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17 June 2013 at 20 : 01 PM
FEI DEVELOPMENT AWARD WINNERS CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
17 Jun 2013 Just two weeks after launching the FEI Awards 2013, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the world governing body of equestrian sport, has already received dozens of nominations. Many of these are for the Development category, which rewards an individual or organisation dedicated to making equestrian sport accessible to a wider public. Past recipients of the FEI Development Award are still enhancing lives through their work with horses. Thanks to the efforts of Ros Spearing, founder of the Ebony Horse Club, winner of the FEI Development Award 2010, more than 700 children now enjoy a riding centre, incongruously located in Brixton, London. The centre was built in ...
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12 June 2013 at 21 : 30 PM
WC Young Horses: Participants nominated for second sighting
Wednesday 12 June 2013 | From: hg | Archive » NEWS FROM THE HORSE 12/06/201350 young dressage horses at the first sighting in Warendorf Warendorf (fn-press). The best five-and six-year-old young dressage horses in Germany have come to the first sighting for the World Championships for young dressage horses in Warendorf. 24 five year olds and 26 six year olds were presented at the site of the German Olympic Equestrian Committee (DOKR).The World Championships of five-and six-year old dressage horses are traditionally part of the international jumping and dressage festival of 7 to 11 August in Verden on the Aller 2013. New is in the selection of horses in Warendorf, that there are now two ...
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5 June 2013 at 15 : 41 PM
Wellington Riding: Premier League preview
A host of international riders will be gathering at Wellington Riding, Hants this Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 June for the fifth Premier League of the 2013 season. Top FEI judges will be in attendance including Paco Guerra from Spain, FEI Dressage Judge General Stephen Clarke, Jennie Loriston Clarke and David Trott, plus many experienced national judges who will be kept busy with classes running from Young Horses to Grand Prix. The Gala Evening on Saturday includes the Wellington Riding Prix St Georges to Music Championship, now in its 25th year. Pony, Junior and Young riders are also 'dancing to music' to try and win one of the £100 training vouchers on offer. The evening starts at ...
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4 June 2013 at 15 : 58 PM
GLOBAL EQUESTRIAN TALENT HUNT BEGINS AS NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR FEI AWARDS 2013
4 Jun 2013The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the world governing body of equestrian sport, today opens nominations for its annual awards. For the fifth consecutive year, the FEI Awards will highlight and reward excellence, commitment, dedication and courage within the equestrian community. FEI President HRH Princess Haya, who will chair the panel of three international judges that will decide the winners, commented:“I really hope that National Federations, athletes, fans of equestrianism and everyone working in the sport will make nominations for the FEI Awards 2013. Year after year, the nominations we receive confirm how much incredible talent, commitment and courage exists ...
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4 June 2013 at 14 : 39 PM
Para dressage: Vale View roundup
Central region team the ‘Red Kites’ took this year’s Para Home International title, held at Vale View Equestrian Centre, 1 – 2 June. The weekend was also host to qualifying classes for the KBIS Para Dressage Championship at the National Championships in September 2013. Regional teams consisted of up to four riders, all of whom rode their respective graded test twice; once on Saturday and then again on Sunday. Riders took their best score through to the team results. The final team results were then calculated by dropping the lowest score within the team from each day’s competition and totalling the remaining percentages, which were converted into points – the team with ...
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4 June 2013 at 14 : 38 PM
Vita Flex Victory Team Member Caroline Roffman Honored With Invitation to Compete With Sagacious HF at Aachen 2013
Wellington, FL (May 28, 2013) – Vita Flex, a leading supplier of advanced performance products for horses, is proud of their Victory Team member Caroline Roffman for earning the honor of being invited to compete at Aachen this summer with Sagacious HF. She is the first American dressage rider to be invited to compete in the Under 25 Grand Prix division at Aachen, and will make history in that class with Sagacious HF. She is excited about her plans to travel to Europe with Sagacious and her own mare, Her Highness O to train and compete in the prestigious European tours. “I am proud and excited to test my mettle in the European arena, and to be the first American to compete in the ...
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4 June 2013 at 04 : 03 AM
UPDATED: USEF Announces Dressage Combinations to Represent the U.S. at CHIO Aachen
USEF Communications Department Lexington, KY - The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the following four horse-and-rider combinations to the U.S. Dressage Team for the Aachen CDIO5* held during CHIO Aachen in Germany, June 26-30, 2013. Additionally, one Large Tour and two Small Tour combinations have been named to represent the U.S. in CDI4* competition. In 2013, the United States will also be represented for the first time in CDI-U25 competition. The following four combinations have been named to the U.S. Dressage Team for the Aachen CDIO5*(listed in Alphabetical Order): Jan Ebeling (Moorpark, CA) on Ann Romney, Amy Ebeling, and Beth Meyers' RafalcaRafalca is a ...
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31 May 2013 at 13 : 53 PM
Brits in France for Compiegne CDI3*
A massive contingent of twenty-one British horse and rider combinations have travelled to northern France for Compiegne CDI3*, CDIJ, CDIP, CDIY this weekend (31 May – 2 Jun). The new partnership of Charlotte Dujardin and Uthopia (pictured) will make their second appearance following a successful competition debut at Saumur CDI earlier this month. Charlotte has once again opted to compete in the grand prix freestyle, so will be looking to build on the already massive 81.60% she posted in Saumur where she also topped the qualifying grand prix. Carl Hester will ride Aram Gregory’s athletic powerhouse Dances with Wolves in the grand prix for special as he did in Saumur where they ...
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28 May 2013 at 23 : 08 PM
Global Dressage Forum North America 2013 Event Videos Now Playing Online: Part 1 of a 3 Part Video series Playing on DressageClinic.com
The Global Dressage Forum North America (GDFNA) realeased via its Education Partner DressageClinic.com, Part 1 of a 3 Part Video Series of events held on the first day of the world’s largest and most significant educational gathering with close to 1,000 people in attendance from all corners of the U.S., Canada including Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Holland. The GDFNA 2013 was held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach Florida, and presented by DressageClinic.com, Sponsored by Pineland Farms, Schleese Saddlery and ThinLine Products. Watch German International legend in his own time, Klaus Balkenhol, receiving the GDFNA 2013 Life Time ...
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20 May 2013 at 02 : 40 AM
CHIO Aachen to Open in Grand Ceremony with Denmark
This year's CHIO partner country is turning the Opening Ceremony of the World Equestrian Festival into a royal affair! Because Denmark, one of the oldest monarchies in Europe, will be travelling to Aachen with everything that the Royal Family has to offer: The famous golden carriage of the Danish Royal Family will be taking part in the official Opening Ceremony together with the Music Corps of the Royal Household Calvary as well as typical Danish horse breeds. Around 140 horses and 120 Danish guests will present a unique programme at this year's Opening Ceremony in the Main Stadium on June 25th. ?The Danes are really looking forward to the CHIO Aachen,? ascertained ...
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15 May 2013 at 21 : 45 PM
Canadian Future Super Star Pia Fortmuller in the Ribbons at CDI3* Radzionkow
Pia Fortmuller of Priddis, AB, currently residing and training in Germany, earned impressive results at the CDI3* Radzionkow, Poland May 3-5. Fortmuller and Orion, her 17-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding sired by Jazz, took on a highly competitive field in Sunday’s FEI Grand Prix Freestyle where the duo’s impressive performance earned them the second place ribbon with a final score of 71.375%; only one of two 70.0% scores awarded by the judges in that class. In their FEI Grand Prix test, Fortmuller and Orion took home the third place ribbon on a final score of 68.872%. The pair bested Eleana Sidneva (RUS, 66.851%) on Romero-Star by 2.02%, narrowly missing second place by just ...
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11 May 2013 at 00 : 09 AM
Life After Racing: From Stud to Slaughter
For a horse like Orb, the sculpted colt that won the Kentucky Derby last week, the future holds plenty of promise. Besides earning the celebrity that comes with a high-profile victory, Orb is likely to attract the attention of breeders who would keep him healthy and occupied for the next 20 years. But the vast majority of horses competing on North American racetracks—more than 61,000 horses last year—will spend their careers running in lower-level races, far from the public eye. Most will never see the sort of breeding bids that draw their more successful counterparts into early retirement, so they'll race for as long as they can. When their bodies wear and ...
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