Sydney, Sept. 30, 2000---The U.S. Equestrian Team made a strong statement about the quality of American dressage today, as Sue Blinks of Mt. Kisco, N.Y., finished eighth in the individual dressage competition at the Olympics, while Christine Traurig of Carlsbad, Calif., her teammate on the bronze medal squad, wound up [...]
Riding with the KWPN logo on her saddle pad, Suzanne van Cuyk won the FEI Prix St George on the 9-year-old KWPN mare Anna Karenina by Sultan, owned by Sally Miller. On the same day news came in that her fellow countrywoman Anky van Grunsven placed first in the Olympic [...]
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-September 27, 2000-Christine Traurig of Carlsbad, CA, the final rider in the Sydney Olympic team dressage competition, rode Etienne, a 12-year-old, Westphalian gelding owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haas, to his best score ever and gave the U.S. Equestrian Team (USET) its third consecutive Olympic team Bronze Medal. [...]
For two years now dressage rider Robert Dover has been in a lot of pain. They call it an enlarged disc and after the Games are over Dover is having back surgery that will help make his life more enjoyable. Right now the disc is putting pressure on his sciatica [...]
In July of 1999, my husband JJ Hathaway and I visited with Dr. Reiner Klimke and his lovely wife Ruth. The only equestrian to win six Olympic medals, I asked him to show JJ his collection and with a gentle sparkle in his eye, he responded by draping all six [...]
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-September 22, 2000-David O'Connor of The Plains, VA won the first Olympic Gold Medal for the United States Equestrian Team (USET) since 1984 when he clinched the individual eventing championship on Custom Made, a 15-year-old, Irish Thoroughbred gelding owned by Xandarius, LLC. He finished the three-phase competition with a [...]
Sydney Australia - David O'Connor of The Plains, VA scored 29.0 penalties in the opening dressage phase of the individual eventing competition, taking the lead with the best score in Olympic history. O'Connor impressed the judges and amazed the crowd with his ride on his veteran partner, Custom Made, a [...]
Beginning Tuesday September 26, The Breeding Division of Dressage at Devon will begin running through Thursday. Performance classes begin on Thursday with the Prix St George, and horse inspection for the horses to compete in the FEI Classes. We will be "On the Scene" providing video, photography and internet services [...]
By Marty Bauman, U.S. Equestrian Team SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-September 17, 2000-Karen O'Connor of The Plains, VA rode Prince Panache, owned by Jacqueline Mars, to the third best score of the dressage phase of the Olympic three-day event team competition to move the U.S. Equestrian Team (USET) up to third place entering [...]
by Diana De Rosa David appeared cool, calm and collected after his dressage ride in which he stood second to Australians Andrew Hoy as the 10th out of a total of 47 riders to go in the Three-Day Team competition. O'Connor had two small mistakes in his ride. He was [...]
