Triple Gold for van Lierop as Dutch Dominate Juniors, Young Rider Double for Denmark’s DuFour

(FEI by Louise Parkes) – Dana van Lierop was the show-stopper as The Netherlands scooped all gold in the Junior division, while Denmark’s Cathrine Dufour recorded a Danish double in the Young Riders at the FEI European Dressage Championships for Young Riders and Juniors 2012 which drew to a close in Berne, Switzerland today. Germany, [...] Continue reading

Holland’s Dana van Lierop Takes Gold in Junior Individual Competition at European Dressage Championships for Young Riders and Juniors

(Dressage Berne) – Berne, Swizterland – The Gold Medal in Junior Individual competition at the 2012 European Dressage Championships for Young Riders and Juniors went to 17-year-old Dana van Lierop from Holland and her 12-year-old Rohdiamant-Sohn DJ Tiesto with the outstanding score of 77.184% and claimed the Gold medal. Silver and Bronze went to Germany: Vivien Niemann [...] Continue reading

Swedish Riders in the Lead in Day 1 of Individual Competition at European Dressage Championships for Young Riders and Juniors

(Dressage Berne) – Berne, Switzerland – Swedish riders dominated in the first day of individual competition at the FEI European Dressage Championships for Young Riders and Juniors. After the first part of the Young Riders Individual Competition, in which 24 pairs started, Sanna Nilsson from Sweden and the 13 year old Stallion Go III took [...] Continue reading

Latest World Dressage Rankings – Top 100

The FEI has released the latest world dressage rankings and once again Adelinde Cornelissen leads the list with Jerich Parzival and a total score of 2,733. Second on the list is Britain’s Laura Bechtolsheimer with Mistral Hojris and a score of 2,550. Top 100: 1   CORNELISSEN, Adelinde JERICH PARZIVAL NED 2733 2   BECHTOLSHEIMER, Laura [...] Continue reading

Angelic Shennanigans Take Team Championship at 2012 Youth Dressage Festival

In team competition at the 2012 Youth Dressage Festival it was the Angelic Shennanigans who took the Championship title.  The team’s overall score was 262.515, which made them the highest-placed team and the winners of Division A. Leading the team with the highest-overall score was Jannike Gray (no relation to Lendon Gray), who was also [...] Continue reading