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Australia's Boyd Exell Launches Campaign to Win Record Sixth FEI Driving World Championship

2024-10-15T22:34:43-04:00September 23, 2022|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, News|, |

The atmosphere became electric as Australian Boyd Exell defiantly launched his campaign to win a record sixth FEI Driving World Championship. The buoyant crowd had waited all day to see a sub-40 score appear on the massive digital boards flanking the Dressage arena. Their patience was rewarded as moments after [...]

No Guts, No Glory for Endel Ots and Kings Pleasure

2024-10-15T22:34:44-04:00September 23, 2022|Looking Back, Wellness|, |

Endel Ots, once again had great success at the 2022 Festival of Champions. This time with Zen Elite’s Kings Pleasure, a KPWN approved stallion owned by Zen Elite Equestrian Center’s Heidi Humphries. There is one thing that Endel and his horses never travel without, the Omega Alpha Gastra–FX Ultra™ Paste, [...]

Chester Weber Leads Way After Day One of Dressage – FEI World Championships 2022 – Pratoni

2024-10-15T22:34:44-04:00September 22, 2022|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, News|, |

Having watched the early drivers navigate their tests on the first of two days of Dressage at Pratoni, Chester Weber (USA), who anchored his team to win gold as well as securing individual silver at the FEI World Equestrian Games TM in Tryon four years ago, entered the glorious grass [...]

FEI World Championships 2022 Pratoni del Vivaro Driving – National Teams Confirmed After Inspection 

2024-10-15T22:34:45-04:00September 22, 2022|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, News|, |

As the sun broke through the early morning mist hanging over the Rocca di Papa parkland, horses quietly made their way down the hill from the stabling area in single file. Ready to be presented for the first inspection, each one in a bridle being led by their drivers and [...]

Harness the Laws of Your Mind – Law # 5 – Don’t Breed Negative Thoughts 

2024-10-15T22:34:45-04:00September 22, 2022|Looking Back, Wellness||

The Power To Win is a personal coaching companion to your equestrian training. You already have everything you need within you. Power to Win will remind you, quiet the storm, and keep you focused on your personal best!  As you probably have learned through experience, the more attention and power [...]

U.S. Driving Team Show Solid Performances at 2022 FEI Driving World Championship for Single Horses

2024-10-15T22:34:46-04:00September 19, 2022|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, News||

The 2022 FEI Driving World Championship for Single Horses concluded on Sunday at Haras National du Pin in Le Pin-au-Haras, France. The U.S. contingent, led by Chef d’Equipe Dee Aldrich and Team Coach Suzy Stafford, had solid performances against a world-class field. The Land Rover U.S. Driving Team of Taylor [...]

Dutch Driver Defends Singles World Title at the FEI Driving World Championship 2022

2024-10-15T22:34:46-04:00September 19, 2022|Driving Daily, Driving Ponies, Looking Back, News||

Right down to the last set of cones, all bets were on France’s Marion Vignaud and her KWPN gelding First Quality being crowned the new FEI Singles World Champions.  But nothing is for sure in sport, and it was not to be for Marion as heart-breakingly the ball rolled off [...]

Rodrigo Pessoa and Chili Soar to Victory in the $30,000 Great Oak Grand Prix

2024-10-15T22:34:46-04:00September 19, 2022|Looking Back, News, Show Jumping Daily||

Opening Week of the Old Salem Farm September Horse Shows concluded on Sunday with 27 entries challenging the $30,000 Old Salem Farm Great Oak Grand Prix. Of the seven horse-and-rider combinations who made it to the jump-off, six-time Brazilian Olympian Rodrigo Pessoa sailed to victory with a double-clear time of [...]

Piggy March and Malin Hansen-Hotopp Wire to Wire at 2022 Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials

2024-10-15T22:34:47-04:00September 18, 2022|Eventing, Looking Back, News|

Both Britain’s Piggy March and Germany’s Malin Hansen-Hotopp held on to the leads they established after dressage to win their classes at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials today. Piggy, victorious in the CCI5* at Burghley two weeks ago, took the prestigious CCI4*-S for eight- and nine-year-old horses on Jayne McGivern’s [...]

FEI Eventing World Championship – Team Germany and Britain's Yasmin Ingham are the Champions

2024-10-15T22:34:48-04:00September 18, 2022|Eventing, Looking Back, News|, |

Germany won a third team gold and Britain's Yasmin Ingham riding Banzai du Loir her first senior individual title in a thrilling finale to the 15th FEI Eventing World Championship, held at Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy, in which there was drama and tension right to the very end. The USA [...]

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