo Preliminary Finals

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August 3, 2012
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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…

Adrienne Lyle & Wizard Begin Olymics Friday

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August 2, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 2–Adrienne Lyle on Friday will ride for the United States in her first Olympic Games at the age of 27, but with ancestors that entitle her to be a citizen of the Cherokee Nation…

Rookie Lyndal Oatley Leads Australian Team in Grand Prix Phase of Olympic Team Competition

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August 2, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 2–Lyndal Oatley, a first-time Olympian, and her still developing Grand Prix horse, Sandro Boy, led the Australian team Thursday, the first day of the two-stage Nations Cup competition at London’s historic Greenwich Park….

Ann Romney Happy with “Elegant, Consistent, Fabulous” Olympic Performance by Rafalca and Jan Ebeling

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August 2, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 2–Ann Romney, wife of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was happy with the “elegant, consistent, fabulous” performance by the mare, Rafalca, of which she is a part-owner and came to London to watch compete for the United States…

Carl Hester & Uthopia Lead After 1st Day of Olympic Dressage, Germany’s Top Two Yet to Ride in Team Grand Prix

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August 2, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 2–Carl Hester and Uthopia led a British drive to the top of the Olympic team standings after the first day of Grand Prix Thursday, but Germany’s top two combination are yet to ride and for the first time…

Olympic Dressage To Begin, Top Riders & Horses Get Final Tuneup

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August 1, 2012
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LONDON, Aug. 1–Final tuneups were performed Wednesday by a British team that looks ready to collect its first ever Olympic medal, Gemany determined to keep its gold medal run intact for eight straight Games, a born-again Salinero to match emerging…

Victoria Max-Theurer’s “Hobby” Takes Her to Third Olymics at Age of 26

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August 1, 2012
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When Victoria Max-Theurer rides Augustin OLD into the dressage arena it will be her third Olympics by the age of 26, amazing success for the Austrian who is in the top ranks of the sport at the sme time she…