BD rule change: Young Horse Classes
The Training committee and subsequently the Rules and Fixtures committee have agreed an amendment to rule 137 b (2013 rule book) to take immediate effect as of the 1st April 2013 concerning the...
View ArticleIssue 3 of BD magazine out next week
British Dressage magazine is the official publication for BD, including news, features and insights, as well as full competition schedules for the next six weeks. In this issue:• What’s next for...
View ArticlePrinciples of Judging Seminar: tickets on sale now
International FEI Judges Judy Harvey and Clive Halsall will be taking the two day Principles of Judging Seminar on 19th and 20th October 2013 at Bishop Burton College, East Yorkshire – a new venue for...
View ArticleDay One: NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships
Day one at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships provided a great deal of entertainment – great sporting action, big scores and worthy winners.GFS Elementary Open FreestyleIt wouldn’t be a...
View ArticleDay two: NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships
Rain and showers were the order of the day at Hartpury Arena for day two of the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships but five winners shone through.Albion Medium Restricted ChampionshipIt’s not...
View ArticleEquine Dressage Pathway – One Week Until Applications Close
There is just one week left until applications close for the 2013/2014 EDP programme. The Equine Pathway seeks to identify and support world class horses who have the perceived potential to develop...
View ArticleDay three: NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships
Another great day at Hartpury and the first of our gala evenings witnessed some great action from riders across the levels.Blue Chip Novice Restricted ChampionshipFor Highpeak rider Claire Harrison it...
View ArticleFriday’s Night is Alright
Paul Friday and Christine Trendell’s Winston Bond set the crowd alight on the first Gala night at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships to take the Magic Prix St Georges Championship. The...
View ArticleDay four: NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships
A grey chilly Gloucestershire day didn’t detract from some great competition and five amazing winners on the penultimate day at Hartpury.KBIS Preliminary ChampionshipSurrey event and dressage rider...
View ArticleDebutante delights for victory
It was a freestyle debut win for Zoe Sleigh with Christine Sleigh’s Fantastic Light in the Superflex Intermediate I Music Freestyle in front of a capacity Hartpury crowd. Alice Peternell with Surprise,...
View ArticleDay five: NAF Five Star Winter Championships
Albion Medium Open ChampionshipThe final competition of this year’s amazing NAF Five Star Winter Championships produced one of the most exciting results. It was a case of David versus Goliath, little...
View ArticleCapital Funding 2013-2014 – Applications open
Are you a centre or club looking to improve your riding establishment in order to enhance participation?The British Equestrian Federation has launched its 2013-2014 Capital Funding round, providing an...
View ArticleHagen CDI4*: Horses & Dreams goes Russian
Germany’s premier fixture, ‘Horses & Dreams’ at Hof Kasselman in Hagen (CDI4*) gets underway today and runs until Sunday, 17 - 21 April. Each year the show is themed and this year it’s the turn of...
View ArticleFEI Solidarity Ambassadors to develop global sport
The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has unveiled the eight ambassadors of its global sport development programme, FEI Solidarity, in a specially commissioned composite portrait. The FEI...
View ArticleDressage returns to HOYS with a new 'Future Elite' class
Horse of the Year Show, “The World’s Most Famous Horse Show”, is thrilled to announce the addition of the inaugural Dressage Future Elite Championship to this year’s action-packed schedule. Held in...
View ArticleHagen CDI4*: second honeymoon for Laura & Alf
This year's CDI4* at Hagen might have been the place where Horses and Dreams were due to meet Russia, but it was newly married Brit rider Laura Tomlinson (neé Bechtolsheimer) who stole the limelight...
View ArticleIt's a pearly year for the BDSC
This year is the British Dressage Supporters Club’s pearl anniversary, so help them celebrate 30 years of supporting dressage at all levels! In 1983 Jane Wykham-Musgrave formed the British Dressage...
View ArticleKeysoe premier League
The 2013 Keysoe Premier League fixture gets underway tomorrow – the second of this year’s league season following Myerscough in early March.Spanning three days, from Friday 26 April through to Sunday...
View ArticleThe Reem Acra dream comes true for Langehanenberg
Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg lived up to all the promise she has shown over the last few seasons to clinch the 2013 Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage title in style today with the fabulous stallion,...
View ArticleKeysoe Premier League - all about the twos
It was a weekend of doubles at Keysoe Premier League (26 April – 28 April) when seven riders won two or more classes at the Bedfordshire venue in the second of the Premier Leagues for 2013 - and the...
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