Photo by Jon Kassel (Grand Prix Course at the sold out Alliant Energy Center Arena .) The 10,000 seat John Deere Coliseum at Madison's Alliant Energy Center was standing room only Saturday night as five of 38 entries passed the course's first test and were asked back for the tie-breaking round. Ultimately it was the feisty chestnut mare Happy Z and Ohio's Wilhelm Genn who laid down an unbeatable jump-off track for the win. Laura Linback and As di Villagana, competing last, also put in a...

The atmosphere at the Piazza di Siena, located in the parklands of the lovely Villa Borghese in the heart of the Italian capital, is very laid back indeed - except for the tension in the air over tomorrow's third leg of the Samsung Super League with FEI Nations Cup series - and it's the British that just about everyone's talking about. They are looking good and when Chef d'Equipe Derek Ricketts was asked today about their chances he said "yes, they're up for it - I think they should do well...

Saugerties, N.Y. - The 2017 USEF Junior Hunter National Championship - East Coast came to a close on Tuesday, August 1, following two days of competition in Saugerties, N.Y., at HITS-on-the-Hudson. More than 178 of the country’s top juniors headed to the Championship to complete three phases in front of the judging panel made up of Ralph Caristo, Todd Karn, and Keri Kampsen over the Rian Beals-designed Classic Round course and Handy Hunter course, both of which counted for 40% of the...

Steffen Peters and Rosamunde (Terri Miller San Juan Capistrano, Calif. – Fans from around the world have tuned in to CDP Live this spring to watch all of the excitement from the West Coast’s premier series of international dressage competitions, but this Thursday and Friday will be viewers’ last chance to see some of America’s best and brightest dressage horses and riders as they compete at California Dreaming Productions’ final show of the season: the Festival of...

Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 (Terri Miller) Del Mar, Calif. – As 2016 Olympic Games qualifying kicks into high gear, the West Coast will see its largest field of international Grand Prix competitors of the year to date as 17 horse/rider combinations square off during this week’s California Dreaming Productions’ Dressage Affaire CDI3*/Y/J/U-25, being held March 10-13 at the Del Mar Horse Park. As the competition heats up, once again dressage fans from around the world will be...

Salzhausen, Germany – An influnetial cross-country day took place at Luhmühlen CCI4* presented by DHL on Saturday, with USEF Land Rover Competition Grant recipients Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen rising to the occasion. The pair had a fantastic round over Captain Mark Phillips’ cross-country course to finish with no jumping penalties and was only one second over the optimumtime to add four-tenths of a penalty point to their dressage score. Montgomery (Tetbury, England) and...

Steffen Peters and Legolas 92 look to earn final World Cup qualifying scores during this week's California Dreaming Productions' CDI competition. (Terri Miller) Veteran U.S. Dressage Team member Steffen Peters will lead a star-studded field of international competitors this week at California Dreaming Productions' Capistrano Dressage International CDI-W/Y/J/U-25, being held March 19 - 22 at the beautiful Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano, site of the 2004 and 2008 U.S....

Steffen Peters & Legolas 92 accept congratulations from the ground jury for their big win in the Grand Prix Freestyle at the Mid-Winter Dressage CDI-W. (Terri Miller) Burbank, Calif. - The much-anticipated inaugural West Coast qualifying competition for this year's Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final came to a resounding conclusion on the final day of California Dreaming Productions' Mid-Winter Dressage Fair CDI-W/Y/J/U-25 in Burbank as U.S. Dressage Team veterans Steffen Peters...

Erin Sylvester and No Boundaries (Libby Law Photography) Pau, France - The Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4* came to a conclusion on Sunday afternoon as 19 combinations went forward to contest Jean-Philippe Desmaret’s challenging show jumping track. The United States closed out the competition by securing two spots within the top 10. Leading the way for the Americans was Erin Sylvester (Unionville, Pa.) with her own and Jill Tallman’s No Boundaries finishing in sixth place on 72.9...

Pau, France- The Les Étoiles de Pau CCI4* came to a conclusion on Sunday afternoon as 19 combinations went forward to contest Jean-Philippe Desmaret’s challenging show jumping track. The United States closed out the competition by securing two spots within the top 10. Leading the way for the Americans was Erin Sylvester (Unionville, Pa.) with her own and Jill Tallman’s No Boundaries finishing in sixth place on 72.9 penalties. By collecting just four faults on Sunday, the pair...