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Brits take Euro dressage team title
In their first head-to-head encounter, German Olympic and European Champion TSF Dalera BB and Jessica von Bredow-Werndl finished ahead of World Champion Glamourdale and Britain's Lottie Fry at the FEI European Championships in Risenbeck, Germany on Thursday. The mare...
A queen takes her last bow
There was a pause in the action at the Hampton Classic Labor Day weekend when McLain Ward retired HH Azur, his "queen," as he always called this spectacular mare. Horse and rider became a presence on the circuit after Francois Mathy sold half interest in her to Hunter...
No surprise: Brits lead the way in the dressage Europeans
Carl Hester, the architect of British dressage success, is heading the individual rankings as the European Dressage Championships got under way in Riesenbeck, Germany, on Wednesday. Riding Fame,a 13-year-old Dutchbred (Bordeaux X Rhodium), the veteran of 22...
Have fun and do good at the same time
Red Tail Farm in Bedminster, N.J., is sponsoring an evening of freestyles Sept. 8 to benefit Mane Stream, a facility down the road in Oldwick that offers therapeutic riding and more. The fun begins at 5 p.m. at 1100 Rattlesnake Bridge Road. Spectators may bring...
Sweden’s the best–times three, but… (UPDATE Sept. 3)
Sweden, already the Olympic gold medalist and world championship show jumping team, completed its hat trick Friday in Milan with a team victory in the European Championships, but the individual title went elsewhere two days later. The second-place Irish team...
Tiffany Teeter has “gone away”
Artist and horsewoman Tiffany Teeter died when her car and a truck pulling a trailer collided Aug. 29 in Southern Pines, N.C. She was 82. Her many friends are swapping Tiffany stories as they remember an unforgettable character with a golden heart. She was always a...
Downed rails rearrange Burghley’s order of finish
The show jumping phase of the Defender Burghley 5-star was the decider big-time for the British event, with a reshuffling that left Great Britain's Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class as the winners, after leader Tim Price had three rails down with Vitali to sink to...
One month you’re European eventing champion, the next…
A demanding Derek DiGrazia cross-country course at Burghley couldn't derail overnight leader Tim Price of New Zealand on Vitali, but Great Britain's Ros Canter--who won the European championship just three weeks ago in France, hit the ground when Penco's Crown Jewel...
Western Dressage pillar Ellen Di Bella has left us
Ellen DiBella, known for her contributions to western dressage and love of the Morgan horse, passed away Aug. 20 at the age of 79. Her desire to build an equestrian community combining the Western traditions of horse and rider with classical dressage led to her...
How cool is this? A gymnast takes on Burghley
Take a look at how British champion gymnast Joe Fraser takes a unique approach to checking out the cross-country course for the Defender Burghley 5-star in England. His unorthodox approach without a horse may not be within the rules of competition (ya think?) but it...
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