When Donegal V stepped into the Grand Prix ring Feb. 9 during Week 5 of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, in Wellington, Florida, it was a big moment in the 15-year-old gelding’s career. It’d been nearly three years since the Dutch Warmblood (Johnson TN—Remy, Gribaldi) had last performed a test, and for a long time, […]
The U.S. Dressage Federation announced this week that it has launched its revamped instructor certification program, now known as the USDF Instructor/Trainer Development Program, to better achieve its goals of educating and certifying instructors and trainers, as well as making education more accessible to the general membership. The program also now features pathways to educate […]
After nearly a decade as fixtures on the international Grand Prix scene, Charlotte Jorst is retiring her top horse and longtime partner Kastel’s Nintendo. The 20-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Negro—Rodieni R, Monaco) stallion’s last competition was the FEI World Cup Grand Prix freestyle held March 3 during the Palm Beach Dressage Derby, where the pair finished […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale announced the 17 horse-and-rider combinations who will compete at the FEI Dressage World Cup Final, which takes place alongside the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final and the Burlington Capital FEI Vaulting World Cup Final at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, April 4-8. Jumping entries will be determined […]
Caroline Chew is many things: An attorney, an Olympian, a groundbreaking Singaporean athlete and, for this winter at least, a part-time Floridian. Chew, who normally lives and works in London, has temporarily relocated to her firm’s Washington, D.C., office so that she can compete on the Wellington, Florida, circuit for the first time this winter. […]
How disciplined are you in your riding? Can you maintain straightness down a line of jumps—leaving the ground perfectly in the middle of each fence? Can you execute inside turns without becoming jerky or losing impulsion? Will your horse come to a halt between fences, before cantering off softly to the next fence a few strides away? […]
When Naomi Gard first met the thin, scruffy-looking 15.1-hand pinto gelding on a cold day in January 2017, she wasn’t immediately impressed. “Skipper” had been seized by local authorities due to neglect about a year earlier and was brought to Sound Equine Options, a rescue in Gresham, Oregon, critically thin. After he was back to […]
Rhythm and balance. From riders going beginner novice to riders aiming at the upper levels, those tenets ruled every part of cross-country day at William Fox-Pitt’s two-day clinic last week at Zaragoza Acres in Jeffersonton, Virginia. If a rider has rhythm and balance, the three-time British Olympic medalist said, the striding doesn’t matter as much. With the right rhythm and […]
PAID PROMOTION “We are pleased and excited to offer the Hallmarq Standing MRI here at Park Equine Hospital. This high-power imaging modality is an extremely beneficial tool for all horses, especially for sport and performance horses. When one of our personal horses needed an MRI, we did not want to lay the horse down […]
When Donegal V stepped into the Grand Prix ring Feb. 9 during Week 5 of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, in Wellington, Florida, it was a big moment in the 15-year-old gelding’s career. It’d been nearly three years since the Dutch Warmblood (Johnson TN—Remy, Gribaldi) had last performed a test, and for a long time, […]
The U.S. Dressage Federation announced this week that it has launched its revamped instructor certification program, now known as the USDF Instructor/Trainer Development Program, to better achieve its goals of educating and certifying instructors and trainers, as well as making education more accessible to the general membership. The program also now features pathways to educate […]
Just how did super-mare HH Azur find her way to McLain Ward? We found out from her breeder, Nathalie Beaufort of Belgium.
After nearly a decade as fixtures on the international Grand Prix scene, Charlotte Jorst is retiring her top horse and longtime partner Kastel’s Nintendo. The 20-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Negro—Rodieni R, Monaco) stallion’s last competition was the FEI World Cup Grand Prix freestyle held March 3 during the Palm Beach Dressage Derby, where the pair finished […]
The Fédération Equestre Internationale announced the 17 horse-and-rider combinations who will compete at the FEI Dressage World Cup Final, which takes place alongside the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final and the Burlington Capital FEI Vaulting World Cup Final at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, April 4-8. Jumping entries will be determined […]
Caroline Chew is many things: An attorney, an Olympian, a groundbreaking Singaporean athlete and, for this winter at least, a part-time Floridian. Chew, who normally lives and works in London, has temporarily relocated to her firm’s Washington, D.C., office so that she can compete on the Wellington, Florida, circuit for the first time this winter. […]
How disciplined are you in your riding? Can you maintain straightness down a line of jumps—leaving the ground perfectly in the middle of each fence? Can you execute inside turns without becoming jerky or losing impulsion? Will your horse come to a halt between fences, before cantering off softly to the next fence a few strides away? […]
When Naomi Gard first met the thin, scruffy-looking 15.1-hand pinto gelding on a cold day in January 2017, she wasn’t immediately impressed. “Skipper” had been seized by local authorities due to neglect about a year earlier and was brought to Sound Equine Options, a rescue in Gresham, Oregon, critically thin. After he was back to […]
Rhythm and balance. From riders going beginner novice to riders aiming at the upper levels, those tenets ruled every part of cross-country day at William Fox-Pitt’s two-day clinic last week at Zaragoza Acres in Jeffersonton, Virginia. If a rider has rhythm and balance, the three-time British Olympic medalist said, the striding doesn’t matter as much. With the right rhythm and […]
PAID PROMOTION “We are pleased and excited to offer the Hallmarq Standing MRI here at Park Equine Hospital. This high-power imaging modality is an extremely beneficial tool for all horses, especially for sport and performance horses. When one of our personal horses needed an MRI, we did not want to lay the horse down […]
