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Natalie Hamilton-Hinnemann – See What Can Happen When You Follow a Dream

2024-10-14T22:17:00-04:00December 20, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News|, |

In 2003 Natalie Hamilton went to Europe to groom for her long time trainer, David Wightman who was participating in the FEI World Dressage Young Horse Championships in Verden. Little did she know she was about to not only bring a new horse back to the USA, but a new [...]

About Adam Steffens

2024-10-14T22:17:21-04:00December 15, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News|

Adam Steffens began his career with his mother while perched in front of her Western saddle. At 9, he began dressage training with a local trainer, Barb Anderson Whiteis, at Callie Farm in Monticello, Minnesota. She was adept at making riding fun with loads of kids, laughter and horses to [...]

Christina Vinios and Folkestone Capture Second National Championship of 2015

2024-10-14T22:17:30-04:00December 13, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Wellington, Fla. - National Championship competition came to a close this evening at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival grounds in the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp. In The Dutta Corp./USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship, Christina Vinios and Folkestone OLD maintained their position atop the [...]

2016 Grand Prix and Intermediaire I National Championships to be Held in California

2024-10-14T22:17:40-04:00December 11, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, Markel Insurance, News|, |

Lexington, KY. - The United States Equestrian Federation is pleased to announce the dates and locations for the 2016 USEF Dressage National Championships. Similar to the 2015 format, the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by The Dutta Corp. will be divided between two competitions. The Pony Rider, Junior, Young [...]

Custom Saddlery to Award Saddles to Winners at U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions

2024-10-14T22:17:58-04:00December 9, 2015|Looking Back, News|

Custom Saddlery, the Official Saddle of the U.S. Dressage Team, will award Custom saddles to the winners of the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions presented by the Dutta Corp., and will cheer on Custom Saddlery MVRs like Steffen Peters Wellington, FL — Custom Saddlery, the Official Saddle of the United [...]

America’s Top Equestrian Stars Use ThinLine to Keep Horses Healthy

2024-10-14T22:11:45-04:00November 18, 2015|Looking Back, News|

Shannon Dueck (Photo: ThinLine) Many Olympic medalist like Anne Kursinski, Carol Lavell, and Beezie Madden use ThinLine products. What makes superstars incorporate these products into their carefully managed stables. Master Saddler Jen Thackery explains, “I tried the [ThinLine] pad on my Thoroughbreds and they rounded up quicker, were more responsive [...]

Emily Miles Happy With Finishing Second to Olympian Michael Poulin

2024-10-14T22:12:39-04:00November 8, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News||

Emily (Wagner) Miles of Overland Park, Kansas (Region 4) finished a solid second with 71.208% earned for their precise routine also highlighted by single-handed one-tempi’s on the final centerline that even prompted a grin from judge Lilo Fore. “I don’t love the music but it works so well for him [...]

Exciting Future Plans for Dr. Cesar Parra and the Piaffe Performance Team

2024-10-14T22:04:08-04:00October 26, 2015|Looking Back, News|

Dr. Cesar Parra speaks at the GK Horses ceremony in Florence, Italy (Photo: GK Horses) Florence, Italy– Dr. Cesar Parra and the team from Piaffe Performance recently crossed the pond to Italy for the official ceremonious presentation of their partnership with GK Horses. Three years in the making, the relationship [...]

Dressage at Devon 2015: Breed Classes and the Start of Performance

2024-10-14T22:07:49-04:00October 2, 2015|Looking Back, News|

  The Iberian horses started off the Individual Breed Class on Day 3 of Dressage at Devon. They were followed by Oldenburgs, Danish Warmbloods, Appaloosas and more, totaling more than 20 breeds in the Dixon Oval. Each breed is different, with different characteristics, personalities, movements and more. And each breed [...]

Lamplight Equestrian Center Welcomes Great American/USDF Breeders Championship North Central Series Final

2024-10-14T22:00:05-04:00September 19, 2015|DressageDaily, Looking Back, News|, |

Wayne, IL - Dressage horses and young prospects are gathering at Lamplight Equestrian Center for a busy weekend of competition Sept. 19-20. Along with September Dressage at Lamplight, the historic equestrian center in Wayne, Illinois, will host the Great American/USDF Breeders Championship North Central Series Final for the first time. [...]

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