Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 22 Michele Bondy made the three day trek from her home base in Wilsonville, Oregon, to the Lamplight Equestrian Center to ride Sonnenberg’s Kain in the Markel/USEF Young Horse 4-year-old championship, and her perseverance paid off with a winning score of 84.60 percent in the preliminary test. “It’s been a lot of trust […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 22 Fourteen U.S. Equestrian Federation national champions will be crowned this weekend at the U.S. Dressage Festival Of Champions and Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse National Dressage Championships, so it’s been a busy first two days at the picturesque Lamplight Equestrian Center. Read on to hear from some of today’s leaders! Nick Wagman […]
Officials at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (England) announced Aug. 22 that Derek di Grazia will take over from Capt. Mark Phillips as course designer in 2021. “It’s two years away, but as time goes by I’ll be able to have a better idea of what I’m going to be doing on the course […]
Dutch Paralympic riders thrilled the home crowd by taking both gold medals on offer today at the Longines FEI Para-Dressage European Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Leading the charge was Paralympic and triple world gold medallist Sanne Voets in grade IV’s individual test, swiftly followed this afternoon by Frank Hosmar in grade V’s competition.Both riders […]
In a thrilling second day of competition at the Longines FEI Jumping European Championships 2019 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands today, Team Belgium rocketed up from overnight eighth place into pole position when they were the only side to produce three clear rounds. Dutch course designer, Louis Konickx, turned up the heat with a significantly bigger […]
I started riding when I was 6. For many years, my riding dreams were simple: to love horses, be a good rider, and enjoy being competitive at the local shows my barn frequented. My horse world and knowledge of the show world were naïve and uncomplicated. When I was in junior high, I started receiving […]
Germany took the lead with four fantastic performances in the speed class on the opening day of the Longines FEI Jumping European Championships 2019 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, this afternoon. Reigning world champions, Simone Blum and DSP Alice, were first to go and established the early lead with a sensational round. And when teammates Christian […]
The 2019 Tryon Block House Races, scheduled for Oct. 5 and hosted by Tryon International Equestrian Center and the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club, have been canceled due to course-development delays and will return to its traditional spring date on April 11, 2020. “TIEC has made a significant investment of time and resources into the completion […]
The U.S Equestrian Team Foundation announced on Aug. 21 that Ariel Grald is the 2019 recipient of the Jacqueline B. Mars International Grant and Ellie MacPhail O’Neal is the recipient of the Jacqueline B. Mars National Grant. Grald, of Vass, North Carolina, has had a standout year with Anne Eldridge’s 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding […]
The Longines FEI European Para Dressage Championships got off to the most dramatic start possible today with a tie at the top of the Grade I individual competition, an exceptionally rare event in the sport. Norway’s Jens-Lasse Dokkan (Aladdin) and Italy’s Sara Morganti (Royal Delight) both scored 75.036%, with Dokkan given the gold after the […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 22 Michele Bondy made the three day trek from her home base in Wilsonville, Oregon, to the Lamplight Equestrian Center to ride Sonnenberg’s Kain in the Markel/USEF Young Horse 4-year-old championship, and her perseverance paid off with a winning score of 84.60 percent in the preliminary test. “It’s been a lot of trust […]
Wayne, Ill.—Aug. 22 Fourteen U.S. Equestrian Federation national champions will be crowned this weekend at the U.S. Dressage Festival Of Champions and Markel/USEF Young and Developing Horse National Dressage Championships, so it’s been a busy first two days at the picturesque Lamplight Equestrian Center. Read on to hear from some of today’s leaders! Nick Wagman […]
Officials at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (England) announced Aug. 22 that Derek di Grazia will take over from Capt. Mark Phillips as course designer in 2021. “It’s two years away, but as time goes by I’ll be able to have a better idea of what I’m going to be doing on the course […]
Dutch Paralympic riders thrilled the home crowd by taking both gold medals on offer today at the Longines FEI Para-Dressage European Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Leading the charge was Paralympic and triple world gold medallist Sanne Voets in grade IV’s individual test, swiftly followed this afternoon by Frank Hosmar in grade V’s competition.Both riders […]
In a thrilling second day of competition at the Longines FEI Jumping European Championships 2019 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands today, Team Belgium rocketed up from overnight eighth place into pole position when they were the only side to produce three clear rounds. Dutch course designer, Louis Konickx, turned up the heat with a significantly bigger […]
I started riding when I was 6. For many years, my riding dreams were simple: to love horses, be a good rider, and enjoy being competitive at the local shows my barn frequented. My horse world and knowledge of the show world were naïve and uncomplicated. When I was in junior high, I started receiving […]
Germany took the lead with four fantastic performances in the speed class on the opening day of the Longines FEI Jumping European Championships 2019 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, this afternoon. Reigning world champions, Simone Blum and DSP Alice, were first to go and established the early lead with a sensational round. And when teammates Christian […]
The 2019 Tryon Block House Races, scheduled for Oct. 5 and hosted by Tryon International Equestrian Center and the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club, have been canceled due to course-development delays and will return to its traditional spring date on April 11, 2020. “TIEC has made a significant investment of time and resources into the completion […]
The U.S Equestrian Team Foundation announced on Aug. 21 that Ariel Grald is the 2019 recipient of the Jacqueline B. Mars International Grant and Ellie MacPhail O’Neal is the recipient of the Jacqueline B. Mars National Grant. Grald, of Vass, North Carolina, has had a standout year with Anne Eldridge’s 10-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding […]
The Longines FEI European Para Dressage Championships got off to the most dramatic start possible today with a tie at the top of the Grade I individual competition, an exceptionally rare event in the sport. Norway’s Jens-Lasse Dokkan (Aladdin) and Italy’s Sara Morganti (Royal Delight) both scored 75.036%, with Dokkan given the gold after the […]
