News out of the Netherlands is that Sjef Janssen will no longer be the Dutch national trainer after the London Olympics. The reason given is that Janssen reportedly wants to spend more time training non-Dutch riders and feels that it would be a conflict to be the Dutch national trainer while helping riders from competitor [...] Continue reading →

(British Dressage) – The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today confirmed the four dressage athletes and their horses who will compete for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The selected riders, who were nominated to the BOA for selection to Team GB by the British Equestrian Federation, will compete at Greenwich Park this [...] Continue reading →

(USEF) – The final Markel/USEF Young Horse Training Session of 2012 will take place June 28-29 at Rosebrook Farm in Georgetown, MA. Led by USEF Young Horse Coach Scott Hassler, the session is expected to include 10 horse/rider combinations. This training session is open to auditors and will include a lecture and open discusion with [...] Continue reading →

(USPEA) – Following the approval of the USEF High Performance Working Group and the USEF Executive Commitee, the FEI Nominated Entry for the U.S. Para-Equestrian Team for the 2012 Paralympic Games is as follows.   Athletes and horse are listed in ranked order based on the results from the 2012 USEF Selection Trials & National [...] Continue reading →

Germany has announced the riders who will represent the country in dressage at the European Pony Championships in Fontainbleau, France from July 17-22 and at the European Junior and Young Rider Championships in Bern, Switzerland from July 11-15. They are: Pony European Championships Dressage: Anna-Christina Abbelen with Dornik’s Donovan, Nadine Krause with Danilo, Semmieke Rothenberger [...] Continue reading →

(USEF) – The following change has been made to the USEF Nominated Entry for the US Dressage Team: Owner Cherry Knoll Farm and rider Todd Flettrich made the decision to withdraw Otto from the selection process and no longer wish to have him considered for the team. As a result, the updated ranked order of [...] Continue reading →

(FEI) – The FEI Bureau’s spring meeting took place at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) on 8-9 June. The meeting opened with a minute’s silence for Dr Craig Ferrell, FEI Medical Committee Chair, and Jane Goldsmith, Member of the FEI Para-Dressage Committee, who passed away recently. The main focus of the meeting was: •    to [...] Continue reading →