Winter regionals: Merrist Wood
“That was very, very unexpected,” said Vickie Archer after securing the PDS Saddleselementary freestyle restricted with Chris Thorne’s Caeser Himself (pictured) at Merrist Wood, the fifth winter...
View ArticleAddington to host dressage superstars
Star combinations up and down the country are preparing for next week’s annual Addington CDI3* in Buckinghamshire (20 – 22 Mar 2015). GBR lead the way in entries across the senior, pony, junior, young...
View ArticleGBR riders take Doha by storm
GBR braved the heat and topped leader boards, as four British superstars made the four thousand mile trek to Qatar to compete in Doha’s CDI5* (2 – 7 Mar 2015).Dressage darling, Carl Hester stormed to...
View ArticleFuture stars set for Keysoe U25 High Profile Show
Some of dressage’s brightest young stars are out in force this weekend (14 – 15 Mar 2015) and, with classes ranging from prelim to U25 grand prix, there’s something for everyone – spectators and riders...
View ArticleSims crowned YPA champion
Six of Britain’s brightest rising stars gathered on a blustery March Monday for the sixth annual final of the Young Professionals Award. Hosted once again by Brian and Pammy Hutton at Talland on 02...
View ArticleTop paras head to Vale View
Britain’s leading para riders are heading to Vale View in Leicestershire this weekend for the Nirvana Spa Par Winter Championships (14 – 15 March). It’s been some time when the open and restricted...
View ArticleAddington to host dressage superstars
Star combinations up and down the country are preparing for this week’s annual Addington CDI3* in Buckinghamshire (20 – 22 Mar 2015). GBR lead the way in entries across the senior, pony, junior, young...
View ArticleIMPORTANT: Update on riding hat standards
Following the announcement in December by the EU Commission that the BS/EN1384 hat standard has been withdrawn, British Dressage has decided to revise its approach to the removal of the standard.Hats...
View ArticleVale View hosts exciting Para Winter Championships
The country’s leading para riders impressed at the Nirvana Spa Para Winter Championships this weekend (14 – 15 March). Both up-and-coming riders and established partnerships shone at the two-day...
View ArticleEquestrian.com sponsor inter I freestyle at Bolesworth
Leading online retailer Equestrian.com is to sponsor two new exciting additions to the competition schedule at Bolesworth International 2015.For the first time ever an intermediate I dressage to music...
View ArticleU25s rule the roost at Keysoe High Profile Show
Young riders from all over the country flocked to Bedfordshire for Keysoe’s annual U25s High Profile show (14 – 15 Mar 2015). Dressage’s brightest young stars took to the stage with their equine...
View ArticleBrits storm Vidauban at CDI3*
25-year-old Alice Oppenheimer made it four out of four with Georgina Carew’s Tantoni Sir Soccrates (pictured) as she stormed to victory twice more in the second week of the Vidauban CDI3* (12 – 15 Mar...
View ArticleCousins does herself proud at World Cup qualifier
Last weekend, 26-year-old Emily Cousins faced her biggest challenge to date as a senior rider by competing in a World Cup qualifier.Equipped with her and her mother’s 16-year-old KWPN gelding, Solo...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Brits dominating Barcelona CDI3*
Competition has kicked off on the Continent in Spain for the first week of Barcelona’s CDI3* (17 – 22 Mar 2015) and, already, Britain is taking the Spanish competition by storm. For Michael Eilberg and...
View ArticleWinter regionals: Morris EC
Nicky Heale took time out from her full time job as a paramedic to win the Blue Chip novice open and the Albion medium restricted with Seramai and Retanich Request respectively.Request is a purebred...
View ArticleWinter regionals: Patchetts EC
Dr Claire Abel rode Rowan Magic (pictured) to win the Charles Owen advanced medium restricted. The Westfalian bred 11-year-old was bought five years ago after a trip to Holland.“I went with a very...
View ArticleA Crisp performance at Addington CDI3*
Last Thursday, an array of talented British riders flocked to Buckinghamshire for Addington’s annual CDI3* (19 – 22 Mar 2015).It was Britain’s own Nikki Crisp who dominated the big tour classes. Riding...
View ArticleFeathers at the ready, there’s a new Championship for Gypsy Cobs
British Dressage is proud to announce that, in conjunction with the Traditional Gypsy Cob Association (TGCA), there will be a brand new series specifically aimed at those long-maned, long feathered...
View ArticleBrits celebrate in sunny Spain at Barcelona CDI3*/4*
Over the last two weeks, a bevy of British riders have battled in the heat at Barcelona’s annual CDI3* (17 – 22 Mar 2015) and CDI4* (24 – 29 Mar 2015).Carl Hester, Hayley Watson-Greaves, Fiona Bigwood...
View ArticleWuest inspires at BD National Judges Convention
German FEI 5* judge and world renowned judge educator, Katrina Wuest, presented the BD National Judges Convention, supported by the BDSC, on Wednesday 25 March 2015 at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. A...
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