(Dressage New Zealand) – It’s official – Louisa Hill (Clevedon) is the best dressage rider in New Zealand. Her triple win at Horse of the Year in Hawkes Bay cements her place as New Zealand’s best Olympic hopeful. Hill and her super-talented Bates Antonello (AJ) are the sole New Zealand dressage combination to have qualified [...] Continue reading →

(Dressage New Zealand) – It was toe-tapping stuff in the main dressage oval at Horse of the Year today, with riders in the CDN FEI Grand Prix freestyle class making some brave choices when it came to music. The win went to SallyIsaac and Vincent St James with a super test showing plenty of expression [...] Continue reading →

(Global Dressage Festival) – Wellington, Florida – Caroline Roffman, resplendent in a green top hat in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, rode Pie to victory in Intermediare 1 at the $15,000 Wellington Dressage Classic CDI***, presented by the Chesapeake Dressage Institute, held March 15-18 at the Global Dressage Festival (GDF)Stadium show grounds in Wellington, FL. [...] Continue reading →

(Global Dressage Festival) -  Wellington, FL – March 15, 2012- Ashley Holzer and Pop Art were the big winners of the FEI Grand Prix at the $15,000 Wellington Dressage Classic CDI***, presented by the Chesapeake Dressage Institute, held March 15-18 at the Global Dressage Festival (GDF)Stadium show grounds in Wellington, FL. Holzer and Pop Art [...] Continue reading →

(Dressage New Zealand) – The elite of New Zealand’s dressage came out to play at today’s Horse of the Year Show, the crowds significantly swelling as fans gathered to watch Louisa Hill and Bates Antonello, New Zealand’s sole Kiwi dressage rider to have qualified for the London Olympics. Displaying their trademark elegance, Hill and Bates [...] Continue reading →

Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein has sold the talented 13-year-old Westfalen gelding Mastermind (Master x Sandro). The new owner is junior rider Amanda Overgaard of Denmark. The news was announced by the equestrian website ridehesten.com.  The gelding was bred by HRH Princess Benedikte of Denmark, who is Sayn-Wittgenstein’s mother. It is perhaps then no surprise that the horse is [...] Continue reading →

(APHA) – The United States Dressage Federation recognizes the accomplishments of Paint Horses through its Adequan/USDF All-Breed Awards. Seven American Paint Horses earned awards, with sixteen Paints in contention for the awards. Earning the top spot at Fourth Level was True Texas Colors, a 2000 black overo gelding owned and ridden by Lesley Grove of [...] Continue reading →