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Ben Maher and Urico Win $150,000 CSIO 4* Grand Prix

Week eight of the 2014 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by G&C Farm, concluded on Sunday with another big win for Great Britain’s Ben Maher in the $150,000 CSIO 4* Grand Prix, presented by Wellington Equestrian Realty. Maher guided Jane Clark’s Urico to victory over USA’s Laura Kraut and Nouvelle in second […]
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2014 OEF Youth Bursary Recipients

The Ontario Equestrian Federation (OEF) is pleased to present seven juniors from across the province with $1,000 through the OEF Youth Bursary Program to help them reach their equestrian goals. “This is such a deserving group of young horse people and we are thrilled to be able to help them with their equestrian endeavours,” says […]
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Meydan Group to Sponsor 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

The Meydan Group has signed on to sponsor the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™, which will be held August 23- September 7 in Normandy, France. Malih Lahej Al Basti, vice-chairman of Meydan Group, said statement: “We are pleased to demonstrate [our passion for equestrian sports] through our role as an official sponsor of the […]
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WEF Update: Week 7

The week began with Wednesday’s Nations Cup dressage competition at the Global Dressage Festival, featuring nine teams, including two U.S. teams, two Canadian teams, and those from Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, Colombia and Spain, as well as individuals from Puerto Rico and Georgia. The U.S. kept their lead position from Wednesday through Friday. The silver […]
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Tanya Strasser-Shostak Wins Florida International Youth Dressage Championships

The CDI 3* competition continued at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) on Saturday with the FEI Grand Prix Special, presented by Stillpoint Farm, and the FEI Intermediaire-1, presented by Peacock Ridge. In addition to professional competition, the sport’s brightest young stars were recognized in the Florida International Youth Dressage Championships, presented by Dressage4Kids, to […]
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Karen Pavicic Wins Grand Prix at the AGDF CDIO3*

Canadian Karen Pavicic and Oldenburg Don Daiquiri topped the field of 13 entries in the Grand Prix at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival CDIO3* with a winning score of 69.440 percent. Karen and Don Daiquiri, the twelve-year-old gelding owned by Jayne Essig and sired by Don Cardinale, for the second time in this Florida season […]
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Sponsor Demands Isabell Werth’s Suspension be Lifted

Last fall, German dressage rider Isabell Werth received a six-month suspension from the German Equestrian Federation (FN) after one of her mounts tested positive for a banned substance. Now, the title sponsor of the international German equestrian teams, AGCO/Fendt, is demanding that the FN end the rider’s suspension. “We do not appreciate the unfair treatment […]