Wellington, Fla.—Jan 25 Jemma Heran likes to describe her time with Total Recall as a journey. She purchased the now 13-year-old Oldenburg (Totilas—Weihevoll, Sandro Hit) as a 7-year-old, and the pair did a lot of small tour classes in her native Australia building toward the U25 division, but COVID dashed those plans when shows stopped […]
Wellington, Fla.—Jan. 24 There’s a bit of a friendly rivalry happening between U.S. riders Anna Marek and Kevin Kohmann. During the press conference following the CDI-W Grand Prix freestyle Friday night at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, the two joked when asked about their plans for the season. “Try to beat Kevin,” Marek said. And […]
Wellington, Fla.—Jan. 24 Three weeks ago, Claire Merrill-McNulty had no plans to go down centerline at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. As a junior, she’d been as competitive as they come, competing at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior And Young Rider Championships (Kentucky) twice and earning individual gold and freestyle silver with Checkmate in 2015. […]
Eventer Liz Halliday was named the 2024 international equestrian of the year and hunter rider Nick Haness was named the national equestrian of the year on Thursday evening during the Pegasus Award Dinner at the USEF Annual Meeting in Lexington, Kentucky. Halliday, of Lexington, Kentucky, began riding when she was 8 years old as a member of the […]
This report in about Day 2 of the 2025 Adequan/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference. Click here to read the Day 1 report. German dressage team coach Monica Theodorescu and U.S. dressage team chef d’quipe Christine Traurig remarked on the positive changes they saw among the horses and riders they coached on the second and final day of this […]
Wellington, Fla.—Jan. 23 Thanks to Felicitas Hendricks, the German national anthem “Deutschlandlied” was heard frequently during last year’s Adequan Global Dressage Festival. The German young rider rode eight tests with her partner Drombusch OLD, and they won all but one, where they finished second behind countryman Fredric Wandres. Despite their success, the 24-year-old knew she’d […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athlete and horse combinations selected to represent the U.S. Para Dressage Team at the first CPEDI3* of the 2025 season, running today through Sunday at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida. The team will be led by chef d’equipe Michel Assouline and team leader Laureen Johnson. […]
Transitions, serpentines and counter-canter were the tools of the trade for the first day of this week’s two-day Adequan/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference. German dressage team coach Monica Theodorescu and U.S. dressage team Chef d’Equipe Christine Traurig put eight horses and riders through their paces at Mary Ann McPhail’s High Meadow Farm in Loxahatchee, Florida. Ironing […]
It has been two weeks since the devastating fires in Los Angeles began wreaking their path of havoc, to date destroying 12,000 homes and businesses, scorching nearly 40,000 acres, and claiming at least 27 lives. For many who lost everything, the path forward remains unclear, even as the smoke starts to abate and officials begin to allow […]
According to trainer Jill Pelzel, Amaya Bellfield’s riding opportunities are well-deserved. “Amaya is an incredibly hard worker,” said Pelzel of Fall River Farm in Fort Lupton, Colorado, where Bellfield is a working student. “She doesn’t just come and do the fun things. She does all of the things. She’ll pick stalls if you need her […]
Wellington, Fla.—Jan 25 Jemma Heran likes to describe her time with Total Recall as a journey. She purchased the now 13-year-old Oldenburg (Totilas—Weihevoll, Sandro Hit) as a 7-year-old, and the pair did a lot of small tour classes in her native Australia building toward the U25 division, but COVID dashed those plans when shows stopped […]
Wellington, Fla.—Jan. 24 There’s a bit of a friendly rivalry happening between U.S. riders Anna Marek and Kevin Kohmann. During the press conference following the CDI-W Grand Prix freestyle Friday night at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, the two joked when asked about their plans for the season. “Try to beat Kevin,” Marek said. And […]
Wellington, Fla.—Jan. 24 Three weeks ago, Claire Merrill-McNulty had no plans to go down centerline at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. As a junior, she’d been as competitive as they come, competing at the Adequan/FEI North American Junior And Young Rider Championships (Kentucky) twice and earning individual gold and freestyle silver with Checkmate in 2015. […]
Eventer Liz Halliday was named the 2024 international equestrian of the year and hunter rider Nick Haness was named the national equestrian of the year on Thursday evening during the Pegasus Award Dinner at the USEF Annual Meeting in Lexington, Kentucky. Halliday, of Lexington, Kentucky, began riding when she was 8 years old as a member of the […]
This report in about Day 2 of the 2025 Adequan/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference. Click here to read the Day 1 report. German dressage team coach Monica Theodorescu and U.S. dressage team chef d’quipe Christine Traurig remarked on the positive changes they saw among the horses and riders they coached on the second and final day of this […]
Wellington, Fla.—Jan. 23 Thanks to Felicitas Hendricks, the German national anthem “Deutschlandlied” was heard frequently during last year’s Adequan Global Dressage Festival. The German young rider rode eight tests with her partner Drombusch OLD, and they won all but one, where they finished second behind countryman Fredric Wandres. Despite their success, the 24-year-old knew she’d […]
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has announced the athlete and horse combinations selected to represent the U.S. Para Dressage Team at the first CPEDI3* of the 2025 season, running today through Sunday at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida. The team will be led by chef d’equipe Michel Assouline and team leader Laureen Johnson. […]
Transitions, serpentines and counter-canter were the tools of the trade for the first day of this week’s two-day Adequan/USDF FEI-Level Trainers Conference. German dressage team coach Monica Theodorescu and U.S. dressage team Chef d’Equipe Christine Traurig put eight horses and riders through their paces at Mary Ann McPhail’s High Meadow Farm in Loxahatchee, Florida. Ironing […]
It has been two weeks since the devastating fires in Los Angeles began wreaking their path of havoc, to date destroying 12,000 homes and businesses, scorching nearly 40,000 acres, and claiming at least 27 lives. For many who lost everything, the path forward remains unclear, even as the smoke starts to abate and officials begin to allow […]
According to trainer Jill Pelzel, Amaya Bellfield’s riding opportunities are well-deserved. “Amaya is an incredibly hard worker,” said Pelzel of Fall River Farm in Fort Lupton, Colorado, where Bellfield is a working student. “She doesn’t just come and do the fun things. She does all of the things. She’ll pick stalls if you need her […]
