by Louise Parkes Fabienne Lutkemeier and D’Agostino headed a German whitewash as home riders claimed the top four, and five of the top six places, at the third leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2014/2015 Western European League at Stuttgart today. In a competition filled with quality performances, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl finished [...] Continue reading →

USEF Communications Department Lexington, Ky. – The 2015 United States Equestrian Federation Dressage Tests have been published on USEF.org. The 2015 Tests will be effective December 1, 2014 through November 30, 2018. In addition to the 2015 USEF Dressage Test booklet, the USEF has collaborated with the United States Dressage Federation to produce the On [...] Continue reading →

by Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D. Your horse is overweight. You’ve been told to feed him a lot less hay and you’re desperately trying to do the right thing. But it won’t work! It won’t work for your horse any more than a strict diet would work for people. We have known this for years when [...] Continue reading →

by Anna Blake Do you ever get haunted by a situation where you wish you had said something? Mine was 18 months ago. As I drove away from a lesson, I pulled over to check my messages, facing a riding arena where a roping event was going on. It was a perfect summer night and [...] Continue reading →

Equestrian heroes will soon be ditching their breeches and boots to don tuxedos, ball gowns and high heels for a glittering competition of another kind. They will fly to Baku (AZE) to be whisked onto the red carpet of the FEI Awards on 14 December. The “Oscars of the equestrian world” have been organised by [...] Continue reading →

USEF Communications Department Lexington, Ky. – Nineteen promising dressage athletes took part in USEF Dressage Observation and Strategy Sessions over two weeks in November. As Big and Small Tour combinations worked with USEF Chef d’Equipe/ Technical Advisor Robert Dover at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, N.J., November 3-4 and at Epona Farms in Thousand [...] Continue reading →

Lexington, KY (November 19, 2014) – The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) is pleased to announce and congratulate its new USDF Certified Instructors. The exam was held October 24-25, 2014, at Phantom Hill Farm in Ft. Collins, CO, with examiners Sarah Geikie and Lilo Fore. The USDF Instructor/Trainer program is designed to set a standard [...] Continue reading →