British Dressage. Hayley Watson-Greaves and WG Don Wimero won a competitive Saracen Horse Feeds Intermediate I at the second of the 2013 summer regional championships, which took place at Sparsholt College. Four combinations scored plus-70%, which included Hayley with WG Rubins Nite in third place. Hayley, who trains with Carl Hester, was last to go [...] Continue reading →

Dutch dressage rider Adelinde Cornelissen has been selected for the Dutch team by chef d’équip Wim Ernes. The pair could go to the European championships provided that her horse Parzival is fit to compete after his arrhythmias. Recently the Dutch had a trainings camp in Vorden (The Netherlands) and Adelinde showed a very fit Parzival. Adelinde: [...] Continue reading →

HorsUS. Both world champions young horses are from Germany: the victory in the championship for six years old was for last year’s champion Sa Coeur (by Donnerhall I) and Eva Möller. After the final there was quite a discussion about this winner. Sa Coeur got 9,04 and the main judge Dietrich Plewa said Sa Coeur [...] Continue reading →

British Dressage. Jo Hamilton dominated the recent Scottish Regional Championships at the Rowallan Activity Centre (3 – 4 August) with a hat trick of wins on two six-year-olds, both sired by Negro. She headed the Stretch & Flex Elementary Open and Dressage Deluxe Medium Open with Corpachin (pictured). Jo also gained the highest score of [...] Continue reading →

HorsUS. Beside the world championships in young horses in Verden (Germany) there was a big tour competition on the program as well. German Nadine Capellmann has won the Grand Prix aboard Girasol. Yesterday the two won the Grand Prix Special as well with a score of almost 75%. German Jessica von Bredow-Werndl came second with [...] Continue reading →

Alexandra Beckstett. Many riders and trainers believe the tighter they fasten a horse’s noseband, the more control they will have while riding. True, tight nosebands increase a horse’s sensitivity to the bit, but they could also inflict pain and cause tissue damage, said Orla Doherty, MVB, MSc, MRCVS, of University College Dublin and the University [...] Continue reading →

HorsUS. Today at the world dressage championships for young horses in Verden (Germany) the final for the five year olds and 6 year olds are on the schedule. Yesterday Danish Andreas Helgstrand has won the small final for the five year old horses. He competed Floricello 2 (v. Florencio I). Yesterday Spanish Jordi Domingo Coll [...] Continue reading →