(USPEA by Lindsay McCall) - Katy, TX - Friday’s Para-Equestrian Dressage competition at the Houston Dress Society (HDS) Spring Classic I & II CPEDI3* included the Team Test competition. Each horse and rider combination put forward their best technical execution of their respective test in Grade Ia, Ib, II, III and IV. Friday’s FEI Ground Jury included [...] Continue reading →

France – Spanish rider Morgan Barbançon Mestre rode the 15-year-old KWPN stallion Painted Black to victory in Friday’s Grand Prix for the Freestyle at the Saumur CDI3*. The pair scored 75.340. In second was Dutch rider Edward Gal and the 11-year-old KWPN gelding Glock’s Undercover with a score of 73.681. Third place went to Sweden’s [...] Continue reading →

(USPEA by Lindsay McCall) – Katy, TX – The inaugural day of the Houston Dressage Society Spring Classic I & II CPEDI3* kicked off with the FEI Para-Equestrian Jog. Fifteen horse and rider combinations stepped forward to be evaluated under FEI Veterinarian Dr. Mike Tomlinson and Technical Delegate Carlos Lopes, FEI “4*”, FEI PE “5*” [...] Continue reading →

Germany – British rider Charlotte Dujardin rode the 10-year-old KWPN gelding Valegro to victory in Friday’s Grand Prix for the Special at the Horses and Dreams Hagen CDI4*. The pair scored an 81.426 percent, well ahead of the second place team of Isabell Werth, of Germany, and Don Johnson 14. Werth and the 10-year-old Hanoverian [...] Continue reading →

The New England Dressage Association’s Spring Symposium kicks off today at Apple Knoll Farm in Millis, Mass. Headlining this year’s event are Olympians Michael Poulin and Carole Lavell, teammates on America’s Bronze-Medal 1992 Barcelona Olympic Team that also included Robert Dover and Charlotte Bredahl. The symposium starts today and runs through Sunday. Poulin and Lavell [...] Continue reading →

(USPEA) Katy, TX – In two months United States Para-Equestrians will be vying for a spot on the United States Paralympic Equestrian Team heading to the London Games. With the United States Team qualified, Para-Equestrians have traveled to Houston, Texas for their last opportunity in the United States to qualify as an individual. The Houston [...] Continue reading →

(American Trakehner Association) – Newark, OH – The American Trakehner Association has announced 14 locations will host mare, stallion and young stock inspections in 2012, a number among the highest offered in the last decade. Inspections, held annually across the U.S. and Canada, provide the opportunity to present horses for approval into the ATA studbooks [...] Continue reading →