Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 28 Young horse producers in the United States are a valuable part of a horse’s training. Whether they’re U.S.-bred or imported, every horse needs a strong start and a good set of basics so they can move up the levels, however far they make it. While these trainers don’t often get the spotlight, […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 28 It was a busy day at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions, and we’ve got a roundup of winners. Read on to learn more. Adequan/USEF Junior Dressage National Championship Kat Fuqua got her first dressage championship win ever when she topped the Adequan/USEF Junior Dressage National Championship with Dreamgirl, a 13-year-old Dutch […]
Tokyo The U.S. Para Dressage Team finished the first day of team competition at Equestrian Park in Tokyo and will have one more rider Sunday before team medal positions are decided. Roxanne Trunnell and Dolton led as the first team ride of the evening, contesting the FEI Grade I Team Test to Music where they received an […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 27 Dressage riders tend to strive for perfection, but sometimes you just have to brush off the mistakes and move on. For Alice Tarjan, the Grand Prix Special today with Candescent wasn’t perfect, with some mistakes in her two tempis, a piroutte and a canter half-pass, but she chalked them up to honest […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 27 A year ago, Tullymor’s Houdini was cantering around the Kentucky Horse Park at the U.S. Eventing Association American Eventing Championships. He came home with the win that weekend in the beginner novice junior, 14 & under division, and in the last year his rider Tessa Geven has turned her focus with the […]
The U.S. Para-Dressage Team for the Tokyo Paralympic team test has been named. The three-person team to ride the FEI Team Test to Music will consist of newly crowned Paralympic gold medalists Roxanne Trunnell and Dolton in Grade I, plus Rebecca Hart and El Corona Texel in Grade III and Kate Shoemaker and Solitaer 40 […]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include results from the Grade III individual medal competition. Roxanne Trunnell won individual bronze during the 2018 Tryon World Equestrian Games, but the international buzz around the paraequestrian started building in earnest in 2020, when she earned three consecutive scores above 80 percent to boost her to […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 26 Some people might say Alice Tarjan has a “type” of horse. Yes, she can often be found on stunning, big-moving black mares, but the amateur rider insists that’s not on purpose. She’s brought seven horses to compete at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions this week, and each one is different in […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 26 He may be nearly twice as old as his rider, but In My Feelings isn’t slowing down anytime soon. The 26-year-old gelding of unknown breeding wowed the judges in the USEF Pony Rider Dressage National Championship today at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions with Maren Elise Fouché-Hanson to take the lead […]
When Abigail Taft pulled My Merry Way out of his owner’s field in 2018, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with him. She started schooling him on the flat and then he was used for lessons. By 2019, “Astro” was jobless again, and she began riding him—seriously, this time— and took him to his first recognized show, at […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 28 Young horse producers in the United States are a valuable part of a horse’s training. Whether they’re U.S.-bred or imported, every horse needs a strong start and a good set of basics so they can move up the levels, however far they make it. While these trainers don’t often get the spotlight, […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 28 It was a busy day at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions, and we’ve got a roundup of winners. Read on to learn more. Adequan/USEF Junior Dressage National Championship Kat Fuqua got her first dressage championship win ever when she topped the Adequan/USEF Junior Dressage National Championship with Dreamgirl, a 13-year-old Dutch […]
Tokyo The U.S. Para Dressage Team finished the first day of team competition at Equestrian Park in Tokyo and will have one more rider Sunday before team medal positions are decided. Roxanne Trunnell and Dolton led as the first team ride of the evening, contesting the FEI Grade I Team Test to Music where they received an […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 27 Dressage riders tend to strive for perfection, but sometimes you just have to brush off the mistakes and move on. For Alice Tarjan, the Grand Prix Special today with Candescent wasn’t perfect, with some mistakes in her two tempis, a piroutte and a canter half-pass, but she chalked them up to honest […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 27 A year ago, Tullymor’s Houdini was cantering around the Kentucky Horse Park at the U.S. Eventing Association American Eventing Championships. He came home with the win that weekend in the beginner novice junior, 14 & under division, and in the last year his rider Tessa Geven has turned her focus with the […]
The U.S. Para-Dressage Team for the Tokyo Paralympic team test has been named. The three-person team to ride the FEI Team Test to Music will consist of newly crowned Paralympic gold medalists Roxanne Trunnell and Dolton in Grade I, plus Rebecca Hart and El Corona Texel in Grade III and Kate Shoemaker and Solitaer 40 […]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include results from the Grade III individual medal competition. Roxanne Trunnell won individual bronze during the 2018 Tryon World Equestrian Games, but the international buzz around the paraequestrian started building in earnest in 2020, when she earned three consecutive scores above 80 percent to boost her to […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 26 Some people might say Alice Tarjan has a “type” of horse. Yes, she can often be found on stunning, big-moving black mares, but the amateur rider insists that’s not on purpose. She’s brought seven horses to compete at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions this week, and each one is different in […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 26 He may be nearly twice as old as his rider, but In My Feelings isn’t slowing down anytime soon. The 26-year-old gelding of unknown breeding wowed the judges in the USEF Pony Rider Dressage National Championship today at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions with Maren Elise Fouché-Hanson to take the lead […]
When Abigail Taft pulled My Merry Way out of his owner’s field in 2018, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with him. She started schooling him on the flat and then he was used for lessons. By 2019, “Astro” was jobless again, and she began riding him—seriously, this time— and took him to his first recognized show, at […]
