Olympic dressage star Courtney King-Dye is still in a coma after her fall with her horse a few weeks ago. As the days tick by, so do the numbers on her hospital bill. The equestrian world has joined forces to help her out. Jackie at the Regarding Horses blog has the scoop on various fundraisers, [...]
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Multiple Olympic Gold winner for individual dressage (2000, 2004, 2008 — yes, for three consecutive Olympiads) Anky van Grunsven has said that she intends to compete in reining, too, at the 2010 World Equestrian Games. She’ll swap her top hat for a cowboy hat. Sounds like crazy talk? Not in the least. And she’s not [...]
Psst! Wanna be inspired? Ed. Note – There was a link to a video here, but now the link is dead. I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Then, click on over to another horse blog Regarding Horses to read about the athletes riding in the dressage competition, plus the games themselves. Go, team! Share on Facebook
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When you finally know what to look for, watching dressage really is more exciting than watching paint dry. After all, the casual viewer easily figures out jumping and cross country. In those faster-paced sports, the horse and rider must run an obstacle course faster than anyone else and not touch, let alone knock down, any [...]
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