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Mette Rosencrantz Conducts Successful Clinic for Para-Equestrians

by Lindsay McCall for USPEA | 3/14/2012 9:49:00 AM

Holly Bergay aboard Rubino Bellissimo with Mette Rosencrantz (Lindsay McCall) Del Mar, CA - As the Del Mar Horse Park began to clear of flower boxes and white arena borders, Para-Equestrian Dressage riders prepared for a hands-on clinic with Mette Rosencrantz. Each rider was given 45 minutes with Mette allowing a large amount of time to work on short-term and long-term goals. During each session riders demonstrated specific parts of their tests that they performed during the 2012 Rancho...

Wentz and NTEC Richter Scale Storm to Their First Victory in USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships

by Helen Murray | 9/18/2011 9:29:59 PM

Jonathan Wentz and NTEC Richter Scale Claim 2011 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships (Photo: Lindsay Yosay McCall 2011). Saugerties, NY - The top Para-Equestrian Dressage competitors in the U.S. produced quality performances on the third and final day of the 2011 USEF Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championships. With the standings incredibly close after the first two days of competition, the top spot was up for the taking as riders across the five different grades vied to...

Ashley Holzer & Havanna 145 Take Ninth in FEI Grand Prix Freestyle at 2022 Longines FEI Dressage World Cup™ with Buffini and FRH Davinia La Douce Finishing 12th

by U.S. Equestrian Communications Department | 4/9/2022 6:06:00 PM

Leipzig, Germany – Seventeen of the world’s best athlete-and-horse dressage combinations put on a show on one of the sport’s biggest stages in front of an appreciative crowd, to conclude the 2022 FEI Dressage World Cup Final with the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle. Ashley Holzer (New York, N.Y.) and Havanna 145, a 2007 Hanoverian mare owned by Diane Fellows, and Anna Buffini (San Diego, Calif.) and her 2007 Hanoverian mare, FRH Davinia La Douce, both produced strong freestyle rides....

Personal Best Scores Propel Adequan® U.S. Para Dressage Team to Commanding Win Over Canada in AGDF 9 CPEDI3*

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 3/9/2019 5:14:00 PM

Wellington, Fla. – The Adequan® U.S. Para Dressage Team ended the winter season with a dominant win over their Canadian opponents in the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) 9 CPEDI3* on March 8-9. Led by Chef d’Equipe Michel Assouline, the team of David Botana, Rebecca Hart, Kate Shoemaker, and Roxanne Trunnell earned a cumulative score of 441.488, largely part to career high scores. As a result, their effort led to an all-time high team score for the U.S. Canada ended with...

Hart, Shoemaker, Trunnell Add to U.S Para-Dressage Medal Haul at FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/22/2018 10:21:00 PM

Mill Spring, N.C. – The U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte athletes Rebecca Hart, Kate Shoemaker, and Roxanne Trunnell increased the medal tally for the U.S. at the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018 on Saturday. Following the Freestyle performances in their respective Grades, Hart (Grade III) won the silver medal with a score of 73.240 %. This marked her second medal of the games, moving up a podium step from her bronze medal performance on Wednesday....

Home FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 Gives U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte Extra Push in Podium Endeavor

by Dana Rossmeier, US Equestrian Communications Department | 9/17/2018 11:13:00 AM

Mill Spring, N.C. –The U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte will siphon the positive home crowd energy when they begin their FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018 podium campaign, beginning on Tuesday, September 18. The team of Rebecca Hart, Angela Peavy, Kate Shoemaker, and Roxanne Trunnell, led by Chef d’Equipe Kai Handt, will perform the FEI Individual Test in their respective grades on Tuesday and Wednesday. Individual medals will be awarded in each...

U.S. Equestrian Announces U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 7/19/2018 4:29:00 PM

Lexington, KY – US Equestrian has named four athlete-and-horse combinations to the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team presented by Deloitte for the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018, which will take place September 11-23, 2018. Following the 2017-2018 selection period, the US Equestrian Board of Directors approved the following combinations for the FEI Nominated Entry List. Rebecca Hart (Wellington, Fla.), Grade III, with El Corona Texel, Rowan O’Reilly’s...

U.S. Para-Dressage Athlete Annie Peavy Named a Finalist for AAU James E. Sullivan Award – Vote Today!

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 3/23/2018 3:00:00 PM

Lexington, Ky. – US Equestrian is proud to announce U.S. para-dressage athlete, Angela “Annie” Peavy (Wellington, Fla.) as a finalist for the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) James E. Sullivan Award to an outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. Photo credit: Taylor Pence This prestigious award has recognized the nation’s top amateur athletes annually since 1888, with the likes of famed Olympians Carl Lewis (1981), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1986), Michael Phelps (2003),...

Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team Impresses in First Competition of 2018 at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3*

by US Equestrian Communications Department | 1/7/2018 9:25:00 PM

Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team (Photo By SusanJStickle.com) Lexington, Ky. – The Deloitte U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team comprised of Michele Bandinu (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Katie Jackson (Austin, Texas), Margaret McIntosh (Reading, Pa.), and Roxanne Trunnell (Rowlett, Texas) stepped into 2018 with an impressive performance at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3*. With a total team score of 420.622, the team completed their FEI Team Test on Friday, January...

Update on Para-Equestrian Championship at the 2016 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North

by NAJYRC | 6/29/2016 12:00:00 PM

Parker, Colo. – The Organizing Committee of the 2016 Adequan/FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships provided by Gotham North (NAJYRC) has announced that due to insufficient entries, the Individual and Team Para-Equestrian Championships will not be held this year. Following the close of the Nominate Entry, the FEI requirement of at least two National Federations represented with teams was not met in order to run the para-equestrian division of a Continental Championship....