Emma Smith, a 25-year-old USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and USDF-certified instructor based in Delano, Minnesota, is chronicling her trip to the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions this week, where she is competing in the Brentina Cup U25 Grand Prix with Stedemann, a 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Stedinger—SPS Weissendra, Hardenberg Donnerschwee) donated to her through […]
The Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I National Championship and the Adequan/USEF Para Dressage National Championship continued with riders’ second tests Tuesday, the second day of competition at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in Wayne, Illinois. Christian Simonson, Ventura, California, took a firm lead in the I-1 championship with his second class win aboard Son Of A Lady […]
I bought Ojalá (Vitalis—Fienna, Sir Sinclair) from her breeder, Belinda Nairn, as a foal. She grew up in a field, learned to stand on crossties, lead, have a bath, be civilized. At 3, she was backed. She learned to walk, trot and canter on the bit like a lady, work with other horses in the […]
Emma Smith, a 25-year-old USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and USDF-certified instructor based in Delano, Minnesota, will be video blogging for the Chronicle from this year’s U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. Smith will be competing in the U25 Grand Prix with Stedemann, a 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Stedinger—SPS Weissendra, Hardenberg Donnerschwee) donated to her through […]
During the latest in a series of online town hall meetings hosted by U.S. Hunter Jumper Association President Mary Knowlton, participants on Monday evening reflected on how horse welfare intersected with last week’s Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship in Lexington, Kentucky. Participants were specifically interested in the fact that there was no jog held and instead participants […]
Emma Smith, a 25-year-old USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and USDF-certified instructor based in Delano, Minnesota, will be video blogging for the Chronicle from this year’s U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. Smith will be competing in the U25 Grand Prix with Stedemann, a 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Stedinger—SPS Weissendra, Hardenberg Donnerschwee) donated to her through […]
Competition at the 2023 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in Wayne, Illinois, kicked off Monday with the first tests for the Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I National Championship and the Adequan/USEF Para Dressage National Championship. In the FEI Prix St. Georges test for the Intermediaire I championship, Christian Simonson, Ventura, California, took home the first blue ribbon […]
The deadline for final entries for the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover was this week, specifically at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15. That meant it was decision time for me. One of the difficult things about this unique competition is entering two months in advance, not truly knowing where your green horse will be […]
Hundreds of the country’s best dressage riders, from teens and ponies to top Grand Prix pairs, are arriving in Wayne, Illinois, this week for the annual U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions and Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships. This marks the second year that para-dressage riders will contest their championship at Lamplight Equestrian Center, as […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 19 When you think hunter derbies, you think John French. Fourteen years ago, he helped put the USHJA International Hunter Derby program on the map when he jumped to the win on a charismatic gray gelding named Rumba. Since then, he’s won derbies on both coasts and had good finishes in the championship, […]
Emma Smith, a 25-year-old USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and USDF-certified instructor based in Delano, Minnesota, is chronicling her trip to the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions this week, where she is competing in the Brentina Cup U25 Grand Prix with Stedemann, a 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Stedinger—SPS Weissendra, Hardenberg Donnerschwee) donated to her through […]
The Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I National Championship and the Adequan/USEF Para Dressage National Championship continued with riders’ second tests Tuesday, the second day of competition at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in Wayne, Illinois. Christian Simonson, Ventura, California, took a firm lead in the I-1 championship with his second class win aboard Son Of A Lady […]
I bought Ojalá (Vitalis—Fienna, Sir Sinclair) from her breeder, Belinda Nairn, as a foal. She grew up in a field, learned to stand on crossties, lead, have a bath, be civilized. At 3, she was backed. She learned to walk, trot and canter on the bit like a lady, work with other horses in the […]
Emma Smith, a 25-year-old USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and USDF-certified instructor based in Delano, Minnesota, will be video blogging for the Chronicle from this year’s U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. Smith will be competing in the U25 Grand Prix with Stedemann, a 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Stedinger—SPS Weissendra, Hardenberg Donnerschwee) donated to her through […]
During the latest in a series of online town hall meetings hosted by U.S. Hunter Jumper Association President Mary Knowlton, participants on Monday evening reflected on how horse welfare intersected with last week’s Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship in Lexington, Kentucky. Participants were specifically interested in the fact that there was no jog held and instead participants […]
Emma Smith, a 25-year-old USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist and USDF-certified instructor based in Delano, Minnesota, will be video blogging for the Chronicle from this year’s U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. Smith will be competing in the U25 Grand Prix with Stedemann, a 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding (Stedinger—SPS Weissendra, Hardenberg Donnerschwee) donated to her through […]
Competition at the 2023 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions in Wayne, Illinois, kicked off Monday with the first tests for the Neue Schule/USEF Intermediaire I National Championship and the Adequan/USEF Para Dressage National Championship. In the FEI Prix St. Georges test for the Intermediaire I championship, Christian Simonson, Ventura, California, took home the first blue ribbon […]
The deadline for final entries for the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover was this week, specifically at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15. That meant it was decision time for me. One of the difficult things about this unique competition is entering two months in advance, not truly knowing where your green horse will be […]
Hundreds of the country’s best dressage riders, from teens and ponies to top Grand Prix pairs, are arriving in Wayne, Illinois, this week for the annual U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions and Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse Dressage National Championships. This marks the second year that para-dressage riders will contest their championship at Lamplight Equestrian Center, as […]
Lexington, Ky.—Aug. 19 When you think hunter derbies, you think John French. Fourteen years ago, he helped put the USHJA International Hunter Derby program on the map when he jumped to the win on a charismatic gray gelding named Rumba. Since then, he’s won derbies on both coasts and had good finishes in the championship, […]
