(CHIO Aachen) -Germany clearly dominated in the Deutsche Bank Grand Prix Freestyle at Aachen taking first, second and third place. First place went to Helen Langehanenberg, and Damon Hill second to Kristina Sprehe and Desperados and third to Dorothee Schneider and Diva Royal. “I am overjoyed,” a delighted Helen Langehanenberg said about her performance with [...] Continue reading →

By Lynndee Kemmet – The role of wealth in the sport of dressage has gotten much media attention of late. In the U.S., the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife on their dressage horses and support for their trainer has provided fuel to those who argue Romney [...] Continue reading →

While many of the world’s best riders are gathered this week in Aachen, Germany, Canada’s Olympic hopefuls have already landed in Britain and are competing against Britain’s leading riders at the Hartpury CDI3* and CPEDI3*. And in the CDI Grand Prix, leading Canadian rider Ashley Holzer grabbed second place with her rising start Breaking Dawn. [...] Continue reading →

(CHIO Aachen) – Kristina Sprehe and Desperados won the Meggle Prize Grand Prix Special. “The girls rode brilliantly here. Each of them had worked hard on the Grand Prix exercises that had shown room for improvement.  The horses are in top form and the riders all put in a strong performance. They were absolutely fantastic,” [...] Continue reading →

(CHIO Aachen) -Sanneke Rothenberger wins the Prize of the Liselott and Klaus Rheinberger Foundation, the International U25 Piaffe Prize – FEI Grand Prix, for the second time. Beaming from ear to ear, she is very happy: Sanneke Rothenberger was able to repeat her victory of the day before in the Prize of the Liselott and [...] Continue reading →

Germany’s Kristina Sprehe rode Desperados 11 to victory in the FEI Grand Prix CDIO at Aachen. Sprehe and the 11-year-old Hannoverian stallion (De Niro x Wolkenstein II) scored a 79.702 to take the win. Placing second was Helen Langehanenberg, of Germany, and the 12-year-old Westfalen stallion Damon Hill NRW (Donnerhall x Rubinstein I) with a [...] Continue reading →

New Zealand media has reported that dressage rider Vanessa Way is out of the running to represent her country at the 2012 Olympics. Way had to withdraw from the Hartpury Festival of Dressage in England, her last qualifying competition for the Olympics, because her horse, KH Arvan, has come up lame. That leaves just Louisa [...] Continue reading →