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….
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…
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…
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….
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…
With the retirement of Valegro at London Olympia this week, dressage-news.com asked Alan Davies, groom of the 14-year-old KWPN gelding, and Carl Hester, part-owner of the horse, coach and mentor of rider Charlotte Dujardin, to share some memories…
Australian dressage judge Susan Hoevenaars made it known Monday she has been diagnosed with “early stage” breast cancer and will go into the hospital at the end of the week for further treatment…
Sir Radjah, the 11-year-old Westfalen gelding competed by Beatriz Ferrer-Salat of Spain, died during colic surgery in Lyon, France after competing in the Geneva CHI CDI4*…
MOSCOW, Dec. 11, 2016–Hanna Karasiova of Belarus and Arlekino won the World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday to finish in the top two in Central Europe to be invited to the global championship final in Omaha Mar. 27-April 2. Russia’s…
Lee Tubman of Canada and Cesar Torrente of Colombia have been promoted to FEI 4* judges effective Jan. 1, the second highest level of international judging…