Owner Cherry Knoll Farm and rider Todd Flettrich made the decision to withdraw Otto from the selection process and no longer wish to have him considered for the team. As a result, Heather Blitz and Paragon move up into Flettrich’s sixth place slot. The updated ranked order of eligible combinations is as follows: 1/3. […]
With the USEF Dressage Festival of Champions Grand Prix tests concluding today in Gladstone, N.J., it appears the four combinations that will travel to London to compete for the U.S. at the 2012 Olympics are: Steffen Peters/Ravel, Tina Konyot/Calecto V, Jan Ebeling and Rafalca and Adrienne Lyle/Wizard. Legolas 92, with whom Peters won the National […]
With six USEF National Dressage Championships and selection for U.S. Dressage Team for the 2012 Olympic Games on the line, the 2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions will be a nail-biter this year. Running the two weeks from June 8-10 and June 14-17, ponies to grand prix contenders will be vying for national titles at […]
Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival, defending champions from the Netherlands, clinched the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage title for the second consecutive season when they won the freestyle on home turf in ’s-Hertogenbosch on April 21. Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg and Damon Hill NRW came in a close second, while Italy’s Valentina Truppa finished third […]
Holger Schmezer, national coach of the German Dressage team since 2001, died unexpectedly in his hotel room in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands during the night of April 19. The 65-year-old coach had traveled to the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Finals three German riders competing in the event. Schmezer was born in 1947, the son […]
Shawna Harding and Come On III are replacing Jim Kofford and Pharoh as U.S. representatives in the 2012 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final. Kofford (Raleigh, NC) withdrew, citing veterinary reasons. Harding and her horse were the next highest-placed pair in the North American League behind Kofford and Pharaoh (owned by Hannah Shook and […]
Moorpark’s Jan Ebeling and Jim Kofford of Raleigh, NC, have been qualified to represent the U.S. at the 2012 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final to be held in ‘S-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, April 18-22. The announcement was made today by the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF). They qualified with the following horses during World […]
Steffen Peters and Ravel wowed the crowd with another precision riding tour de force at the 2012 Dressage Affaire, March 8-11 at the Del Mar Horse Park. The duo took the blue ribbon in the $5,000 FEI Rancho Valencia Grand Prix Special, an Olympic qualifier, on Sunday, March 11, with a score of 80.289%. Guenter […]
Top international dressage rider Guenter Seidel, based in Cardiff, got the ride on a new grand prix horse: Marie Meyers’ Fandango, a 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding. He will be competing over the next few months with an eye toward a slot on the U.S. team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The effort was made […]
San Diego rider Steffen Peters and Ravel successfully defended their World Dressage Masters title in Palm Beach, FL, on Jan. 28. It was the duo’s second consecutive CDI 4* Exquis Grand Prix Freestyle win, but it wasn’t an easy victory. British challengers Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro came within five one-hundredths of a percentage point of […]
