With the final phase of Pan Am upgrades nearly complete, the 2015 show season kicked off with a bang last week with the Classic at Palgrave Phase 1 CSI2* at the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park. Irish rider Conor Swail started the season off in style, dominating the competition with two big Grand Prix wins […]
The Canadian Dressage Athlete Assistance Program (C-DAAP) would like to remind all equine enthusiasts about the two exciting events planned for May 22 and 23, 2015. These C-DAAP fundraising initiatives are being held in conjunction with CDI-W Cedar Valley at the Royal Canadian Riding Academy (RCRA) in Newmarket, Ont. On Friday, May 22nd, from 8-10 […]
In a packed NÜRNBERGER Dressage Arena spectators were offered great dressage at the WDM Munich. The level of the performances was very high with Kristina Sprehe and Desperados FRH scoring 83.275%. Their Freestyle had power, elegance, expression and was technically strong. Kristina said afterwards, “I really liked the part with the pirouettes, they went really […]
All combinations in the Global Dressage Analytics WDM Grand Prix Special presented by the Fürst Fugger Privatbank showed much better performances than in yesterday’s Grand Prix. The sun was shining in Munich and the ambiance in the NÜRNBERGER Dressage Arena was perfect. Yesterday many horses seemed to get a bit spooky by the weather with […]
The Belgian team came out on top in a tough tussle with a strong British foursome at the second leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2015 Europe Division 2 League at Odense in Denmark this evening. Joint-leaders at the halfway stage on just a single time-fault, the result was decided by the last-line […]
Germany’s Kristina Sprehe was unbeatable in the NÜRNBERGER WDM Grand Prix presented by FRB e.V. with her elegant black stallion Desperados FRH. They performed a smooth test with many highlights. The individual bronze and team gold medallist of the WEG in Caen in 2014, recently won the Grand Prix of Dortmund and Hagen, and today […]
Team Great Britain clinched victory at the second leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2015 Europe Division 1 League in La Baule, France today. In a cliff-hanger of a competition it fell to one of the most popular riders on the international circuit, Michael Whitaker, to seal the result. He endured a heart-stopping […]
Top Canadian dressage combinations got the chance to test out the host facilities of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games, while also vying for Pan Am qualifying scores, during the Spring into Dressage CDI 3*, held May 8-10 at the OLG Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Palgrave, Ont. Belinda Trussell of Stouffville, Ont. emerged […]
The seventh qualifier of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2015 season will take place in La Baule, France tomorrow, Friday May 15, attracting a field of eight teams. The starting order, which was determined by a draw held in La Baule this morning, will be as follows: 1. Ireland 2. France 3. Spain 4. […]
On June 30, 2015, Oakcrest Farm in Stouffville, Ont. will host a special fundraiser for the support personnel of the Canadian Dressage Team. The riders will perform their freestyles prepared especially for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games, and spend time giving interviews about their freestyle routines and overall preparation for the Games. Two levels […]
