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The second International Ludwigsburg Dressage Festival attracted approximately 12,000 visitors to Schloss Monrepos, and this number marks a significant increase from the premiere year in 2021 with around 8,000 guests.

The interest was obvious: already in the morning, more and more people wandered into the park at Monrepos Palace and visited the International Ludwigsburg Dressage Festival.

The U25 riders were first on the dressage arena in front of the Seeschloss Monrepos. The Piaff-Förderpreis makes its first stop at the International Ludwigsburg Dressage Festival and seven pairs started in the preliminary competition.

Sad news from the organisation behind the Gothenburg Horse Show – the 2022 Gothenburg Horse Show, host of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ qualifier, will be cancelled due to current restrictions.

The legendary stallion Briar has passed away. It is with great sadness in our hearts that we have to announce that the legendary dressage stallion and Jan Brink’s competition companion for 18 years has passed away peacefully at the age of 31.

Haute Couture, Dinja van Liere's Dutch team horse at the 2021 European Dressage Championships, has been sold to the U.S.A. for Katherine Bateson-Chandler to ride. Haute Couture is a 9-year old KWPN mare by Connaisseur out of Destiney (by Krack C x Jazz).

German rider Isabell Werth was the second to last rider to take to the arena, but it was almost no surprise to see the "queen" of the discipline win the class on her faithful and elegant Weihegold Old, considering she has won so many medals in her career.

The Swiss stole the show when grabbing Team gold at the Longines FEI Jumping European Championships 2021 in Riesenbeck, Germany today. The final round of the team competition was a breathtaking affair, with everything hanging in the balance to the very end when Germany had to settle for silver.

Virginia is the promised young revelation of Italian dressage, after the last European pony championship, which has just been held in Poland. She reported the percentage of 73.829% in the Pony team test, finishing in ninth place in the ranking. Read the interview with the up and coming young rider.

US Equestrian is pleased to announce the selected athlete-and-horse combinations for the Aachen CDIO5* hosted as part of the prestigious CHIO Aachen from September 10-19, 2021, in Aachen, Germany.