Christian Ahlmann and Taloubet Z recorded Germany’s fourth consecutive World Cup jumping championship May 1 at the Leipzig Exhibition Centre in Germany. Canada’s Eric Lamaze claimed the second-place prize, with the Netherlands’ Jeroen Dubbeldam notching third in a hard-fought contest that included two qualifiers, April 28-29, leading up to the May 1 Rolex/FEI World Cup [...]
In Leipzig, Germany, a strong field of 15 riders from nine nations contested the Grand Prix Freestyle on April 30 to bring the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final to a close. The Netherlands’ Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival waltzed their way to victory to the strains of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.” Denmark’s Nathalie zu [...]
Classical Dressage Master Walter Zettl is teaming with Natural Horsemanship gurus Linda and Pat Parelli to produce an instructional piece for Dressage Training Online. Zettl is a longtime coach for the Parellis, and regularly conducts private dressage clinics at their Ocala facility, where session were taped for the Dressage Training Online website. “Walter is a [...]
The Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks is putting the finishing touches on its landmark Los Angeles County Trails Manual. The document, expected to be issued in late May, is the first cohesive blueprint for trails development that the county has put together, and is highly anticipated by members of the equestrian community. [...]
From the early 1960s through the mid 1980s, the U.S. was a dominant force in the world of show jumping. Represented by a dynasty of equestrian elite including Frank Chapot, William Steinkraus, Mary Mairs Chapot, Kathy Kusner, Conrad Homfeld and Joe Fargis, our team won at every major venue in the world. What is often [...]
In the battle over Los Angeles city park trails, equestrians and hikers won a narrow 11th-hour victory over recreational mountain bikers. A March 1 vote by the city council effectively put the future of the city trails back under the purview of the Department of Recreation and Parks rather than the Department of Transportation, which [...]
The annual Dressage Affaire is a favorite of riders and spectators alike, but this year’s event — March 10-13 at the Del Mar Horse Park — was special for another reason: It saw Guenter Seidel’s return to competition. The Cardiff resident and three-time Olympian sustained an “open-book” pelvic fracture in Germany last June while riding [...]
Jan Ebeling and Rafalca secured their spot at the 2011 Reem Acra–FEI World Cup Dressage Finals in Leipzig, Germany. The Moorpark-based rider and the 14-year-old Oldenburg mare punched their ticket with a score of 73.025 percent in the Grand Prix Freestyle at the Festival of the Horse CDI-W/Y/J at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center on [...]
Ashlee Bond, Rich Fellers and Richard Spooner are the West Coast riders selected to represent the United States at the Rolex/FEI World Cup Final, taking place April 27-May 1 in Leipzig, Germany. The event will make World Cup history in that it is the first to feature under one roof the finals in three disciplines [...]
Steffen Peters danced his way to his highest score ever at the 2011 World Dressage Masters in Palm Beach, Florida, March 11. Riding to a collection of rock songs including Sympathy For the Devil and Viva La Vida, the San Diego-based Peters and Akiko Yamazaki’s 13 year old KWPN Dutch Warmblood gelding Ravel captivated the [...]
