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Stacey Hastings and Estatan LHE Honored with 2025 USPRE Horse and Rider of the Year Award

2026-03-29T21:44:32-04:00March 29, 2026|DressageDaily, Featured, News|, , , |

The 2025 competition season has brought well-earned recognition for North Carolina dressage professional Stacey Hastings and her PRE stallion, Estatan LHE, whose partnership continues to exemplify excellence at the highest levels of the sport. In addition to being named the 2025 recipient of The Dressage Foundation’s P.R.E. Horse Fund Grant, [...]

Live Oak International: Where Tradition, Innovation, and International Sport Meet

2026-03-04T20:55:23-05:00March 4, 2026|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Featured, News, Show Jumping Daily||

Live Oak International has grown into the largest international-level combined driving and show jumping competition in the United States, welcoming elite drivers, riders, trainers, owners, and officials from Europe and North America each year. What began as a modest club-level driving event has evolved into a premier showcase for two [...]

Meagan Davis Continues Ground-Breaking Season with CDI4* Grand Prix Win

2026-02-27T10:28:46-05:00February 26, 2026|DressageDaily, Featured, News|, , |

U.S. rider Meagan Davis continued her ground-breaking season on Toronto Lightfoot, seizing her fourth win of the year to date in the Donato Farms CDI4* Grand Prix as last to go in the class of eight. They scored 72.108%, logging yet another new personal best in 2026, an ideal way [...]

Marcus Orlob and Jane Celebrate Victory in Grand Prix Special of 2026 AGDF Action

2026-01-10T21:57:16-05:00January 10, 2026|DressageDaily, Featured, News|, , |

The American anthem rang out for Marcus Orlob and Jane for the second time this week, the first of the 12-week 2026 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) circuit in Wellington, FL. After comfortably topping Thursday’s Grand Prix, they cruised to a 74.681% victory in the La Donaira Lusitanos CDI3* Grand [...]

Deparon Powers Julio Mendoza to Triple Bolivarian Gold

, 2025-12-04T13:37:18-05:00December 4, 2025|DressageDaily, Featured, News|

Ecuador delivered a commanding performance at the 2025 Bolivarian Games, held 26–30 November in Lima, Peru, sweeping both team and individual gold in dressage. Olympian Julio Mendoza Loor once again proved unstoppable, securing his third consecutive individual title while leading his nation to the top of the podium. The Bolivarian [...]

HorseMarket Highlight – Christobalito

2025-11-03T22:16:17-05:00November 4, 2025|DressageDaily, Featured, News||

Presenting: Christobalito - Amateur Dream 2022 16.2 hand Friesian Sport Horse Gelding - $35,000 Very Sporty and competitive Friesian/Draft Sporthorse Gelding 16.2 hds at 3 1/2 years old, ready to show First level. Amateur Dream! This guy is TRAINED! If you are a seriously competitive Dressage rider who wants a [...]

Boyd Exell Emerges Victorious in the CAIO4* Carriage Driving World Cupâ„¢ Qualifier

2025-05-18T22:24:52-04:00May 18, 2025|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Featured, News||

The 2025 Royal Windsor Horse Show concluded today following four exceptional days of top-class equestrian sport. The highlight of the week, the CSI5* Rolex Grand Prix, saw an outstanding performance from Belgium’s Gregory Wathelet who stormed to victory to claim the prestigious title for the second time. Earlier in the [...]

Nayal Nassar Knows How to Win in Wellington

2025-01-13T14:33:30-05:00January 12, 2025|Featured, Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily|, |

Claiming his first-ever ‘Saturday Night Lights’ victory at Wellington International, Egyptian Olympian Nayel Nassar topped the $140,000 Southern Arches CSI3* Grand Prix riding ESI Ali during week one of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Highlighted by 12 weeks of consecutive FEI competition, WEF continues through March 30 in Wellington, FL. [...]

Quinn G Dazzles Becoming Double World Champion in Ermelo

2024-10-13T21:29:20-04:00September 9, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, Looking Back, News|, , |

Quinn G. (Quaterhit x Fassbinder) extended her hegemony today at the Longines FEI/WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Ermelo. The DWB mare and her rider and owner Fiona Bigwood put a dazzling score of 95.0% on the scoreboard. It left her 3% clear of Alkaline (Secret x [...]

Japan’s Soshi Yoshigoe Paralympic Dream Comes True

2024-10-13T21:29:25-04:00September 1, 2024|DressageDaily, Featured, Looking Back, News, Para Equestrian|, |

At the age of just 24, Soshi Yoshigoe is getting ready for his second Paralympic Games, his first being in Tokyo, his home country, in 2021. Finishing in 10th in Tokyo with Hashtag (by Sir Donnerhall), can Grade II athlete Yoshigoe better his results? Photo - Soshi Yoshigoe (FEI) Horses [...]

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