When Marne Martin-Tucker thinks about a role model in the equestrian world, she identifies most with the story of Laura Graves and Verdades: a rider who spent years bringing along one special horse to the top level. The amateur rider has been passionate about breeding and bringing up her own dressage horses after picking up […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 18 “Easy and clean” was Sara Hassler’s goal with Leslie Malone’s Harmony’s Boitano for the first day of the “Brentina Cup” Under-25 championship at the U.S. Dressage Festival Of Champions. She accomplished that and more on the 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Santano—Roma Jackson, Whinny Jackson) to the tune of 69.85 percent in the […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 18 Endel Ots is no stranger to the U.S. Dressage Festival Of Champions, and he came out swinging on Day 1 with his new ride Sonnenberg’s Everdance. Ots topped the Intermediaire I championship last year with Lucky Strike, and he’s set himself up nicely today with Sonnenberg Farm’s homebred 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare […]
Morven Park Horse Trials organizers have canceled their inaugural CCI4*-L due to concerns over COVID-19. The event, scheduled for Oct. 1-4 in Leesburg, Virginia, will still host national divisions from beginner novice through advanced. This would have been the first time a CCI4*-L was offered at Morven Park. The event was awarded a fall CCI4*-L […]
It’s an absolute honor to be here at the 2020 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. I’m also flattered that The Chronicle of the Horse asked me to blog about my experience here this week since they aren’t able to send a press team due to restrictions caused by COVID-19. This is my second visit to […]
Capital Challenge Horse Show management has announced that this year’s competition will be held at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio, on the original dates of Sept. 25-Oct. 4, pending approval from the U.S. Equestrian Federation. For the past 26 years, the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, has been home to the Capital […]
The U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions gets underway on Aug. 18 and runs through Aug. 23 in Wayne, Illinois, at the Lamplight Equestrian Center. While other U.S. Equestrian Federation national championships have been canceled due to COVID-19, this year’s Festival is scheduled to run following strict protocols. Competition begins on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 9 […]
Allison Springer’s five-star partner Arthur has died after an episode of laminitis. He was 21. Springer began her partnership with the Irish Thoroughbred gelding (Brandenburg’s Windstar—Kelly) in 2004, and together they completed 38 of 44 international events they entered, with highlights including a U.S. Equestrian Federation National Championship and an overall second-placed finish at the […]
I purchased my little mare, Callie, knowing that she came from a jumper background, but also knowing that she had stepped into many different rings (hunters, dressage) willingly, and that she had an excellent brain and a can-do attitude. I spent that first spring and summer trying to slow her rhythm down and build her […]
The board of directors and show management teams for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show  and Washington International Horse Show (District of Columbia), presented by Mars Equestrian, have made the difficult decision to cancel their previously announced 2020 events scheduled to be held in Tampa, Florida. As multiple issues have evolved resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, WIHS found it impossible […]
When Marne Martin-Tucker thinks about a role model in the equestrian world, she identifies most with the story of Laura Graves and Verdades: a rider who spent years bringing along one special horse to the top level. The amateur rider has been passionate about breeding and bringing up her own dressage horses after picking up […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 18 “Easy and clean” was Sara Hassler’s goal with Leslie Malone’s Harmony’s Boitano for the first day of the “Brentina Cup” Under-25 championship at the U.S. Dressage Festival Of Champions. She accomplished that and more on the 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Santano—Roma Jackson, Whinny Jackson) to the tune of 69.85 percent in the […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 18 Endel Ots is no stranger to the U.S. Dressage Festival Of Champions, and he came out swinging on Day 1 with his new ride Sonnenberg’s Everdance. Ots topped the Intermediaire I championship last year with Lucky Strike, and he’s set himself up nicely today with Sonnenberg Farm’s homebred 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare […]
Morven Park Horse Trials organizers have canceled their inaugural CCI4*-L due to concerns over COVID-19. The event, scheduled for Oct. 1-4 in Leesburg, Virginia, will still host national divisions from beginner novice through advanced. This would have been the first time a CCI4*-L was offered at Morven Park. The event was awarded a fall CCI4*-L […]
It’s an absolute honor to be here at the 2020 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. I’m also flattered that The Chronicle of the Horse asked me to blog about my experience here this week since they aren’t able to send a press team due to restrictions caused by COVID-19. This is my second visit to […]
Capital Challenge Horse Show management has announced that this year’s competition will be held at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio, on the original dates of Sept. 25-Oct. 4, pending approval from the U.S. Equestrian Federation. For the past 26 years, the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, has been home to the Capital […]
The U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions gets underway on Aug. 18 and runs through Aug. 23 in Wayne, Illinois, at the Lamplight Equestrian Center. While other U.S. Equestrian Federation national championships have been canceled due to COVID-19, this year’s Festival is scheduled to run following strict protocols. Competition begins on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 9 […]
Allison Springer’s five-star partner Arthur has died after an episode of laminitis. He was 21. Springer began her partnership with the Irish Thoroughbred gelding (Brandenburg’s Windstar—Kelly) in 2004, and together they completed 38 of 44 international events they entered, with highlights including a U.S. Equestrian Federation National Championship and an overall second-placed finish at the […]
I purchased my little mare, Callie, knowing that she came from a jumper background, but also knowing that she had stepped into many different rings (hunters, dressage) willingly, and that she had an excellent brain and a can-do attitude. I spent that first spring and summer trying to slow her rhythm down and build her […]
The board of directors and show management teams for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show  and Washington International Horse Show (District of Columbia), presented by Mars Equestrian, have made the difficult decision to cancel their previously announced 2020 events scheduled to be held in Tampa, Florida. As multiple issues have evolved resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, WIHS found it impossible […]
