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 […]
L’Hiver, the Netherlands-based custom hat company, has produced the industry’s first safety-compliant grand prix appropriate dressage top hats. The headgear is approved by Europe’s TNO and TUV Rheinland safety groups, as well as the Dutch National Institute of Road Vehicles. The hats became available in Europe in June, and come in black, dark blue, dark […]
Running a 65-horse stable on top of a busy competition and training schedule doesn’t seem like it would leave much time for starting a sideline business, but San Diego’s Shannon Peters has done just that, with her ShowRingShine boot polishing kit. The wife of Olympic rider Steffen Peters and an accomplished dressage competitor in her […]
The KWPN (Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands) is a breed registry consisting of an official list of mares and stallions that have successfully fulfilled the Dutch Warmblood breed requirements. The Dutch Warmblood is one of the most successful horses developed in postwar Europe, known for its athleticism and even temperament. In 2010 the KWPN registry was […]
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 […]
Lehua Custer’s love of horses began while she was growing up in Hawaii, where she rode Western pleasure, rodeo, jumpers and dressage. After graduating from Pepperdine University with a degree in psychology, she focused solely on dressage and for nearly 10 years was the assistant trainer at Keenridge Farm in Moorpark for two-time Olympian and international […]
