The United States dressage team is experiencing mixed fortunes ahead of the start of the Nations Cup designed to select a squad for the World Championships next month…
FBW Kennedy, who was ridden in two Olympic Games by different riders–the USA’s Robert Dover and Lone Jorgensen of Denmark–has died in his sleep. The Baden Württemberger chestnut gelding was 22-years-old…
WELLINGTON, Florida, Feb. 3–Fans of World Equestrian Games double bronze medalist Steffen Peters can now enjoy a personal moment on with a “Custom Moment” video by Custom Saddlery launching the www.dressage-news.com Video Marketplace on the global Internet site…
COLORA, Maryland, Feb. 3–Christopher Hickey will be competing Witness, an-eight-year-old gelding acquired by Hilltop Farm, Inc. where he is the head trainer…
I am writing this email in support of USEF’s new helmet rule. I think it is about time that USEF stood up and made helmets mandatory for dressage. For all those who claim it is their right to not wear…
Debbie McDonald, Olympic and World Equestran Games medalist and World Cup champion, was thrown from a horse in Southern California Tuesday, and said that wearing a safety helmet helped her escape severe brain injury…
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Feb. 2–Tickets for the European Dressage Championships to be held in Rotterdam Aug. 17-21 went on sale Wednesday at www.ecdressage2011.com…
The British Equestrian Federation has announced that the British Grooms Association and the Showing Council have joined the 16 independent equestrian bodies as members of the BEF, and the addition of new board members…
LOXAHATCHEE, Florida, Feb. 1–Caroline Roffman has taken over the ride on Beemer, the 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding that Lars Petersen has competed for the past two years in the U.S. and Europe with mixed results…
A week after the decision that dressage riders competing in sanctioned U.S. national level competitions must wear a safety helmet on show grounds, there was widespread adoption even at FEI level at national shows in Florida and California although the…