The equestrian events at the 2012 London Olympic Games have finally come to a close. This morning was the individual dressage competition, and one of my favorite events! I love to watch freestyle dressage routines and see what music they…
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Great Britain Takes the Gold in Team Dressage
Great Britain is on a roll! Not only did they take the gold in the team show jumping, but they have just won the gold in the team dressage event! Germany took the silver, and the Netherlands took the bronze. …
Steffen Peters First London Olympics Ride
Steffen Peters is currently ranked 6th in the Olympic dressage competition. Originally from Germany, Peters became a U.S. citizen in 1992 and was named to the U.S. Olympic team in 1996 where he won a team bronze medal. He was…
Dressage After Day 1 at Olympics
The individual dressage competition kicked off today with 25 riders, including US rider Jan Ebeling and the famous Rafalca. The British are currently leading with Carl Hester in first with a score of 77.720% and Laura Bechtolsheimer in second. Jan…
Olympic Individual Jumping and Dressage Schedule
Below are the Individual Jumping and Dressage competitions scheduled times and dates! Individual Jumping: August 4, 10:30am (5:30/4:30 ET/CT): Individual Jumping 1st Qualifier August 5, 11:00am (6/5 ET/CT): Individual Jumping 2nd Qualifier August 6, 2:00pm (9/8 ET/CT): Individual Jumping…
Dressage Training By The Colby Report
If you have not seen Stephen’s dressage training from the Colby Report, you need to! It had me laughing, and Stephen sure did clean up nice in equestrian garb! Click the video below to watch! The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert…
Germany Clinches the Gold in London
The eventing portion at the Olympics concluded today with show jumping. Germany clinched the gold medal with Great Britain taking the silver, and New Zealand the bronze. The United States finished seventh. The German team were fierce competitors and would…
US in Third After Day One in Olympics
As Day 1 concluded in the 2012 Olympics, the US Equestrian Team found themselves in third, trailing Australia and Germany. Not bad for the first day! Karen O’Connor on Mr. Medicott leads the US riders and is in 9th place…
Official 2012 US Equestrian Olympic Teams
We are down to basically 1 day before the Olympic Equestrian events begin! I am so ecstatic! I will be out taking care of the horses at the Thoroughbred rescue this weekend when they begin but my DVR is set! …
Allison Springer & Arthur
I’ll be honest. I’m in love with Arthur. I watched the entire Rolex 3-Day event online, and I was immediately drawn to Arthur. He’s gorgeous, strong, and such a competitor. I was thrilled when this pair was up to make…