All 91 dressage horses passed World Championship veterinary examination Monday ready to begin two days of Grand Prix with three of 19 national teams to make the podium…
WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan, 23–Tinne Velhelmsson-Silfvén returned Divertimento to the competition arena Thursday after a break of eight months and posted a personal best score of 75.000 per cent to capture the Global Dressage Festival World Cup Grand Prix in an…
WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 22, 2014–Caroline Roffman rides Her Highness O in the first international Grand Prix on Thursday in another step she hopes will win her a place on a United States team at a world championship on a horse…
Editor’s Note: Ilse Schwarz is an Australian FEI rider who moved to the United States in 1998 to marry an American (this editor). She brought with her an Australian Thoroughbred mare she was riding dressage and bred her to Contango….
Orion, competed in recent years by Pia Fortmuller after being ridden by Leslie Reid on the Canadian team at the 2008 Olympics and the 2003 Pan American Games, has died of colic in Germany at the age of 18 years…
WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 22–Many dressage riders and fans expressed disappointment at a change of time for the Global Dressage Festival’s “Friday Night Stars” World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle because of a conflict with the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation benefit event…
WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 21–Country music star Hunter Hayes will perform a full concert to accompany some of the world’s top equestrians competing in the Great Charity Challenge that is on track to distribute $1.75 million (€1.29 million) in what may…
CAEN, France, Jan. 21, 2014–More than 200,000 tickets, almost half the total to be offered, have already been sold for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France from Aug. 23 to Sept. 7, with many tickets for the…
WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 20, 2014–In 2011, as a meeting was breaking up of the Wellington Equestrian Partners, a group of wealthy individuals and families joined in a common goal to back development of the Winter Equestrian Festival, Kimberly Boyer spoke…
The number of horses and riders scoring at least 80 per cent in the Grand Prix dropped sharply in 2013 after the London Olympic year boom when seven combinations from four countries broke the barrier for the competition that will…
WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 18, 2014–Instant replay to review umpire decisions was introduced Saturday for the first time in the history of polo at a 12-goal game at Grand Champions Polo Club that is the center of a fast-growing and innovative…