Dressage Daily

We have lost our wonderful stallion, this exceptional sire, our sporting partner: GLOCK’s Zonik. He was our equine friend and, at the same time, one of our most important breeding and competition stallions.

And in a piece of history-making, 36 of them flew into Japan last night – the first full cargo load of horses ever to land in Haneda, the waterfront airport that serves the greater Tokyo area and which is now welcoming a very different group of Olympic athletes.

The American Hanoverian Society’s biggest event of the year, the inspection tour, is coming up and is one of the largest ever.

The Tokyo 2020 sport entries (FEI Definite Entries) reveal that the flags of 50 nations will fly high during two weeks of spectacular sport. A total of 200 athlete-and-horse combinations are listed, along with an additional 48 Alternate/Reserves.

The Markel/USEF National Dressage Young Horse and Developing Horse Championships coming up on August 24-29, is part of the USEF National Dressage Horse Championships, "The Festival of Champions. Held at the beautiful Lamplight Equestrian Center in Illinois, DressageDaily will be on the scene and is carefully following the rankings lists.

Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer Kati Dagge is excited about the talented new horse she will be campaigning as part of her association with an idyllic equestrian center. The USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist scored the ride on Sai Baba Plus (Sir Donnerhall - Daylight, De Niro), a 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding, also known as “Rolex,” owned by Heidi Humphries.

Question: My neighbors set off fireworks in their backyard (directly over my barn and pastures!) for two nights in a row. The first night, my horses were in their stalls, and I found them sweating and worked up. The second night, I had them turned...

Everything you could want in a stallion: exceptional movement, great character and striking beauty. Cum Laude was successful in the show ring as a young horse, up through the levels to CDI Prix St. Georges and Intermediate I.

“This was a magical CPEDI3* for Team USA with another world record score for Roxanne Trunnell and Dolton,” said Assouline. “All four of our team members had great performances and strong scores, setting up a strong base toward Tokyo.”

Twenty-one-year-old Ben Ebeling has his Father's Day gifts taken care of for a long time. The son of 2012 U.S. dressage Olympian Jan Ebeling has been making his dad proud, in and out of the equestrian arena, for several years. "As a dad, to see your...