USA nominates six rider and horse combinations, currently all in Europe, among teams from 20 nations for World Championships dressage in Aachen, Germany Aug. 8-15…
BONEO, Australia, Oct. 21, 2017–Brett Parbery and DP Weltmieser won the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle Saturday for the third victory in seven starts since returning from European competitions last summer. Brett and the 15-year-old Australian-bred gelding that have been…
Isabell Werth, the most decorated equestrian in history and beginning defense of her World Cup title this weekend, has dismissed as “completely unnecessary” a proposal by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) to drop the highest and lowest judges’ scores in…
BONEO, Victoria, Oct. 20, 2017–Judy Dierks and Diamond Star were declared the winner of the World Cup Grand Prix Friday after a penalty for early entry was removed, placing Brett Parbery on DP Weltmieser second…
HELSINKI, Oct. 20, 2017–Sweden’s Jeanna Högberg rode Duendecillo P to a personal best score to win the CDI3* Grand Prix Friday…
BONEO, Victoria, Oct. 20, 2017–Brett Parbery and DP Weltmieser won the World Cup Grand Prix Friday with their highest score at Grand Prix in two years….
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Oct. 19, 2017–US Equestrian began seeking bids Thursday for the 2018 and 2019 dressage national championships that in recent years have staged division titles in different cities…
LE MANS, France, Oct. 19, 2017–Anders Dahl and Selten HW posted their highest score of the year to win the CDI3* Grand Prix Thursday and edging past Catherine Haddad-Staller and Semper Fidelis in only the second international competition for the…
Denmark to Impose Limit on Noseband Tightness in Competition After Study Finds Link to Mouth Lesions
The Danish Equestrian Federation has adopted a new rule on the tightness of nosebands on horses in competition based on a study that it reports “shows a clear correlation between tight nosebands and the presence of mouth lesions.”…
World Equestrian Games tickets went on sale to the public Monday but all day passes for three days of dressage and jumping at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina were already sold out because of higher than expected…
WELLINGTON, Florida, Oct. 15, 2017–Discover Dressage, a newly formed group named as title sponsor of United States Emerging Dressage Athlete Program, has committed to donate $1 million over the next four years to American junior, young rider and under-25 development…