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Emily Miles Puts Riding Career on Hold to Head Back to Med School

2025-01-06T11:09:43-05:00January 6, 2025|DressageDaily, Featured, Looking Back, News|

American professional dressage rider Emily Miles has put her show career on the back burner as she decided to go back to school and finish her medical degree. Photo - Emily Miles at the 2023 Palm Beach Dressage Derby in Wellington (© Astrid Appels) The 36-year old Miles (née Wagner) [...]

Jessica von Bredow-Werndl Retires Dalera BB from Competition Sport

2024-10-13T21:29:25-04:00August 31, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, Looking Back, News|, |

Double Olympic champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl has announced the retirement of her number one Grand Prix horse, Dalera BB. Photo - Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and Dalera BB win double gold at the 2024 Olympic Games (© Astrid Appels) Although she explicitly stated to the media twice that Paris would not [...]

Adrienne Lyle’s Salvino Retired from Sport

2024-10-13T21:17:30-04:00April 6, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, Looking Back, News|

Salvino, U.S. Olympian Adrienne Lyle's career-making Grand Prix horse, has been retired from sport. The news was announced on 4 April 2024 just days after Adrienne confirmed herself as a U.S. Olympic team hopeful on new horses Lars van de Hoenderheide and Helix at the CDI Wellington on 28 - [...]

Euro News – Aachen Breaks Tradition and No Longer Hosts FEI Dressage Nations’ Cup

2024-03-20T14:43:43-04:00March 20, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

CDIO Aachen, the longest existing international dressage competition, is breaking with tradition and will no longer be hosting an FEI Dressage Nations' Cup in 2024. Since 2013 the Aachen team competition is part of the official FEI Nations Cup series. Photo - The Spanish Team in Aachen in 2005: Rambla, [...]

Euro News – Helgstrand’s Grand Prix Horses Jovian for Patrik Kittel, Queenparks Wendy to Isabell Werth

2024-01-12T22:56:31-05:00January 12, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News|

As Andreas Helgstrand has been suspended from the national squad by the Danish Equestrian Federation for 2024, the horse dealer has opened the door to new riders for Jovian and Queenparks Wendy in the Olympic year. Photo - Andreas Helgstrand and Jovian at the 2023 European Dressage Championships (© Astrid [...]

Euro News – Lombard, a 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Hopeful for Steffen Peters

2024-01-08T11:05:58-05:00January 8, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, News|

Akiko Yamazaki has secured a new horse for her long-time sponsored rider, American Olympian Steffen Peters. The Japanese born U.S. businesswoman and dressage lover has secured the 7-year old KWPN gelding Lombard in The Netherlands. Lombard is a 2016 born gelding by UB40 out of Uline (by Krack C x Elcaro). [...]

In Memoriam – Glock’s Undercover

2024-10-09T12:29:26-04:00October 20, 2023|DressageDaily, Featured, Looking Back, News||

Edward Gal's London Olympic ride Undercover has passed away on September 26, 2023. Owner Glock Horse Performance Center announced the news. Undercover was a 22-year old Dutch warmblood by Ferro out of Mimosavrouwe (by Donnerhall x Roemer). He is bred by Marianne Hendriksen-de Rijk. Photo - Edward Gal and Undercover [...]

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