Individual places for 13 nations in addition to the 11 teams already qualified for dressage at the London Olympic Games were announced Friday by the International Equestrian Federation, and include Japan’s 71-year-old Hiroshi Hoketsu in his third Games in 48…

WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 1–An entertainment extravaganza is being planned for the inaugural $120,000 Global Dressage Festival CDI5* Grand Prix Freestyle under lights on Friday, Mar. 30, the night before the Jumping CSI5* at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center….

Wayne Channon, secretary general of the International Riders Club, accused the International Equestrian Federation of seeking to weaken the riders group by moving to suspend it from the FEI…

The International Equestrian Federation Bureau has initiated suspension proceedings against the International Dressage Riders Club as an FEI Associate Member for “apparent lack of respect for the fundamental principles of good governance”…

The International Equestrian Federation notified the Dominican Republic national federation Tuesday that it has accepted as “official” a protest against approval for Brazil to hold Olympic qualifying competitions with predominantly national judges…

The French equestrian magazine, Grand Prix, has published in its March edition an interview with U.S. dressage rider Steffen Peters. The magazine is published in French and distributed throughout Europe. Grand Prix gave permission for dressage-news.com to reprint the interview…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Feb. 27–William Steinkraus, a five-time Olympic jumper rider and the first American to win an individual gold medal, has been nominated for induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame at the age of 99…

Heather Mason has been awarded the $25,000 Carol Lavell Advanced Dressage Prize by The Dressage Foundation, recognizing her performances in 2011 when she was an alternate for the U.S. Pan American Games team and swept the small tour at Dressage…

The Dominican Rublic has filed an “official protest” with the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) over its approval of CDI3* events in Brazil with a predominantly national panel of judges that last weekend awarded the top Brazilian rider personal best scores…

BURBANK, California, Feb. 25–Steffen Peters rode his first Olympic Grand Prix Special Saturday on Lgolas rather than Ravel to post the highest score of any American so far in a performance that showed none of the “green” mistakes from their…