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Fuchs is the one at Spruce Meadows
Switzerland's Martin Fuchs on Leone Jei was the only combination to achieve three clear rounds in the world's richest grand prix, the $3 million (Canadian) CPKC International, part of the Rolex Grand Slam series. The competition at the Spruce Meadows Masters in...
We need to remember 9/11 2001
As I listened on the radio this morning to the names being read at the annual ceremony for the 9/11 terrorism victims while bells tolled, I saw a Facebook post by horse show judge and trainer Jimmy Lee about this day in 2001. He and other show officials were called to...
Who won at the Europeans–the stallion or the mare?
So much for the widely touted head-to-head match-up between British World Dressage Champion Lottie Fry on Glamourdale and Olympic (as well as defending European) Champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl of Germany with TSF Dalera BB. Jessica came out on top guiding the...
Strong U.S. dressage team named for Pan American Games
Two big winners from the USEF Dressage Festival of Champions earlier this summer have been named for the squad that will represent the country at the Pan American Games in Chile this autumn. Codi Harrison, victorious in the Grand Prix competition at the championship...
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...
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