Category Archives: Dressage

The FEI, USEF and Las Vegas Events have announced the cancelation of the FEI World Cup Finals 2020, which were to be held at the Thomas & Mack Center April...

Missing the magical partnership that was Laura Graves and Verdades? Fear not! Team USA has a new dressage dream team and they just cracked the elusive 80% barrier in the...

How many of us can describe the first time we saw our dream horse? It can be a little bit like falling in love. Sounds fade into the background, the...

The Canadian Dressage Team came to the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru with visions of gold dancing in their heads. They're leaving with new hardware and a ticket to...

When you watch Charlotte Dujardin (GBR) perform the Al Shira'aa Grand Prix Freestyle to Music with Erlentanz you might reasonably assume they are longtime partners, sharing that kind of telepathy...

Britain's Holly Smith and Fruselli opened international jumping competition at UK's Royal Windsor Horse Show on Friday with a hometown win. The British rider and nine-year-old KWPN chestnut lay down...

With a Charles Owen crown, and a dressage saddle as her throne, reigning dressage queen Charlotte Dujardin started her morning at Royal Windsor Horse Show meeting The Queen of England....

Today's news cycle is rife with tales of Germany's Isabell Werth and her third consecutive, and fifth total, World Cup title. And yes, that's amazing. It's got to be a...

“Gothenburg holds great memories for me,” said Isabell Werth (GER). It was in the Swedish city some 27 years ago that the reigning world #1 posted her very first ever...

For American paralympian Rebecca Hart finding El Corona Texel was love at first YouTube view. “I have loved this horse from the moment I saw his video on YouTube. I...

Last week, Laura Graves introduced new music in her winning Freestyle. The musical overture features dramatic orchestral swells and rhythmic percussion sequences. It does not include a clip of DJ Khaled's...

Everyone can breathe easy tonight. Laura Graves, the only correct choice for 2018 USEF Equestrian of the Year title, took home the Robert P. Strub Trophy at the Pegasus Awards...

I have never had a good relationship with horse shows. Hastily packing everything with a deep fear of forgetting my pants, trailering my beloved horse and white-knuckling it the whole...

International newcomer Mount St John Freestyle has competed in two freestyles in her short career. Twice, she's broken 81%. Twice, she's taken home the win. The new international mount of...

Britain dominated the podium in the CDI4* Al Shira’aa Grand Prix, on the second day of CHI Royal Windsor Horse Show in the UK. Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester, the karate...

It was a heavyweight battle. The most decorated equestrian in history versus the American young gun. (Disclaimer: the young gun is 30.) USA's Laura Graves, by any measure, is a...

You know that tired horse movie plot that we all love to make fun of? The one where a young girl meets a troubled horse and, for reasons that defy...

“Everyone dreams of that 80%," said American Olympian Adrienne Lyle. Last night at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, Florida, her dream came true. Riding the 11-year-old stallion,...

If at first you don't succeed at the 2018 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF), try, try, try (16 times) again. Melissa Taylor (USA) and Ansgar were this week's lesson in...

“People always told me that when you get a mare that’s amazing, they’re really amazing. I’ve had a few mares who weren’t so amazing, so I didn’t really believe them,"...