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 held at the Kentucky Horse Park from May 24-27 […]

David Marcus, 31, of Campbellville, ON, took another step on the road to the 2012 London Olympics, winning both the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at the CDI3* Canada Classic, an international dressage competition held May 18-20 in Burlington, ON.   Having only received his Canadian citizenship in December, Marcus scored his first international […]

Ashley Holzer’s CDI results in Florida this season continue to sizzle following her most recent competition, the Global Dressage Festival CDI 5* Wellington, presented by Diamante Farms, held March 29–April 1 in Wellington, FL.                                                    On Thursday March 29, Holzer, who is originally from Toronto, ON, rode Breaking Dawn, a bay 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding […]

Riding their 2012 Olympic declared horses, Ashley Holzer and Jacqueline Brooks were the top Canadian Grand Prix riders at Wellington Dressage Classic CDI 3* and National Show, presented by Chesapeake Dressage Institute, held March 15-18 in Wellington, FL Their scores along with the rest of the Canadian riders’ results may be found at http://www.globaldressagefestival.com/.

Canadian dressage riders recently topped the leaderboard at both the Wellington CDI-W Global Dressage Festival, held February 3-5, and Wellington Classic Dressage Spring Challenge CDI 3* West Palm Beach, held February 10-12. At the Wellington CDI-W Global Dressage Festival, Toronto native  Ashley Holzer rode her long-time partner Pop Art (Amsterdam x Cabochon) to first place, […]

For the second week in a row, Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer was the top of the class in CDI competition in Florida. Riding her 2008 Olympic partner, Pop Art, Holzer won both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special at Wellington Classic Sunshine Challenge CDI 3*, held January 25–29, in West Palm Beach, FL, […]

Toronto native and three-time Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer, who currently resides in New York, NY, won both the Grand Prix for Freestyle and the Grand Prix Freestyle at the CDI-W Gold Coast Opener, held January 18–22, in West Palm Beach, FL, USA. Riding Breaking Dawn, a flashy bay 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding sired by Akribori […]

Shannon Dueck and Dianne Creech each earned top scores at the CDI-W West Palm Beach Gold Coast Opener, held January 21–23, in West Palm Beach, FL, USA. Riding Ayscha (Welt Hit II x Rouletto), her 10-year-old Oldenburg mare, Dueck, who resides in Loxahatchee, FL, finished in fifth place in the Grand Prix for Freestyle test […]