California’s dressage riders taking part in Cool August Nights and the Los Angeles Breeders Classic got something they might not have bargained for: sweltering heat! “Cool August nights turned out to be hot August nights!” said Glenda McElroy, whose Cornerstone Management produced the event, Aug. 25 – 28, 2011 at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center [...]
It’s getting down to the wire for the teams heading to the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. The U.S. dressage team has spent the last few days training at Hope Greenfield’s Sixteen Hands Farm in New Jersey under the guidance of Technical Advisor Anne Gribbons. Team members Heather Blitz on Paragon, Marisa Festerling [...]
Steffen Peters went six-for-six at the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions in Gladstone, N.J. Sept.8-11.. First, he swept the Intermediaire I on Weltino’s Magic, earning a place on the team for the Pan American Games with Jen Hlavacek’s 9-year-old Westphalian gelding. Riding to music by Seven and Five, Peters showcased his team’s [...]
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has recommended the following athlete/horse combinations to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to represent the United States on the U.S. Dressage Team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. The equestrian portion of the 2011 Pan Am Games will be held from October 16 to October [...]
The dressage phase of the 2011 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials wrapped Sept. 2 in Stamford, England, with four of the five U.S. horses in the top 32. Heading into today’s cross country, the U.S. remains competitive, with only 10 points separating the top 21-placed riders. After dressage, Sinead Halpin of Pottersville, NJ, was the [...]
Region 5 – including locals from Kentucky – nabbed the team gold dressage prize opening day at the 2011 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships, July 27-31 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Silver went to Canada, and bronze to the west’s Region 8. Ascending to the podium to accept gold for [...]
The United States Dressage Team came away from the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen with much to celebrate—notably Steffen Peters’ second-place finish in the Grand Prix Freestyle with Ravel, and his sweep of the Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire classes with his “small tour” horse Weltino’s Magic. The annual German show, which ran July 8-17, [...]
Adelinde Cornelissen (NED) and the 14-year-old gelding Jerich Parzival have taken over the world number one slot in the Dressage rankings. With 2,578 points, the Dutch combination have moved up to claim the top spot on the FEI World Dressage Riders’ Ranking List. Previously, fellow countryman Edward Gal and the super-stallion Totilas reigned supreme for [...]
Weltmeyer, the sire that is credited with “almost single-handedly reshaping the Hanoverian breed,” died as a result of a severe colic attack on June 27. The chestnut stallion was 27, and had been standing at the Celle state stud in Ankum, Germany. Stable manager Axel Brockmann told EuroDressage that “Because of his age we decided [...]
SoCal dressage star Guenter Seidel is officially back! The Cardiff, Calif.-based rider won his first European CDI4*since suffering a pelvic fracture in June 2010. Seidel and the 10-year-old KWPN gelding U II triumphed in the Grand Prix Freestyle at the Manfred Swarovski Memorial Tournament in Austria on June 26, it was reported by www.Dressage-News.com. The [...]
