The World Equestrian Games are hoping to finish on a positive note after a dreadful first week that included the cancellations of two events, an organizational mistake that sent riders in the wrong direction at the start of a race and one horse being euthanized. Read more
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Judges, event organizers and even some riders were caught off-guard earlier this year when a well-known equestrian judge got booted out of one of the year's biggest horse shows. Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Paralympics leadership hoped Rio de Janeiro would build on the success of London. Instead, it's about limiting any damage. Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro clinched a second successive gold dressage medal on Monday, setting an Olympic record in the process. Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Isabell Werth became the most successful rider at the Olympics as she helped the German dressage team to gold on Friday, reclaiming the title in an event that her country has historically dominated. Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Horses may not be psychic, but Charlotte Dujardin believes Valegro is close to it. Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two years ago Fiona Bigwood considered giving up riding. Today she's aiming for a medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The international equestrian federation says all five Russians have been cleared to compete at the Olympics. Read more
Officials claim this year’s show was a record-setting success, but concerns about the future <\n>of the nation’s oldest horse show are rekindled as a developer presents plans for a luxury community next door. Read more
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Dressage competitors from across the country are taking part this week in the U.S. Dressage Finals at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Read more
CAEN, France (AP) - Dutch rider Jeroen Dubbeldam won the jumping competition at the World Equestrian Games with four clear rounds in the final four on Sunday. Read more
The Associated press reported from Caen, France, that top-ranked carriage driver Chester Weber of the U.S. took the lead in driving after the dressage test Friday. He was followed by world champion Boyd Exell of Australia and Theo Timmerman of the Netherlands. Read more
Members of the U.S. Olympic Equestrian team, including Boyd Martin and Phillip Dutton of Chester County, will return to participate in the sixth annual three-day Plantation Field International Horse Trials and Country Fair this weekend. Two Olympic members from Sweden are also participating. Read more
Hannah Sue Burnett of The Plains, Va. and Harbour Light maintained their lead through all three phases of the Dansko-Fair Hill International CCI 3-star event to win the national championship at the weekend. Read more
Members of the U.S. Olympic Equestrian team, including Boyd Martin and Phillip Dutton of Chester County, Pa. and Will Coleman and Karen O'Connor of Virginia, are expected to ride in the Plantation Field International Horse Trials and Country Fair this weekend. Read more
GREENWICH, England - The 2012 Paralympic Games has been the most successful for the U.S. Para-Equestrian Team in recent years. Read more
LONDON (AP) - With royalty on and off the field at Greenwich Park, Britain ruled the Olympic equestrian events at the London Games. Read more
LONDON (AP) - Charlotte Dujardin of Britain won the London Games individual dressage gold medal Thursday on Valegro, scoring 90.089 percent in the deciding grand prix musical freestyle which featured Olympic theme music and chimes from Big Ben. Read more
LONDON (AP) - Britain ended Germany's decades-long domination of equestrian team dressage by winning the Olympic gold medal at Greenwich Park on Tuesday, adding to its first team show jumping gold in 60 years that it won a day earlier. Read more
LONDON (AP) - Britain has beaten the Netherlands in a jumpoff for the gold medal in team show jumping at the London Olympics, its first gold in that equestrian discipline in 60 years. Read more
LONDON (AP) - Charlotte Dujardin's record score riding Valegro helped Britain take a slender lead over Germany on Friday after the two-day first round of the Olympic dressage competition. Read more
LONDON (AP) - Hiroshi Hoketsu of Japan became the oldest competitor at the 2012 London Olympics on Thursday when his horse Whisper cantered into the dressage ring at Greenwich Park. Read more
LONDON (AP) - The horse with the weight of a U.S. presidential campaign riding on her back didn't disappoint. Read more
LONDON (AP) - Rarely has an Olympic dressage horse received as much attention as Rafalca. Read more
LONDON (AP) - Zara Phillips had a few things to celebrate Monday: Her first wedding anniversary - and a penalty-free ride through the treacherous cross-country portion of the Olympic equestrian eventing competition that counted toward Britain's second-place finish going into the final round. Read more
LONDON (AP) - "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" comes the cry from one of Shakespeare's great characters. King Richard III would have had his plea answered at these Olympics. Read more
Horses will join a cast of 10,000 to present what is expected to be a quirky vision of Britain when London's Olympic Games open Friday night. Read more
Queen Elizabeth II will be following this Olympic event, maybe even in person. Same for Mitt Romney. Read more
The U.S. dressage team for the London Olympics was nominated this past weekend by the U.S. Equestrian Federation. Read more
LONDON (AP) - One thing is often said about Queen Elizabeth II's oldest granddaughter, Zara Phillips: she thrives under pressure. It's about to be a very useful skill. Read more
The Australian-born eventing horse Neville Bardos, survivor of the West Grove, Pa. barn fire that killed six other top eventing horses, was crowned one of the U.S. Equestrian Federation's two Horses of the Year last night (Nov. 13). The other was Sjoerd, a national and world champion Friesia… Read more
GUADALAJARA, Mexico- In an unprecedented effort, the U.S. Eventing Team stormed to Team Gold at the 2011 Pan American Games in classic style Sunday. All five team members added nothing to their dressage scores, to finish on 138.6 - a feat never before achieved in a team eventing championship. Read more
After a wet week, the upcoming weekend promises fine weather for some of the mid-Atlantic's top events and races. Read more
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A high school student and her horse run the poles at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Rodeo Saturday, January 5, 2018
