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Miami Animal Import Center & Santa Anita Race Track in Los Angeles to Partially Reopen After Deaths of Horses

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Miami Animal Import Center & Santa Anita Race Track in Los Angeles to Partially Reopen After Deaths of Horses
Operations will begin to return to normal Monday at Miami Animal Import Center and Santa Anita racetrack in Los Angeles that are 2,700 miles/4,400km apart but where the deaths of a total of 25 horses in less than three months remain as apparently totally unrelated mysteries Read More

USA’s Kathy Priest & Damon’s Fantasy Win Iron Spring Farm Future Stars Performance Series Qualifier, Canada’s Cheryl Roberts & Famous Forever Also Qualify

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on USA’s Kathy Priest & Damon’s Fantasy Win Iron Spring Farm Future Stars Performance Series Qualifier, Canada’s Cheryl Roberts & Famous Forever Also Qualify
WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 2, 2019–Kathy Priest of the United States rode her Damon's Fantasy to victory in the Iron Spring Farm Future Stars Performance Series Saturday while Cheryl Roberts on Famous Forever became the second Canadian to qualify to the final at the Global Dressage Festival at the end of March Read More

Charlotte Jorst & Nintendo Return to Wellington After 2-Year Break to Win CDI3* Grand Prix

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Charlotte Jorst & Nintendo Return to Wellington After 2-Year Break to Win CDI3* Grand Prix
WELLINGTON, Florida, Feb. 21, 2019--Charlotte Jorst and Kastel's Nintendo returned to the Adequan Global Dressage Festival to claim victory in the CDI3* Grand Prix Thursday after an absence of two years that she described as time spent "really learning to ride... getting all my basics." Read More

USA Launches Coaches Support Network to Expand Training, Support Across Nation–Willy Arts, Ali Brock, Ashley Holzer, Günter Seidel Sign On to Give Back

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on USA Launches Coaches Support Network to Expand Training, Support Across Nation–Willy Arts, Ali Brock, Ashley Holzer, Günter Seidel Sign On to Give Back
Some of America's top riders and trainers, including three Olympians, have joined a Coaches Support Network newly created by the United States Equestrian Federation to expand training and support to overcome vast distances across the nation. The trainers described their involvement in the program unique in U.S. dressage as an "honor" to give back to the sport in which they have been successful. Read More

Sale of Horse Trainer’s Dream–by Ilse Schwarz

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Sale of Horse Trainer’s Dream–by Ilse Schwarz
On February 15, 2019, Magnolia Farm is going to luxury auction. Given the amount of foot traffic the farm has been receiving on its multiple open days, I am fairly sure that I will be looking for a new residence for Ilse Schwarz Dressage before the end of the Wellington winter season Read More

Alleged Abuse Case Involving Rider & Trainer at Wellington Dressage CDI Sidestepped by International & USA Federations

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Alleged Abuse Case Involving Rider & Trainer at Wellington Dressage CDI Sidestepped by International & USA Federations
WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 29, 2019--A decision by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) and considered appropriate by the U.S. Equestrian Federation to not become involved in one of the first alleged incidents of violence at a horse show after America's Safe Sport Act was signed into law has thrust dressage judges into the unfamiliar role of dealing with violent actions that occur on show grounds Read More

Germany’s Christoph Koschel & Shakespeare Win Iron Spring Farm Future Stars Performance Series Wellington Qualifier

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Germany’s Christoph Koschel & Shakespeare Win Iron Spring Farm Future Stars Performance Series Wellington Qualifier
WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 26, 2019--German team rider Christoph Koschel and the nine-year-old Shakespeare won the Iron Spring Farm Future Stars Performance Series second round Saturday, a victory that he declared as exciting as competing as a teenager in the famed Nürnberger Burg-Pokal German Small Tour championships on which the new American event is based Read More
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