Steffen Peters and Ravel Sunday at CHIO Aachen (Photo: Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com). Aachen, Germany – Team USA wrapped up the 2011 World Equestrian Festival CHIO in Aachen, Germany with more strong performances, including a second place finish for Steffen Peters and Ravel in the Grand Prix Freestyle CDIO and a win for show jumper McLain Ward on Rothchild. Peters and Ravel, owned by Akiko Yamazki and Four Winds Farm, stepped up their game today and gave the best dressage horse in the...

Laura Kraut clears a jump on her horse Teirra during the Warsteiner jumping competition on July 13, 2011, in Aachen, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images). Aachen, Germany - Another American victory came Saturday at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO in Aachen, Germany. Show jumper Laura Kraut rode Woodstock O, owned by Joan Kalman and The Freedom Group, to the win in the Sparkassen-Youngsters Cup. They were also awarded with the overall special prize for the best rider/horse of...

After a successful start in the vaulting competition at CHIO Aachen the US has continued to collect top placings. Steffen Peters and Weltino’s Magic lead the US effort Wednesday winning the Prix St. Georges Test in the Preis der VUV - Vereinigte Unternehmerverbände Aachen. Jumping: Tuesday July 12: NETAACHEN-Preis 3rd: Laura Kraut and Dona Evita 6th: Beezie Madden and Amadora STAWAG-Preis 3rd: Laura Kraut and Teirra Wednesday July 13: Preis der StädteRegion Aachen in memoriam...

Dressage At the CDI Falsterbo in Sweden, Catherine Haddad-Staller and Winyamaro finished fifth in both the Grand Prix class and the Grand Prix Freestyle class with scores of 68.255% and 71.375%, respectively. In the Agria Rider Challenge - Lag, Haddad-Staller finished third with rides on Charleston, Efendi, and Mainau scoring 60.307%, 66.228%, and 64.518%, respectively. Please visit https://falsterbohorseshow.se/se/tavlingar/equipe-start-resultat---dressage/ for complete results. Eventing At...

Ashley Charpentier and Buttercup (Photo by Robyn Keyster/PMG). Traverse City, MI - Another beautiful day greeted riders and their horses on the second day of the multi-series Horse Shows by the Bay equestrian festival in Traverse City, MI. In the Grand Prix Ring at Flintfields Horse Park this afternoon, jumpers excited fans with a series of power and speed classes. Ashley Charpentier rode Buttercup to a first place finish in the High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper class, while Kenzie Donovan...

Eventing Will Faudree and DHI Colour Candy. Photo by stockimageservices.com. In preparation of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the CIC2* Greenwich Park Eventing Invitational was held as the London Test Event. Piggy French of Great Britain lead from start to finish with DHI Topper W, finishing on her dressage score of 34.70 in front of the stunning backdrop of Greenwich Park. Michael Jung of Germany and River of Joy came in second, while Pippa Funnell of Great Britain and Billy Shannon...

Team USA Celebrates (Photo by Murray Kessler). Lamprechtshausen, Austria - In an incredible finish, the U.S. Young Rider Show Jumping Team scored their first Nations Cup victory of their summer tour, triumphing over the Swiss with a total of five faults. The U.S. and Switzerland were tied after the first round, each country carrying only one time fault forward to the second round. Catherine Pasmore led things off for the U.S. - she had one rail in the first round on My Boy, but bounced back to...

Dressage Jan Ebeling and Rafalca were fourth in the Grand Prix for the Special with a score of 69.850% and fifth in the Grand Prix Special at CDI3* Achleiten in Austria. The American pair scored 69.920% for their efforts in the Grand Prix Special. Ebeling has put together a string of success with the mare in Europe, beginning with the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final and good placings at back-to-back European CDIs. More information on this show is available here: https://www.achleiten.at/...

Ireland won the opening leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup™ series in a nail-biting thriller at La Baule in France today. On an afternoon when the form-book was turned on its head, Robert Splaine's side of Shane Sweetnam (Amaretto Darco), Billy Twomey (Romanov), Cian O'Connor (Larkhill Cruiser) and Cameron Hanley (VDL Southwind) produced superb jumping to finish with a two-fault advantage over the runners-up from Belgium, while the mighty German side had to settle for third spot in...

Leipzig, Germany - The Rolex/FEI World Cup Final came to a close Sunday afternoon in Leipzig, Germany, with two final rounds of jumping. The U.S. had strong representation in this competition as they sent seven of the 27 riders into the ring. In the third and final competition, riders jumped two rounds over Frank Rothenberger's demanding 1.60m courses. The entire field would contest the first round, with 19 riders returning to the arena one last time to determine who would be crowned...