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Autumn Vavrick and Dante Impressive in the USEF Children Dressage National Championship

2024-10-15T22:32:48-04:00August 29, 2022|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

The six remaining national championship divisions concluded on Sunday at the 2022 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. A week full of seasoned competitors as well as up-and-coming talent made for an exciting, high-caliber event. Photo - Autumn Vavrick and Dante (SusanJStickle.com) Twelve USEF Children Dressage National Championship combinations began the [...]

Ellanor Boehning Takes Top Honors in the USEF Young Rider Dressage National Championship

2024-10-15T22:32:50-04:00August 27, 2022|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Nine combinations rode their first test in the Horseware Ireland/USEF Young Rider Dressage National Championship. After standing on the podium three times at the NAYC, Ellanor Boehning and Sir Junior took top honors in the FEI Young Rider Team Test. Boehning (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and her and Ann Boehning’s [...]

Para Dressage Leader Charlotte Merle-Smith Comes Full Circle

2024-10-15T22:32:52-04:00August 25, 2022|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

USEF Para Dressage National Championship A small but seasoned field of competitors compose the USEF Para Dressage National Championship, and Grades I, II, and III are competing in one division. Charlotte Merle-Smith and Guata had a lovely test to earn a score of 70.735% in the FEI Para Dressage Grade [...]

Impressive Start to the USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship

2024-10-15T22:32:52-04:00August 25, 2022|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Fourteen combinations competed in the FEI Prix St. Georges Test in their first test of the USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship. Laura Graves and SenSation HW won the class with an impressive score of 75.117%. Graves (Geneva, Fla.) and Carol and Scott McPhee’s 2013 Westphalian gelding wowed the judges [...]

U.S. Para Dressage Qualifies for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

2024-10-15T22:32:53-04:00August 25, 2022|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News, Para Equestrian||

Adequan® U.S. Para Dressage Team continued to prove themselves at another world event with multiple medal wins at the Orifarm Health FEI Para Dressage World Championship held in the BB Horse Arena. The 2022 ECCO FEI World Championships were held August 6-14, in Herning, Denmark. This was the ninth edition [...]

US Para Dressage Riders Pack a Powerful Punch at US Championships

2024-10-15T22:32:54-04:00August 24, 2022|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News, Para Equestrian||

The USEF Para Dressage National Championship continued with the FEI Para Dressage Individual Test for the field of four combinations. Mia Rodier-Dawallo and Jayden had a lovely FEI Para Dressage Grade II Individual Test highlighted by powerful trot extensions. Rodier-Dawallo (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and her 2014 KWPN gelding earned a [...]

Haygain Wishes Good Luck to all American Eventing Championship Participants

2024-10-15T22:32:54-04:00August 24, 2022|Eventing, Looking Back, News, Wellness|

Portable HG One Hay Steamer will be awarded to Training Level Amateur Division champion. "Wow! That is a fantastic prize," Lisa Niccolai recalls thinking when she learned that her victory in the 2021 American Eventing Championships Training Amateur division had earned her a Haygain High Temperature Hay Steamer. "Competing in [...]

Tom McCutcheon’s Recent Wins Catapult Earnings Past $2 Million

2024-10-15T22:32:56-04:00August 23, 2022|Looking Back, News, Western HorsesDaily||

In 1984, Tom McCutcheon recorded his first earnings in the National Reining Horse Association while competing in an event in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2006 he passed one million dollars in lifetime earnings, and then in early August 2022, crossed the next million-dollar milestone. That achievement was reached at the [...]

Team USA Tackles Tough Course to Claim First Place in Bromont

2024-10-15T22:32:58-04:00August 21, 2022|Eventing, Looking Back, News||

American riders showed formidable jumping performances to win the seventh leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cupâ„¢, held in Bromont (CAN). With an experienced team of athletes most of whom had ridden at 5* level, three of the four riders jumped clear in both the jumping and cross-country tests. The [...]

Home Run for the Belgians at the FEI Eventing Nations Cupâ„¢ in Arville

2024-10-15T22:32:58-04:00August 21, 2022|Eventing, Looking Back, News||

It was tough to predict who the final winner would be throughout the sixth leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cupâ„¢ in Arville (BEL). There was a leaderboard shake-up in each phase but eventually the home side saved the day with some masterful cross-country riding, to finish on a score [...]

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