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Dressage News
Barteau and Roenick Crowned 2008 USEF National Champions; USEF Selection Trial for the 2008 Olympic Team in Dressage Continues As Peters Wins Grand Prix Special
(San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA) - Overnight leader Steffen Peters returned to the Oaks Blenheim ring with Ravel in the USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championship and the USEF Selection Trial for Dressage, and made it quite clear that he was not going to relinquish his lead.
Jun 22, 2008, 19:22
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Exquis World Dressage Masters Kicks Off in Cannes; Wellington to Launch 2009 Circuit with $115,000 Purse
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| ESP Executive Vice President Michael Stone (center) with the world's top dressage rider Anky van Grunsven and her husband and coach Sjef Janssen at the announcement of the World Dressage Masters series in Cannes, France on Friday (photo: ESP) |
(Cannes, France) - A bold new four-nation, three-year transatlantic dressage series, the Exquis World Dressage Masters, to be launched in 2009 with total prize money of at least $460,000 a year was announced Friday at this French Riviera resort.
Jun 14, 2008, 09:27
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Top US Dressage Horses & Riders Invited to the USEF Selection Trials for Dressage at Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions
(Lexington, KY, USA) - As per the Olympic Selection Procedures, the USEF is extending an invitation to the top dressage horse/rider combinations in the U.S. to participate in the 2008 USEF National Grand Prix Dressage Championship/USEF Selection Trials for the U.S. Olympic Team in Dressage. These horse/rider combinations are the top 12 from the 2008 USEF Grand Prix Dressage and Selection Trials Ranking List as of June 2, 2008.
Jun 5, 2008, 08:43
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EquiChord and the PVDA Ride For Life Team Up For Gala Performance
(Leonardtown, Maryland, USA) - EquiChord is proud and honored to be donating its time to this year’s PVDA Ride for Life Gala Performance scheduled for Saturday, June 28th, 2008 at the Prince George Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Among some of the evening’s highlights will be a Gala Dinner where four-time Olympic Gold Medal Champion, Nicole Uphoff-Selke will be the guest speaker. participants in the event will include Christopher Hickey, the 2007 Pan Am Games Gold Medalist, and Dr. Cesar Parra, a former Olympic and Pan Am Games participant. It will also feature various other entertaining exhibitions such as Megan Benjamin, World Equestrian Games’ Gold Medal vaulter; live musical
entertainment; Western reiners; quadrille drill teams, and many others.
May 12, 2008, 20:48
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Canadians Karen Pavicic and Pia Fortmuller Win Gold at Sydney CDI3* Invitational in Australia
(Canada) - Karen Pavicic of Richmond, BC, and Pia Fortmuller of DeWinton, AB, won the team gold medal at the Sydney CDI3*/CDI–Y International Dressage Derby held in Sydney, Australia, May 1– 3, 2008. The event, hosted at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre at Horsley Park, site of the 2000 Olympic Games, is the only CDI3* held in Australia each year.
May 11, 2008, 20:52
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New Draft and Survey for USEF Dressage Performance Standards Proposal Now Available
(USA) - The USEF Dressage Committee has released a new draft of the Performance Standards Proposal for review and feedback from USDF and USEF members. This proposal would establish a qualification process for competing at Fourth Level and above at USEF-Licensed Dressage Competitions beginning with the 2011 competition year.
Apr 24, 2008, 09:13
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Susan Dutta Retires Gumshoes DC at the 2008 Winter Equestrian Festival
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| Laden in red flowers, the celebrated Gumshoes DC looks over the arena for a last time. His family surrounds him; groom Robbie Sanderson, Susan Dutta, Tim Dutta and their son, Timmy (photo: Susan J. Stickle) |
(Wellington, FL, USA) - Top FEI competitor, Susan Dutta, retired her famous grand prix partner of many years, Gumshoes DC, a 17 year-old Dutch gelding in a touching ceremony held in the International ring at the Zada Enterprises CDI show in Wellington. Her husband, Tim Dutta, son Timmy and groom, Robbie Sanderson accompanied Gumshoes into the ring where a well-deserved shawl of red flowers draped his shoulders.
Apr 16, 2008, 21:13
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Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions to host USEF Selection Trials for Dressage
(USA) - Continuing the successful partnership that delivered a host of dressage championships last year for the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), Collecting Gaits Farm renew their commitment to dressage as the title sponsor of the 2008 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions. To be held in San Juan Capistrano, CA on two separate weekends, June 20-22 and June 27-29, this year the Dressage Festival of Champions will also serve as the USEF Selection Trials for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team in Dressage.
Apr 3, 2008, 20:10
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FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2007-2008: Ninth World Cup Title for Anky
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| Anky van Grunsven (NED) aboard IPS Salinero, winners of the 2008 FEI World Cup TM Dressage Final (photo: Dirk Caremans) |
(s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) - “To me this was top of the bill. This was a top final at a top venue with a top field of competitors doing top performances,” Ground Jury President Jan Peeters complimented after the performances of the 23rd FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final tonight.
Mar 29, 2008, 22:58
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FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2007-2008: Grand Prix Win For Isabell Werth
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| Isabell Werth riding Warum Nicht FRH at the 's-Hertogenbosch (NED) Grand Prix on Thursday (photo: Dirk Caremans) |
(s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) - One of the highest standard fields ever is competing in the 23rd World Cup™ Final in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. A crowd of 6500 watched the hard fight between Isabell Werth and Anky van Grunsven for the win. The first blow is half the battle and in the first test Grand Prix Thursday night Isabell Werth became the winner.
Mar 28, 2008, 23:20
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Dressage Canada Announces Launch of Levy Program
(Canada) - Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the launch of the Dressage Canada Levy Program for the 2008 competition season. The Levy Program is designed to foster and assist in the education and activities of Canadian dressage riders, coaches, officials, owners and the industry at large.
Mar 14, 2008, 17:56
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Courtney King and Idocus Qualify for 2008 World Cup Dressage Final
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| Courtney King and Idocus qualify for 2008 FEI World Cup Dressage Final. |
(Wellington, FL, USA) - Courtney King of New Milford, CT, with Idocus, an 18-year-old KWPN stallion owned by Christine McCarthy, entered the PhelpsSports.com Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W ranked #1 in the FEI World Cup Standings for the North American League. After scoring 72.55% in the Grand Prix Freestyle, King and Idocus finished the competition maintaining their #1 rank in the league and will be one of two combinations to represent the United States at the FEI World Cup Final.
Mar 7, 2008, 07:44
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Ashley Holzer and Pop Art Win Absorbine® Myoplast® Leading Horse and Leading Rider Award at the Zada Enterprises Florida Dressage Classic
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| Canada's Ashley Holzer, winner of the 2008 Absorbine® Myoplast® Leading Horse and Leading Rider Awards at the Zada Enterprises Florida Dressage Classic at the CN Winter Equestrian Festival (photo: JR) |
(Wellington, FL, USA) - Pop Art, an 11-year-old Dutch warmblood and his Canadian partner, Ashley Holzer, took both Absorbine® Myoplast’s® Leading Horse and Leading Rider awards with a high score of 75.208% at the Zada Enterprises Florida Dressage Classic.
Feb 27, 2008, 08:56
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FEI World Cup™ 2007-2008 Neumunster: Third World Cup Win For Isabell This Season
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| Third World Cup For Isabell Werth & Warum Nicht FRH (photo: Karl Heinz Frieler) |
(Neumunster, Sweden) - It was no surprise that title defender Isabell Werth won her third FEI World Cup™ victory in Neumünster after having also won in Odense and Frankfurt earlier in the season. The surprise however was the sold out seats at the Holstenhalle arena. The Scandinavians took all the FEI World Cup™ tickets they could possibly get. “I suggest we will continue in having the last decisive qualifier in Neumünster, as it worked out as a really ‘Krimi’ here”, the chairman of the judges Mariette Withages enthusiastically commented.
Feb 17, 2008, 21:39
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Dressage Canada Announces 2008 Short and Long Lists
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(Canada) - Dressage Canada’s High Performance Committee is pleased to announce the 2008 Dressage Short and Long Lists. The horse/rider combinations were selected based the criteria which considered 2007 results.
Feb 12, 2008, 11:54
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Steffen Peters to Ride Elizabeth Niemi’s, Wholio, in the Opening Ceremonies at the 2008 Challenge of the Americas
(USA) - Olympic Team Bronze Medalist, Steffen Peters is scheduled to ride Niemi Dressage’s Wholio, in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Challenge of the Americas on March 8th, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. Wholio, is an 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding by Warkant, owned by Stan and Vivian Pichney and is a new grand prix partner for trainer, Elizabeth Neimi in Wellington, Florida.
Feb 12, 2008, 00:14
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Harmony Sporthorses New Owners of Courtney King's Grand Prix Mount
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| Courtney King and Harmony's Mythilus were the highest placed American duo in the FEI Grand Prix CDI-W at the Gold Coast Opener Festival CDI-W/Y (photo: Susan J. Stickle) |
(USA) - Courtney King has announced that Harmony Sporthorses purchased her Grand Prix mount previously owned by Richard Malloch and renamed him Harmony's Mythilus.
Jan 31, 2008, 18:13
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2008 USEF National Dressage Championship Program Information Available On-Line
(USA) - Lexington, KY − This weekend, the first two USEF/NAJYRC qualifying competitions of 2008 for the USEF National Dressage Championship Programs kick off the new year in West Palm Beach, Florida and Tucson, Arizona with FEI Junior, Young Rider, “Brentina Cup”, Young Horse, and Developing Horse divisions.
Jan 28, 2008, 11:55
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FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2007-2008: Home Turf Win For Anky in Amsterdam
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| Anky van Grunsven danced on her new Wibi Soerjadi Freestyle to victory in Amsterdam (photo: Karin van der Meul/FEI) |
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - In the week before Jumping Amsterdam, all Dutch press, radio and television had commented on the new Freestyle of Olympic champion Anky van Grunsven composed by Wibi Soerjadi, a Freestyle that is supposed to be Van Grunsven’s new Olympic Freestyle. As of last week, the music even can be downloaded from the website of Soerjadi and Van Grunsven’s own website. For the second year the virtuoso was in Amsterdam to witness the performance of the Freestyle he composed, and for the second year he could celebrate the win! Last year Imke Schellekens-Bartels was the winner, but this year Anky van Grunsven took over the podium.
Jan 26, 2008, 20:21
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FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2007-2008: Surprising second Win For Anky
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| Anky van Grunsven (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
The Dutch commanded the podium at the FEI Dressage World Cup™ in Mechelen, with Anky van Grunsven, Imke Schellekens-Bartels and Laurens van Lieren taking the top three spots. Anky and her elegant black approved stallion IPS Painted Black were the unexpected winners of the fifth qualifier in the Western European League of the FEI World Cup™ in Mechelen.
Dec 27, 2007, 23:47
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