The blood rule strikes again! Wendi Williamson (NZ) and Dejavu MH were eliminated from the 2017 Longines FEI World Cup Dressage Final in Omaha Nebraska today. Blood was discovered in the...
The competition many not have begun yet, but the drama is well underway at the Longines FEI World Cup Final in Omaha! A questionable blood test result temporarily prevented several European horses from moving...
Laura Graves and Verdades doesn’t always win b— Oh, wait. They actually do. They always win. The Olympic bronze medalists captured their sixth consecutive victory at the Adequan® Global Dressage...
There are many in-saddle scenarios where a horse may “rush”: during transitions, before fences, or whenever you pick up the trot or canter or ask for the rein-back. The rhythm...
American dressage phenom Laura Graves has been officially inaugurated into the "80% Club." She's now one of only 14 riders in the world to have scored 80 or above in...
Laura Graves and Verdades bid to qualify for the 2017 FEI World Cup Final in Omaha, Nebraska made a giant leap forward last night. The Olympic bronze medalists returned to the show...
Admit it: it is one of the trickiest lines to walk as a horse owner and rider. Most of us want our horses to be happy, comfortable, and love us...
While others spent the summer competing and/or sipping margaritas while glued to the Rio Olympic coverage, Grand Prix dressage rider Lisa Wilcox (USA) was quietly preparing her top horse Galant for the upcoming...
That’s right. As FEI/USEF dressage judge Janet Foy says in her book Dressage for the Not-So-Perfect Horse, “No one will die if you make a mistake. No one has had...
Like the day Zayn announced he was leaving One Direction, today is one that history will remember with bittersweet tears. Today, Valegro officially enters retirement. His send-off ceremony at Olympia, the London...
It was almost two years since I started riding again after the surgeries. My left leg had not fully recovered but I had my life back. There would be no...
When aren’t we seeking a breakthrough? That “aha!” moment when the lesson clicks and we and/or our horses not only get it but can do it (whatever “it” might be—square halt,...
Olympic team bronze medalist Ashley Holzer tells the story of how she fell in love with dressage at first sight, as told to Carley Sparks. I was about 10 years old....
Everyone has one. That one friend who loves Las Vegas just a little more than the rest of us. The one who plans annual trips to The Strip for an...
Charlotte Dujardin can't talk about it without getting weepy. Neither can longtime groom, Alan Davies. But with Valegro's final performance at London's Olympia Horse Show fast upon us (December 13-19,...
Have you ever dealt with a horse with an unsafe hind end? You know, the type that could wheel around, kick you in the forehead and land you in the...
Acclaimed dressage rider Robert Dover is famed for many things. The four Olympic team bronze medals he accumulated during his international career. His impressive track record as chef d'equipe of the U.S....
Ah, the corners of the riding arena…so often haunted by bogeymen and other mysterious “somethings” certain to cause a scoot or a spook. By a year or so into your...
Have you ever had the unpleasant experience of trying to explain to a non-equestrian that much of modern day riding technique, and dressage in particular, comes from a military background?...
It's fall in New York City which can only mean two things: Pumpkin Spice lattes are back at Starbucks, and Charlotte Dujardin is back at the Rolex Central Park Horse...
