The president of SportAccord, the union of 92 Olympic and non-Olympic international sports federation and organizers of international sporting events, has ruffled some feathers. During his speech last month at the Sport Accord General Assembly, Marius Vizer openly criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in his address, stating that the IOC system is “expired, outdated, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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Famous for his dashing haberdashery, humour, and flair, Pedro Cebulka followed a natural evolution to his current status of ringmaster extraordinaire.
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