Equestrians from 41 Nations Qualify for 2012 London Olympics
Edited Press Release
March 4, 2012
Riders from 41 nations have qualified to compete in the equestrian events at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Riders from 41 nations have qualified to compete in the equestrian events at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Among the 18 nominees is William Steinkraus, a member of the U.S. show jumping team at five Olympic Games.
Para-Dressage riders from 23 nations have qualified to take part in the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
The equestrian portion of the London Olympic Games will play out against a backdrop of history and royalty.
The approved footing is comprised of nonwaxed sand, felt, and fiber.
Gwen Stockebrand was charged in connection with the alleged maltreatment of a 28-year-old Thoroughbred mare.
Land at Greenwich Park, the National Maritime Museum, the Old Royal Naval College, and Blackheath Circus Field will be used for the equestrian and modern pentathlon portions of the 2012 London Olympic Games, following approval of the London Org
Sales of a t-shirt honoring Courtney King-Dye, a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Dressage Team, remains in a coma after suffering a serious head injury, will help with the mounting expenses associated with her medical care.
Olympic dressage rider Courtney King-Dye was hospitalized after suffering a skull fracture when a young horse she was schooling slipped and fell last Wednesday.
Not one tree will be removed from London’s oldest Royal Park, the 183-acre Greenwich Park, in converting the space to the site of the 2012 Olympic equestrian and pentathlon events, said Tim Hadaway, equestrian manager for the London Organizing
The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) is investigating a second member of its president’s family for alleged horse doping.
The governing body said Friday that Princess Haya of Jordan will step aside from her presidential duties
Want to become a member of the German jumping, eventing, or dressage team? Even if you have a medal on your mantelpiece, you’ll have to reapply for consideration by the German Olympic Sports Federation.
That’s because, as of May 28, there
On May 28 the German equestrian federation stated that the national dressage, show jumping, and eventing teams had been disbanded “in the wake of further suggestions of doping and medication of horses,” according to an article on
Olympic dressage horse Brentina returned to her winter home in California Feb. 23 following colic surgery Feb. 10.
The 18-year-old Hanoverian mare, who has been the partner of Idaho-based dressage rider Debbie McDonald since the age of
Recently, there have been some questions directed to the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Equine Drugs and Medications Program related to the use of liniments. The specific liniments in question are:
Equi-Block Liniments by
As colic surgeries go, the procedure that U.S. Olympic dressage competitor Brentina underwent Feb. 10 was “pretty routine,” according to her surgeon, Nicole Johnson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, of Humphrey, Giacopuzzi & Associates Equine Hospital in
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