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Jennifer Thompson Wins 2019 USEF Advanced Single Horse Combined Driving National Championship

2024-10-15T21:37:57-04:00November 7, 2019|Driving Daily, Looking Back, News||

Aiken, S.C. – Jennifer Thompson and Funnominial CG added champion to their resume in the 2019 USEF Advanced Single Horse Combined Driving National Championship at the Katydid CDE. Thompson’s strong dressage test helped the pair earn the tricolors to finish with a final cumulative score of 156.87 penalties. A Veterinarian [...]

Kent Farrington's Feisty Mare Austria 2 Speeds to Victory at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show

2024-10-15T21:37:58-04:00November 7, 2019|Looking Back, Show Jumping Daily||

Toronto, ON – It was Kent Farrington of the United States for the win in the $37,000 Jolera International Strength and Speed Challenge on Wednesday, November 6, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 97th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography [...]

By Land and By Air, Competitors Arrive for the 2019 US Dressage Finals

2024-10-15T21:37:59-04:00November 6, 2019|DressageDaily, Looking Back||

"We had an uneventful trip, and that's the best kind!" More than 2,000 miles of continental United States once again couldn't keep a die-hard group of West Coast dressage riders from attending this year's US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®, being held November 7-10, 2019 in Lexington, Ky. Traveling both [...]

International Society for Equestrian Science Position Statement – Restrictive Nosebands

2024-10-15T21:38:00-04:00November 5, 2019|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Eventing, Looking Back, News, Para Equestrian, Show Jumping Daily, Wellness|

International Society for Equestrian Science (ISES) Position Statement - Restrictive Nosebands Summary For the purpose of this position statement, a restrictive noseband is defined as one that is tight enough to prevent the placement of two adult fingers between the noseband and the frontal nasal plane. Restrictive nosebands: are prevalent [...]

Verne E. Batchelder Leaves a Legacy

2024-10-15T21:35:08-04:00October 30, 2019|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

WILLISTON, FL — Verne E. Batchelder, born June 23, 1953 in Woodsville, N.H. succumbed to a cardiac event over the weekend of October 18th while on a business trip in Ogunquit, Maine. Verne grew up in Fairlee, Vermont one of six siblings born to dairy farmers Verne C. Batchelder and [...]

Hannoveraner Verband Comments On Issue With Sale of Cadeau Noir

2024-10-15T21:35:09-04:00October 29, 2019|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News|

Bremen/Verden. Last week, the traditional stallion licensing and stallion sales took place in Verden. Hannover's vintage 2017 was the focus, 63 stallions were licensed in total, 15 of them were awarded a premium. On Saturday, 26 October, the auction of the premium stallion by Cadeau Noir/Licosto led to irritations by [...]

Eventing Olympic Qualifier At The Ocala Jockey Club

2024-10-15T21:35:09-04:00October 28, 2019|Eventing, Looking Back, News||

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games taking place in the summer of 2020, athletes in all Olympic disciplines are hard at work to qualify. Equestrian disciplines are no different, and the Ocala Jockey Club International 3-Day Event is proud to serve as the only Olympic qualifying Event in the Southeast [...]

Mary Phelps USA Wins Cones Division for Pony Pairs at the FEI World Driving Championships for Ponies

2024-10-15T21:35:11-04:00October 23, 2019|DressageDaily, Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News|, |

Here it is the winning cones round. It’s crazy. We had moved up from 29 place in dressage to 22 place after a great marathon with non other the Bram Chardon as my navigator and coach. The ultimate marathon driving lesson! This meant we started in the first half of [...]

Denmark’s Cathrin Dufour and Bohemian Shine in Dressage World Cup Starter

2024-10-15T21:35:12-04:00October 21, 2019|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News|, |

Denmark’s Cathrin Dufour stole all the limelight when dominating both the Grand Prix and Freestyle at the first leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League on home ground in Herning (DEN) this weekend. Riding her exciting young Westphalian gelding Bohemian, she posted a whopping 83.022 to [...]

Getting Ready For The FEI World Driving Championships for Ponies

2024-10-15T21:33:49-04:00September 6, 2019|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back|, , |

Co-organizer Vilmos Jambor. ©Kristina Horvath Every two years FEI World Driving Championships for Ponies hosts the best ponies and pony drivers in the world. The only FEI Driving World Championships to feature all divisions, Single, Pairs, and Four-In-Hands in one event, it is a competition which organizers host the largest [...]

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