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Dressage Canada Announces Southern Training Centres

Ottawa, ON – Dressage Canada is pleased to announce that Arlene ‘Tuny’ Page, owner of Still Point Farm in Wellington, FL, and Flo Brown, owner of Dove Hollow Farm in Olivenhain, CA, have graciously allowed the Canadian Dressage Team to use their facilities for training sessions throughout the season. Both locations will be official southern […]
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Imke and Sunrise Produce the Magic Again in Mechelen

Dutch rider Imke Schellekens-Bartels made it a back-to-back double of victories in the 2009/2010 FEI World Cupâ„¢ Dressage series when heading the line-up with Hunter Douglas Sunrise at Mechelen in Belgium again this evening.  Just seven days ago the same partnership claimed the honours in Frankfurt, and today they were still full of Christmas sparkle […]
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Sato Springs a Big Surprise at Mechelen

Japan’s Eiken Sato sprung a massive surprise when scooping the honours in the seventh leg of the 2009/2010 Rolex FEI World Cupâ„¢ Jumping series in Mechelen, Belgium. With his 10 year-old stallion BV Project Cartoon Z the relatively unknown 23 year-old from Nagano produced one of eight first-round clears over the massive track built by Lucien […]
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Syrian Riders Dominate at FEI Children’s Final

Syrian athletes dominated the podium when Mohamed Jabri took gold and Hadi Nizam claimed bronze at the FEI Children’s International Jumping Final in Abu Dhabi last week but the host country finished prominently when the United Arab Emirates’ Ayesha Al-Shamsi slotted into silver medal position.    Abu Dhabi also hosted the 1999 Final which, now […]
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Eric and Tomboy Storm Home at Olympia

Holland’s Eric Van der Vleuten rocketed up to the top of the leaderboard after a superb victory with VDL Groep Tomboy in the sixth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cupâ„¢ Jumping series at Olympia, London today.  Ireland’s Cian O’Connor set the target with Rancorrado in the 11-horse jump-off but was pipped at the post […]
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Sunrise Shine in Frankfurt

Holland’s Imke Schellekens-Bartels took maximum points at the fifth leg of the 2009/2010 FEI World Cupâ„¢ Dressage series in Frankfurt, Germany today with a great Freestyle test from Hunter Douglas Sunrise.  Mirroring the result from the yesterday’s Grand Prix it was Germany’s Monica Theodorescu and Whisper who lined up second ahead of Denmark’s Nathalie zu […]
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Use of NSAIDs To Be Voted On In 2010

The policy choice of whether the restricted use of a small number of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) should be permitted in competition will be put to the vote at the 2010 FEI General Assembly, following a resolution passed by the Bureau today.   In line with the Bureau’s earlier decision, the present Equine Prohibited List […]
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Edward and Totillas Break Freestyle Record… Again!

The Netherlands’ Edward Gal and Moorlands Totillas set a new world record in the Grand Prix Freestyle for the third time this year when scoring 92.30% to win the fourth leg of the FEI World Cupâ„¢ Dressage series at the Grand Hall at Olympia in London.  With another breath-taking performance that put him in an […]
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2009 FEI General Assembly Wrap Up Report

The report contains a summary of the main decisions taken by the FEI General Assembly other than those related to the restructuring of the organisation and Clean Sport.   The 2010 FEI General Assembly will take place in Chinese Taipei (TPE) from 1 to 6 November 2010 on the kind invitation of the Chinese Taipei […]
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Lansink Wins Inaugural Gucci Masters Grand Prix

Jos Lansink was the inaugural winner of the Gucci Grand Prix. Lansink and Valentina were one of nine riders that qualified for the jump off on a very delicate and difficult course designed by the American Conrad Homfeld. Several great riders incurred faults such as Friday night’s winner Marcus Ehning, (13 pts. with Leconte), Albert Zoer (8 pts with Okidoki), […]