On the idyllic island Graf Inselwerth in the middle of the Rhine river near Bad Honnef, Germany, international judge Uwe Spenlen organizes his annual dressage "serenade" named Parkfestival Dressur. The show grounds are only reachable by a bridge connecting the picturesque village of Bad Honnef with the lush green island [...]
When the "typical Dutch" weather moved in on Arnhem for CHampion Gelderland, for the duration, June 20-thru the 25th, most riders welcomed the change after a week of extremely hot weather. For Christine Traurig and Etienne, the skies opened up in a torrential downpour during her Grand Prix Test, which [...]
Keystone DiMaggio, England's entry in the five-year-old division bred, trained and ridden by Suzanne Davies is an approved stallion by Don Primero by Donnerhall by a World Cup dam. In 1997 Keystone DiMaggio placed seventh out of 34 stallions that competed in the 100-Day Test in Neustadt-Dosse Germany. In 1999 [...]
Canada was represented for the first time in the 2000 World Championship for Young Dressage Horses held June 22-25, at CHampion Gelderland, Papendal Arnhem, The Netherlands. Evi Strasser and the Oldenburg gelding by Quattro Quredo de Paul finished fourth in a field of thirty-five of the finest young five-year-old dressage [...]
Robert Dover and New Tango, the five year old KWPN gelding by Contango owned by his student Tara Stegen made it to the final for the World Championships for Young Horses to be held today Sunday, June 25, 2000, in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Dover who worked for the PSI sales [...]
Hermes Sellier of Paris, France delivered their dressage saddle to Sue Blinks in Arnhem, where America's leading dressage rider in the Olympic Trials was competing. The saddle was designed in conjunction with Margit Otto-Crepin, currently the President of the International Riders' Club, and one of France's most famous dressage riders [...]
Tess Gilder currently training in Holland with Anky van Grunsven and Sjef Jansen hosted a lovely evening for the USET Dressage riders competing in Arnhem, the first of the two final selection trials for a spot on the Olympic Team for Sydney. Pictured here with Robert Dover and Guenter Seidel, [...]
The first day of the World Championships for Young Dressage Horses in Arnhem the Netherlands, was a full one with a large division in both the five and six year old divisions. Dr. Ulf Moller and the Hanoverian gelding Placido by Prestige Pilot placed first in the five-year-old division. The [...]
As our Euro-Tour takes us through southern France along the tropical azure coastline, we visited the delta of the Rhone river where the "cheval de Camargue " roam free under the watchful eye of the mounted "guardians" (Camarguaise cowboys). Always gray-cream in color, with a square shaped head and about [...]
41-year-old Ulla Sazlgeber from Bad Worishofen became the new German Dressage Champion for female riders in Balve, Germany. With her gelding Rusty she rode to a 83.89% kur to music winning the test with brilliance. After her victory in the Grand Prix and Speciale, Salzgeber earned to a grand total [...]
