RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sept. 2–Isabell Werth and Warum Nicht FRH led a contingent of top Europeans to dominate the premiere of the €100,000 (US$144,000) Oi Athina Onassis Horse Show CDI4* Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro Friday…

WARENDORF, Germany, Sept. 1–Fürstenball OLD ridden by Germany’s Ines Westendarp was the top qualifier for the final of the five-year-old Budeschampionate on Thursday with Florentinus V ridden by the USA’s Jennifer Hoffman placing second…

Construction of six dressage competition arenas is moving full speed ahead and a contract has been signed for fabrication of components for a covered arena and about 180 permanent horse stalls to be ready for the 2012 Global Dressage Festival…

Scott Hassler, the driving force of America’s young horse program for the past decade, has signed a new three-year-contract to continue building what he believes is the future of dressage in the United States…

Günter Seidel and Jane and Dick Brown have ended one of the most enduring partnerships in the history of dressage during which the German-born rider competed with their horses in three Olympics and five world championships to collect 14 bronze…

VECHTA, Germany, Au. 29–A la Dressage, a colt by Ampere-Sandro Hit, was bought at the Oldenburg sale for a record price of €200,000 (US$290,000) at a German elite foal auction. The buyer was Swiss…

WAYNE, Illinois, Aug. 28–The American-bred Pikko del Cerro HU, an eight-year-old Hanoverian stallion and ridden by Lisa Wilcox, won the U.S. Developing Horse Championship Sunday, eking out the victory over Pie ridden by Croline Roffman…

WAYNE, Illinois, Aug. 27–Donna Tella, an Oldenburg mare found in Holland but ridden by a Belgian, won the U.S. five-year-old dressage championship Saturday, while the four-year-old title went to Furst Fiorano ridden by Alyssa Pitts whose one-year break from college…

OTTAWA, Ontario, Aug. 27–Canada’s dressage team for the Pan American Games was announced Friday…

SYDNEY, Aug. 27–Australia will spend more on high performance Olympic equestrian disciplines and up-and-coming horse and rider combination and develop a European base to support athletes abroad…