The young horse division at Dressage at Devon has taken hold, with quality horses, and experienced international judging. With Stephen Clarke who has judged the World Championships for Young Horses, as the spokesperson for his fellow judges the final two classes of the show were the FEI Young Horse Tests [...]
2002 Dressage at Devon transformed from a Woodstock mud slide into a Lolapalooza crowd surfing place. The crowds were packed like sardines to view Devon's highlight class of the weekend, the Grand Prix freestyle. The sun finally appeared after four days of overcast weather and dried up the footing for [...]
2002 Dressage at Devon was miraculously spared from Hurricane Isidore's rain showers today and created the perfect atmosphere for hailing the show's newest favorite, George Williams. Winning the Grand Prix for freestyle with an impressive score of 70.840%, Williams was far the best rider of the pack, riding a test [...]
United States dressage team members Steffen Peters and George Williams both have a new Grand Prix horse at their disposal. Peters and Williams' sponsors acquired two rising FEI horses in The Netherlands, which are meant to be the successors of Floriano and Rocher. The Dutch warmblood stallion TC Ravel has [...]
2002 Dressage at Devon kicked off wonderfully for Long Island based Jan Brons. Aboard his flamboyant, yet petite Dutch bred mare Josien, Brons rode a delightful Prix St Georges test scoring a high 67.000%. Winner of the afternoon PSG class, the Canadian JoAnne Mintz, ranked second overall with 65.333%. Her [...]
While the Dressagedaily team has barely recovered from a Jerez 2002 WEG jet lag, and just picked up euro-correspondent Astrid Appels, who blew in from Brussels today, for the 2002 Dressage at Devon CDI, the team made it in time for the award ceremony of the Curtis Paul Cheyney Jr. [...]
Silver For The AmericansKlieg lights and flashbulbs lit up Chapin Stadium for the night's Team Medal presentations at the World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain, on August 12, a historic moment in many ways for the fourth-time running of this quadrennial event. After two days of competition in the Grand [...]
Lexington, Kentucky - The following riders recently won the United States Dressage Federation (USDF)/ Dover Saddlery Adult Amateur medal for excellent dressage performances as top-placing Second Level Adult Amateurs:Rider Horse Competition DateWende Neitzel Close the Deal Dressage in the Rockies I & II August 1 & 4, 2002 Dallas, TX [...]
The German team of Nadine Capellmann, Ulla Salzgeber, Klaus Husenbeth and Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff won the Team Gold Medal at the World Equestrian Games, earning 5,642 points combined over two days of competition, September 11 and 12, in Jerez de la Fontera, Spain. The United States earned the Silver with 5,527 [...]
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain – September 21, 2002 – The United States Drivers made history winning the team Silver Medal in the Four-In-Hand Driving World Championship on Saturday at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. Until now the best finish for a U.S. Four-In-Hand [...]
