Great minds must think alike, as yesterday I featured para dressage at the World Equestrian Games on Regarding Horses, and so did Glenn the Geek on this week’s episode of the 2010 Radio Show. Hear more about this event from the recently crowned national champ Rebecca Hart and US Para Dressage team coach and eventer [...]

Every Monday night I spend four hours working with riders with mental and physical disabilities. I see firsthand the exceptional relationship they have with their horses, as both horses and riders develop their wings, so-to-speak. The riders can communicate with their horses, sometimes in ways they can’t with other people. And the horses are attuned [...]

The Rolex FEI World Cup has just finished in Las Vegas and we have interviews with the winners and runner ups in Dressage and Show Jumping. We spoke to Steffen Peters, Isabelle Werth, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, McClain Ward and Debbie MacDonald. All are certain to be in the running for the Alltech FEI 2010 World Equestrian [...]

A series of really great rides in yesterday’s afternoon dressage session shook up the top 10 and put several top riders in great position going into today’s cross-country round. Bettina Hoy of Germany riding Ringwood Cockatoo had such a beautiful test that she scored a 28.2, the lowest dressage score ever recorded at the Rolex [...]

It was an absolutely gorgeous day in Lexington, Kentucky for the first round of dressage at the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event. I just wish I could be there catching some rays and viewing the action first-hand. I do have to send out some major props to those covering it online. Reading the live commentary [...]

I was really hoping to make it to at least part of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event this week, but with too much other unplanned travels cropping up this spring, it just isn’t going to happen this year. Instead I’m going to have to live vicariously through my buddy Glenn the Geek, who will be [...]

Steffen Peters was officially crowned FEI World Cup Dressage Champion after scoring an 84.95% on his musical freestyle with Ravel on Saturday night. Isabell Werth was second with Olympic mount Satchmo, and Anky Van Grunsven was third on Painted Black. Ravel was a different horse from the one who placed fourth in the Olympics last [...]