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Michael Bragdell Perseveres in Prix St. Georges Open Championship Despite battling the flu all week, Region 8 rider Michael Bragdell of Colora, Md. had already earned several top honors with various mounts over the course of this year’s Finals. But...

“The horse is naturally very quick which is a big advantage, especially in a small indoor ring,” said Farrington of Austria 2, an 11-year-old Holsteiner mare (Casall x Corrado I). “She's a really feisty mare. It’s actually my favourite type of horse. She’s small. She’s light. She’s extremely athletic and very fast, so for me it’s a super horse.”

For the purpose of this position statement, a restrictive noseband is defined as one that is tight enough to prevent the placement of two adult fingers between the noseband and the frontal nasal plane.

The grandstands were packed for the FEI Dressage World CupTM Grand Prix Freestyle presented by FFE Generali. Despite the top-quality line-up of riders, it must be said that the whole audience was looking forward to the duel between the star of German...