Olympics

Robert Dover at WEG, His Last USA Coaching Championship, His Hopes & Future

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Robert Dover at WEG, His Last USA Coaching Championship, His Hopes & Future
When Robert Dover heads to Tryon in the next few days for the World Equestrian Games, it will be his last coaching assignment for an American championship team that he hopes will be high on the medals podium as the crowning achievement of a career that has spanned a half century with medals from four Olympics Read More

USA Team Preparing for World Equestrian Games, Quietly Hopeful of Medals at Home Championships Opening in 3 Weeks–Laura Graves & Verdades

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on USA Team Preparing for World Equestrian Games, Quietly Hopeful of Medals at Home Championships Opening in 3 Weeks–Laura Graves & Verdades
The American riders on The Dutta Corp. team for the World Equestrian Games are focused on final preparations for the World Equestrian Games at home in Tryon, North Carolina opening in three weeks, with cameraderie that has already seen a return to Olympic success and quality built over years that coach Robert Dover says has produced the country's best ever team Read More

Sönke Rothenberger & Cosmo to Compete at CHI Donaueschingen Seeking to Qualify for Tryon

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Sönke Rothenberger & Cosmo to Compete at CHI Donaueschingen Seeking to Qualify for Tryon
DONAUESHINGEN, Germany, Aug. 16, 2018--Sönke Rothenberger will compete his Olympic gold medal mount Cosmo this weekend in a last-minute bid to qualify for the Tryon World Equestrian Games, along with team mate Isabell Werth giving German selectors a choice of three different horses for the championships Read More

FEI President Ingmar de Vos Appointed to Influential International Olympic Committee Legal Affairs Commission

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on FEI President Ingmar de Vos Appointed to Influential International Olympic Committee Legal Affairs Commission
Ingmar de Vos, president of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has been appointed a member of the six-member Legal Commission that wields considerable influence including devising policies on the awarding of Olympic Games. Read More

USA Bred & Owned Mejorano Ridden for Spain, No American Flags at World Breeding Championships

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on USA Bred & Owned Mejorano Ridden for Spain, No American Flags at World Breeding Championships
Mejorano, a P.R.E. stallion bred and owned by Hampton Green Farm in Florida and Michigan, was ridden by Jose Daniel Martin Dockx for Spain in the World Breeding Dressage Championships in Ermelo, Netherlands Friday. There were no American flags in the young horse event for the first time in 10 years.Read More

Great Britain’s Short List For Tryon World Equestrian Games Team Named, Mostly Olympic/Championship Riders, Rookie Horses

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Great Britain’s Short List For Tryon World Equestrian Games Team Named, Mostly Olympic/Championship Riders, Rookie Horses
Great Britain announced Friday the short list for its team for the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina less than six weeks away, made up mostly of Olympic or championship medal riders on mostly rookie championship horses Read More

Isabell Werth Fills Latest Top Two World Ranking Spots, Entire USA Team in Top 25, Charlotte Dujardin Skyrockets to No. 10

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Isabell Werth Fills Latest Top Two World Ranking Spots, Entire USA Team in Top 25, Charlotte Dujardin Skyrockets to No. 10
Isabell Werth claimed the top two places in the latest world rankings posted Wednesday while the entire United States team was inside the top 25 for the first time and former No. 1 Charlotte Dujardin skyrocketed to 10th, all less than six weeks to the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina. Read More

Ashley Holzer After First American Team Experience Outside USA Wishes She’d Made Switch Sooner

6 years ago StraightArrow Comments Off on Ashley Holzer After First American Team Experience Outside USA Wishes She’d Made Switch Sooner
Ashley Holzer, despite having lived in the United States for many years and with a husband and two children Americans, dragged her feet to switch from riding for Canada. After her first competition with an American squad outside the U.S. she wishes she'd made the switch sooner. Read More
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