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Kentucky Cup Driving: Recap of Wednesday - Friday

Wednesday: skies were gray, but horses shone bright. -- Aside from the world championships in Gladstone NJ, never before has a driving competition had the turnout it had today. Three nations were represented and a total of 16 four in hand teams were present...

Published 3 Oct 2009 7:42 PM by Amber Evansen

Filed under: Dressage, Championionship, Pairs, Lisa Stroud, Allison Stroud, Fritz Grupe, 2009KentuckyCupDriving, Four-in-Hand, Marathon, Shelly Temple, Tucker Johnson, Driving, Larry Poulin, Phyllis Grupe, Kentucky Cup Driving, KentuckyCupDriving, Lexington, 2009 Kentucky Cup Driving, Four in Hand, Pair, Chester Weber, Team, Kentucky, Kentucky Cup Driving 2009
At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: The Individual Test Experience

Today is the day of the individual championship test! Overall it is a more complex test with movements such as half-passes at the trot and canter and walk pirouettes. I like this test a lot because it is challenging and you have to really ride. The general...

Published 22 Aug 2009 10:00 PM by Mary Jordan

Filed under: Dressage, para-equestrian, para-dressage, Mary Jordan
At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: We Must Go Forward

This has been somewhat of a puzzling and frustrating day. It was the official start of the show, and they first do what they call the FEI Jog, where each horse is presented to a Ground Jury panel for veterinary inspection to see that it is fit enough...

Published 21 Aug 2009 9:51 AM by Mary Jordan

Filed under: Dressage, para-equestrian, para-dressage
At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: Into a Mystical World

Today, we left Amsterdam and made our way to Kristiansand S, Norway, where I am riding in the FEI European and Open Para-Equestrian Dressage Championship **** competition–my second international competition and my first at the four-star level (the...

Published 19 Aug 2009 9:26 PM by Mary Jordan

Filed under: Dressage, para-equestrian, para-dressage
A World Cup Title for USA: Congratulations Steffen Peters and Ravel

With a crowd of 7,000+ cheering wildly, Steffen Peters and Ravel staked their claim in history last night; Steffen becoming the first American rider to win the World Cup Final in Dressage on American soil. Steffen and Shannon anxiously awaited scores...

Published 19 Apr 2009 3:05 AM by SarahLane

Filed under: Ravel, Dressage, Steffen Peters, Las Vegas, World Cup Finals, USEF, McLain Ward, Jumping, Champion, Sapphire, Sarah Lane, Show Jumping, FEI World Cup 2009
Oh, the Places You'll Go

I really like the combination of World Cup Finals and a venue like Las Vegas. I like what each does to elevate the other; the World Cup Finals bringing sophistication, world-class competition and the best equestrian has to offer, to Vegas. Vegas lending...

Published 18 Apr 2009 10:59 AM by SarahLane

Filed under: Jumpers, World Cup Final, Dressage, Thomas and Mack, Las Vegas, Melissa Davis, jacket, World Cup Finals, USEF, Scott Carling, McLain Ward, Jumping, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, FEI World Cup 2009
Hats off to Steffen Peters and Ravel

Let me just say wow. Hats off to Steffen Peters and Ravel. They owned Thursday. All of it. Just swooped down and claimed that Grand Prix victory like it was theirs for the taking. I can't think of a more deserving pair. A pair of kings, with a crowd...

Published 17 Apr 2009 1:15 PM by SarahLane

Filed under: Grand Prix, Ravel, World Cup Final, Dressage, Thomas and Mack, Steffen Peters, Las Vegas, FEI World Cup 2009

Kentucky Cup Driving: Recap of Wednesday - Friday

At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: The Individual Test Experience

At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: We Must Go Forward

At the FEI Open and European Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships: Into a Mystical World

A World Cup Title for USA: Congratulations Steffen Peters and Ravel

Oh, the Places You'll Go

Hats off to Steffen Peters and Ravel

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