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• 17 May 2012 at 21 : 30 PM

  Quemacho Does Brooklyn in Style

  

  By Lynndee Kemmet - Brooklyn, NY – The Lusitano stallion Quemacho went where no horse has gone before showing just how talented and adaptable he really is. Sporting a pink ribbon in his forelock in memory of his late owner, Ingred Lin, who died from cancer, Quemacho made history at a popular New York City arts studio. The former FEI competitor, now owned by Lin’s son Adam Pollack, has been in training with dressage rider Bettina Drummond at her home base in Connecticut. Drummond, whose riding is clearly aimed at creating art rather than for sport, was honored May 10 by the STREB Lab for Action Mechanics when she was named the 2012 Action Maverick Award recipient. STREB is ...

  
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• 17 May 2012 at 02 : 19 AM

  Florida Winter Equestrian Festival Pulls Plan for a Resort Hotel

  Developers behind a proposed Equestrian Village project in Wellington, Florida have backed away from their plan to construct a resort hotel. According to the Palm Beach Post, Mark Bellissimo of Equestrian Sport Partners, which was behind the project, decided the hotel had no chance of passing the new city council. Three new members were recently elected to the council and all three campaigned against the proposed development. Equestrian Sport Partners has been seeking to build a large equestrian commercial complex on old polo grounds in an area that is an equestrian preserve. Many city residents have opposed the project on the grounds that the large commercial enterprise will destroy the ...

  
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• 15 May 2012 at 14 : 28 PM

  2012 YR & Junior European Long Lists

  

  (British Dressage) - The British Dressage Junior and Young Rider Selection Committee is pleased to announce the long list of horse and rider combinations for FEI European Dressage Championships for Young Riders and Juniors (8 – 15 July 2012). The 2012 event will be held at the prestigious Dressur Akademie Silvia Ikle in Berne, Switzerland and is the first time in 18 years that Switzerland has hosted the Championships. The event is the pinnacle of the competition season for top young dressage riders in Europe, and is an opportunity for them to showcase their talent at a high profile show. Last year’s event was held in Broholm, Denmark and the British riders finished fifth ...

  
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• 15 May 2012 at 14 : 29 PM

  British Riders Line Up for Moorsele CDIYJP

  

  (British Dressage) - British Pony, Junior and Young Riders will be making the trip to Moorsele CDIYJP in Belgium this week (17 – 20 May). Sixteen different combinations will represent Great Britain across the four days of competition, which will include both team and individual classes. British Dressage would like to wish good luck to all the British riders taking part. For full details, schedules and results, please click here. Young Riders – CDIO Pippa Hutton and Duela (Owner: Mr P Woof) Alex Hardwick and Calvin G (Owner: Mrs S Hardwick) Bobby Hayler and Active Walero (Owner: Miss F James) Amy Woodhead and Pardon (Owner: Rider) Young Riders – CDI Pippa ...

  
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• 14 May 2012 at 17 : 30 PM

  $7 Million Bond Deal Keeps IPCPB Founder John Goodman From Immediate Imprisonment

  Palm Beach, Florida - John Goodman, the founder of the International Polo Club in Palm Beach and a sponsor of the 2012 World Dressage Masters that was held in Florida this winter, was sentenced Friday to 16 years in prison for killing 23-year-old Scott Wilson in a traffic accident in February 2010. Goodman had been driving under the influence when he hit Wilson's car, pushing it into a canal. Goodman fled the scene, leaving Wilson to drown in the canal. But the Palm Beach Post reports that Goodman has managed to avoid immediate imprisonment while he appeals his case by agreeing to a $7 million bond that includes covering the cost of hiring off-duty police officers to keep track of him. ...

  
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• 14 May 2012 at 17 : 32 PM

  2013 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championship Dates and Locations Announced

  (USDF) - The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) has announced the dates and locations for the 2013 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championships, presented by SmartPak and supported by Merial, for each of USDF's nine regions. Region 1 (October 17-20) at Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA Region 2 (September19-22) at Lamplight Equestrian Center, Wayne IL Region 3 (October11-13) at Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers, GA Region 4 (October 11-13) at the National Equestrian Center, Lake St. Louis, MO Region 5 September19-22) at Colorado Horse Park, Parker, CO Region 6 (September19-22) at Donida Farms, Auburn, WA Region 7 (September19-22) ...

  
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• 13 May 2012 at 16 : 27 PM

  Para-Equestrian Competition Underway in Sydney

  

  (Equestrian Australia) -Australia's top Para-Equestrian riders were put through their paces at the fourth and final Para-Equestrian nomination event in Sydney this weekend. With a position on the four member Paralympic Games team on the line, riders were in top form with many recording personal bests in an effort to impress selectors. Held over three days, the competition saw riders from each of the five grades perform the Team Test on Friday, The Individual Championship Test on Saturday and the Freestyle Test on Sunday. “Everyone has competed extremely well and we’ve seen some very high scores which is fantastic,” said National Performance Director for Para-Equestrian, ...

  
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• 12 May 2012 at 16 : 23 PM

  Additional Precautionary Measures Taken in La Baule

  (FEI) - The La Baule Organising Committee Veterinary Advisors and the FEI have been constantly monitoring horses at the French event following a confirmed case of Equine Influenza in a horse that was competing in Le Touquet (FRA) last weekend. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) swab testing, a “super-sensitive” forensic type test for viral infections. PCR looks for parts of the Influenza virus and is not an indicator that the virus is active, inactive, capable of producing disease, or that a horse is a risk to other horses. Equine Influenza (EI) is commonly found throughout the world on this type of test in healthy horses. Precautionary testing on some horses at La Baule has ...

  
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• 11 May 2012 at 15 : 55 PM

  2012 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships Results

  (USEF) - Never before in its 39-year history had an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association hunter seat team coach won two IHSA National Championships for two different colleges or universities. But that was before Mary Drueding. Drueding, already selected by the IHSA nominating committee to receive its Lifetime Achievement Award, demonstrated an irrefutable argument in defense of her coaching excellence and expertise as her St. Lawrence University Saints hunter seat team clinched the IHSA Collegiate Cup during the 2012 National Championships, May 3-6, at the Hunt Horse Arena of the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. Hunter Seat Results In 1989, while assistant ...

  
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• 11 May 2012 at 14 : 45 PM

  Benefit Fiesta at Del Mar National Horse Show Raises Over $30,000 for USET Foundation

  

  (Phelps Media Group) - On May 4, 2012, the United States Equestrian Team Foundation hosted a benefit in support of the United States Equestrian Olympic Team at the Del Mar National Horse Show. The event helped raise over $30,000 in support of the Olympic and Paralympic efforts. Two hundred guests attended the exciting event, which featured margaritas, fiesta food, music and a live auction at Barn W of the Del Mar Fairgrounds.   Robin Parsky, USET Foundation Trustee and Co-Chair of the Development Committee, chaired the event with her husband Gerry Parsky. She kicked off the festivities by welcoming guests and thanking the Committee, and then went on to recognize Rich Fellers for ...

  
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• 9 May 2012 at 14 : 56 PM

  More Equestrian Olympic Tickets to be Offered

  

  (British Dressage) - A further 900,000 tickets for London 2012 Olympic events are to be released over the next week including tickets to some equestrian sessions. They will be sold on a first come, first served basis exclusively to the one million people who applied in previous rounds of Olympic ticket sales and were not successful in securing a ticket. First priority will be given to the 20,000 people who were unsuccessful, first in the initial Olympic ballot application and then again when they applied in the second chance sales due to the high demand.   These people will be given the opportunity to purchase tickets for over thirty different sports, including dressage, ...

  
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• 9 May 2012 at 14 : 34 PM

  Christy Raisbeck And Fernando Win Horse Of Course High Score Award At Houston Dressage Society Spring Classic I Show

  

  Houston, Texas - Dressage rider and trainer Christy Raisbeck, of Freestyle Farm Dressage in Fulshear, Texas, rode Fernando to the High Score of the Houston Dressage Society Spring Classic I show. Raisbeck and Fernando earned a 72.8% in the First Level Test 1 class to not only win the top score at the show, but also ride away with The Horse of Course High Score Award, sponsored by The Horse of Course, Inc., one of the nation’s premier tack shops specializing in dressage tack, clothing and supplies.   Raisbeck purchased Fernando, a 2005 Zweibrucker gelding, from Melanie Pai of Canaan Ranch In Middleburg, Virginia, in 2011. Fernando was born in Germany and imported as a yearling. ...

  
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