Dressage Canada is pleased to announce the 2013 Dressage Short and Long Lists. The horse/rider combinations were selected based on criteria that considered 2012 competition results. The following horse/rider combinations have been named to the Dressage Canada Short List A: Rider / Hometown / Horse / Owner Jacqueline Brooks / Cedar Valley, ON / D […]

Some of Canada’s top Dressage riders travelled to Saugerties, NY, USA, from September 13-16 for the CDI-W/Y/J NDEA Fall Festival, where they earned many high placings. Grand Prix 3- David Marcus / Chrevi’s Capital / 67.957% 4- David Marcus / Don Kontes / 67.532% 7- Ashley Holzer / Degas / 65.128% Grand Prix Special 3- […]

American dressage riders swept all before them when returning a record-breaking fourth consecutive team victory and filling all the steps of the individual medal podium at the 2011 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.  On Sunday they cruised confidently into pole position in the team event ahead of the silver medallists from Canada while Colombia claimed […]

Canadian Dressage Team members Tom Dvorak of Hillsburgh, ON, Tina Irwin of Stouffville, ON, and Crystal Kroetch of Calgary, AB, placed fourth, fifth and sixth respectively in the Individual Dressage Final held Wednesday, October 19, at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.   With American competitors sweeping all three individual medals, Dvorak, Irwin […]

Following the first day of individual dressage competition at the XVI Pan American Games, Tom Dvorak, 46, of Hillsburgh, ON, sits in fourth place, just over one percentage point behind third placed Marisa Featherling of the United States.   Riding Viva’s Salieri, a 10-year-old Canadian-bred Hannoverian stallion, Dvorak received a score of 73.079% in the […]

On the first day of equestrian competition at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Canadian Dressage Team won its third consecutive silver medal in the team competition.  By winning the silver medal, the Canadian Dressage Team also earned a berth for the 2012 London Olympic Games.   The first Canadian team member […]

The XVI Pan American Games officially began with a spectacular Opening Ceremonies on Friday evening, October 14.   Equestrian sport begins with Dressage, the first of the three equestrian disciplines to contest team and individual medals, held at the Guadalajara Country Club near the city centre.  A record number of entries for the Pan American […]