(USEF by Starting Gate Communications) – Lexington, KY – David Marcus, 31, of Campbellville, ON, scored two more victories to put himself firmly in contention for the Canadian Dressage Team headed to the 2012 London Olympic Games.  Marcus won both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special at CDI3* Lexington, an international dressage competition [...] Continue reading →

(USEF) – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announced today that Steffen Peters (San Diego, CA) has submitted a request to not attend the USEF Selection Trials for the 2012 U.S. Dressage Team for the 2012 Olympic Games with Four Winds Farm’s Ravel. These Trials will be held as part of the USEF Festival of [...] Continue reading →

(Yellow Horse Marketing) – Burbank, CA – A small but talented group of young horses contested the opening round of the Markel/USEF Western Dressage Selection Trial, part of the Dressage at Flintridge CDI*/Y/J in La Cañada-Flintridge, CA.  Judges Lilo Fore (4* USA), Lois Yukins (4* USA), and Jane Weatherwax (4* USA) liked what they saw.  [...] Continue reading →

(USEF) – Dalton, GA – Michael Pollard’s team of international event horses was involved in a road traffic accident just five miles from his training center in Dalton, Georgia when their trailer turned over trapping all six horses on board.  Five horses were cut free and survived with lacerations but tragically Michael’s new stallion VDL [...] Continue reading →

The Readington Township Municipal Court in New Jersey on Wednesday dismissed the last of the criminal charges filed against Cesar Parra resulting from a  June 6, 2009 incident in which a horse in training with Parra was injured. The prosecutor’s office reported that after a thorough investigation it found no evidence to support the charges that Parra “purposely, [...] Continue reading →

Wellington, Florida – Plans for the Wellington Equestrian Village suffered another setback this week when the Wellington city council, which has two new members who campaigned against the project, rejected the developer’s request for a platting extension on a 3-2 vote. The initial plans for the Equestrian Village had included a resort hotel and shopping [...] Continue reading →

(USEF) – This weekend horses and riders will take their first steps toward earning a chance to represent the U.S. at the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Dressage, to be held in Verden, Germany, in La Cañada Flintridge, California. Six horses will contest the 2012 Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Western Selection Trials [...] Continue reading →