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Endel Ots One Step Closer to Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship

2024-10-15T21:51:52-04:00August 20, 2020|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Twelve combinations rode the FEI Intermediate I Test, the second of three tests in the USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship, on Wednesday, moving one step closer to determining the national champion. Endel Ots (Wellington, Fla.) and Sonnenberg’s Everdance delivered another stellar test to score 75.441%. Sonnenberg Farm LLC’s 11-year-old [...]

Major Nationals Championships to Relocate to Tryon

2024-10-15T21:51:52-04:00August 20, 2020|Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily||

During the past several days, the US Equestrian staff along with the Board of Directors and show management teams for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show (PNHS) and Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) presented by Mars Equestrian have worked closely together to find the best venue to host the important fall [...]

Katherine Mathews Tops the Class in Young Rider Team Test

2024-10-15T21:51:53-04:00August 20, 2020|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Horseware Ireland/USEF Young Rider Dressage National Championship Fourteen young riders made their 2020 Festival of Champions debut on Wednesday in the FEI Young Rider Team Test. Katherine Mathews (San Marcos, Calif.) rode Peridot Equestrian LLC’s 16-year-old Hanoverian, Soliëre, to the top of the class. Mathews and the striking black gelding [...]

Endel Ots in the Lead After Day One at 2020 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

2024-10-15T21:51:53-04:00August 20, 2020|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Horse-and-rider combinations have been doing their homework in preparation for the 14 national championships held at the 2020 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions, and it was evident in the first two classes of the show. In the first day of competition at HITS Chicago at Lamplight Equestrian Center, Endel Ots [...]

Sara Hassler Takes Intermediare II Victory in Brentina Cup Action

2024-10-15T21:51:53-04:00August 20, 2020|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Seven horse-and-rider combinations completed their FEI Intermediate II Test for the Adequan®/USEF Young Adult ‘Brentina Cup’ Dressage National Championship on Tuesday. With a score of 69.853%, Sara Hassler (Chesapeake City, Md.) and Harmony’s Boitano, a 14-year-old KWPN gelding owned by Leslie Malone, took first place. Photo - Sara Hassler and Harmony's [...]

Chincoteague Show Pony Steams Back to Health with Young Horsewoman's Help

2024-10-15T21:51:54-04:00August 19, 2020|Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily|

The mention of Marguerite Henry’s Misty of Chincoteague novels beams many equestrians back to their childhood dreams. As the protagonists of the 1950s tales, these hearty, feral ponies roamed Virginia and Maryland’s Assateague Island before going onto adventures with adoring young owners on the mainland. For the now 17-year-old Ella [...]

Capital Challenge Announces Move to World Equestrian Center

2024-10-15T21:51:54-04:00August 18, 2020|Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily||

Capital Challenge Horse Show management has announced, after careful consideration, that this year’s show will be held at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, OH, on the original dates of September 25 – October 4 pending US Equestrian approval. For the past 26 years, the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in [...]

Euro News – It’s All Gold for Germans at the FEI Dressage European Youth Championships

2024-10-15T21:51:56-04:00August 17, 2020|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Clean sweep of gold and plenty of drama It wasn’t the biggest surprise when Team Germany dominated the first week of the FEI Dressage European Youth Championships 2020 which drew to a close at Pilisjàszfalu in Hungary today. But plenty of drama accompanied their clean sweep of gold in both [...]

Making Exceptional Riding Accessible with Team Tate Academy

2024-10-15T21:51:56-04:00August 14, 2020|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

The Team Tate Academy has been a dream come true. I’ve always thought about doing an Academy because my mentor of 30+ years told me that what America was missing was a place to create like minded horsemen & women. Photo - Jessica Jo Tate and Faberge winning the Kur [...]

USET Foundation Exceeds Giving Games Goal

2024-10-15T21:51:58-04:00August 13, 2020|Looking Back, News|

Gladstone, NJ – Through the Giving Games, and with the help of incredible equestrian sport fans, the USET Foundation and US Equestrian raised more than $72,000 to support and sustain U.S. athletes preparing for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, which have been postponed to the summer of 2021. Held [...]

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