This WDN News Wrap brought to you by Borné Saddlery:     The U.S. Dressage Federation’s Regional Championships are underway. Sponsored by the Great American Insurance Group, the Region 4 Championships – covering the states of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri – took place this past weekend in Mason City, [...] Continue reading →

Villach-Treffen, Austria – Dutch rider Edward Gal and the 11-year-old Glock’s Undercover took the win in Grand Prix Freestyle competition at the Villach CDI4* with a score of 83.775. Coming in second was Italian rider Valentina Truppa and Eremo del Castegno with a score of 79.950. Finishing third was Germany’s Isabell Werth riding El Santo [...] Continue reading →

Perl, Germany -Germany’s Ulla Salzgeber and her partner the 13-year-old Herzruf’s Erb rode off with the blue ribbon in the CDI Grand Prix Freestyle at the Peterhof Dressage Gala. The pair earned a score of 79.55 points. Patrik Kittel came in second with Silvano and a score of 75.950. Third place went to Finland’s Terhi [...] Continue reading →

Perl, Germany – Swedish rider Patrik Kittel won the Grand Prix Special with the 12-year-old gelding Toy Story at the Peterhof Dressage Gala CDI4*. Kittel and Toy Story scored 73.267. Coming in second was Uta Gräf and Le Noir with a score of 72.156. Third place went to Dorothee Schneider and Kaiserkult TSF with a [...] Continue reading →

Villach, Austria – Dutch rider Hans Peter Minderhoud and Withney van’t Genthof took the win in the CDI3* Grand Prix de Dressage at Villach. Second place went to Austria’s Karin Kosak and Lucy’s Day and third went to Denmark’s Bo Thomas Hoestrup and Cajo. Germany’s Isabell Werth won the CDI3* Prix St. Georges with Der [...] Continue reading →

Perl-Borg, Germany – Germany’s Ulla Salzgeber won the Grand Prix de Dressage at the Peterhof CDI4* with her 13-year-old partner Herzruf’s Erbe with a score of 74.957 percent. The win came after a six-month break in competition for the Rhinelander gelding showing that he’s clearly back in competitive form. Second place went to Germany’s Uta [...] Continue reading →

(Equine Canada) – Ottawa, Ontario –Equine Canada (EC) today announced it has requested its Sport Council to strike a Hypersensitivity Protocol Task Force. The objective of the Task Force will be to review the International Equestrian Federation’s Protocol for Thermography and Clinical Examination (Hypersensitivity of legs) to ascertain, from the perspective of Canada’s equestrian sport [...] Continue reading →