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May 2008

• Euro Update: Adelinde Cornelissen, 2008 Dutch Dressage Champion
• Palm Beach Equine Medical Centers Open Aiken Equine Embryo Transfer Center
• Clinic News
  Spanish Riding School's Christian Bachinger Clinic July 15-20
• USEF Dressage Performance Standards Proposal
• Dressage Rider Lily Chiu Zilo Carries Olympic Torch in the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue

April 2008

• Euro Update: Werth and Kemmer First in the German Olympic Race at 2008 CDI Hagen
• Del Mar National Horse Show CDI
  • Ravel Commands the Crowd’s Respect in the Grand Prix
  • Sue Blinks and Robin Hood Win the CDI Grand Prix Special
  • Brentina and Debbie Mc Donald Receive a Standing Ovation
  • World Class Rides for Saturday’s Evening of Musical Freestyles
  • Nick Wagman Wins the High Performance Intermediaire I CDI 
  • Contenders for the USEF/Markel National Young Dressage Horse Championships Shine at Del Mar CDI
  • Steffen Peters and Montango Take CDI Prix St. George Win
  • Mitt And Anne Romney Attend Del Mar National Dressage CDI
  • Debbie McDonald and Brentina Win Grand Prix and Show "Respect" in the Freestyle at Del Mar National Horse Show CDI
• Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event
• Phillip Dutton Wins 2008 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event After Being Runner-Up Five Times Previously
• Becky Holder Gets a Winning Dressage Score for a Birthday Present on the First Day of Dressage
• Representatives from DressageDaily.com’s latest Virtual Vendor, Martin Collins Enterprises, are on the scene at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event.
• Irene Kinsler Phelps: 1929 – 2008
• Who's Who - Oded Shimoni
• Shannon and Steffen Peters Join the Mushroom Matrix Equine Team
• Kyra Kyrklund Announced as 2008 Adequan/USDF National Symposium Presenter
• Evi Strasser Wins Grand Prix at 2008 CDI Turin in Italy
• Horsesdaily Virtual Vendor of the Week MDC Intelligent Stirrups®
• Euro Update: FEI Veterinary Committee Condems Hyperflexion
• Breeding News
  The American Hanoverian Society Announces 2008 Inspection Tour Schedule
• USEF President David O'Connor Responds to Recent Article in New York Times on the Dangers of Equestrian Sport
• Winners of the Markel/Wellington Classic Dressage 2008 Winter Amateur Championships and Their Trainers
  • Jane Springer and Talent
  • Janne Rumbough and Junior Score High to Win Amateur Award
  • Jennifer Huber Wins Amateur Award with Horse She Couldn’t Sell
  • Dr. Kristi Truenbach Lund Two Time Winner
• Gold Coast Grand Finale to Feature The Markel/Wellington Classic Dressage Amateur Awards and Trainer’s Award presented by ThinLineInc
• Dressage Rider Ricardo Amaya Laid to Rest
• Nicole Uphoff Coming to America in June for the 2008 Potomac Valley Dressage Association Ride for Life Benefit Horse Show
• Tami Hoag Gets Ready For the Run For the Roses!
• Lendon Gray Appointed President and CEO of The Dressage Foundation
• Horsesdaily Virtual Vendor of the Week Sho Clothes
• Equestrian Olympic News - Olympic Stables - We Are Ready!
• Fundraiser for Darren Chiacchia Raises over $200,000
• Historic Dressage Performance For Brazilian Rogerio Clementino and Nilo VO

March 2008

• Jane's Journal - World Cup News - US Competitor Jane Hannigan sends reports from Germany and the Netherlands.
  • Reflections and Giving Thanks!
  • We Made it to the Venue!
  • On the Way to S'Hertogenbosch!
  • Getting Ready at Stahl Balkenhol
  • Arrival in Germany
  • The Girls and Their Boys are on Their Way to the Dressage World Cup!
• World Cup News
  • On the Scene - 2008 Dressage World Cup Finals in 's Hertogenbosch - Read Astrid Appels 'On the Scene' report
  • Van Grunsven Wins 2008 World Cup Finals in 's Hertogenbosch
  • Courtney King Receives Renee Isler Sponsorship for Trip to 2008 FEI World Cup Dressage Final
• Dressage In California
  • Youngsters Shine in Markel/USEF Young Horse Competition on Final Day of Cornerstone Event Management's Festival of the Horse CDI***
  • The West Coast's Top Riders Don't Disappoint at Cornerstone Event Management's Festival of the Horse CDI***
  • Brentina Makes Her Comeback at Cornerstone Event's Festival of the Horse CDI***
• DressageTrainingOnLine.com Now Featuring 2007 Adequan/USDF Annual Convention University Sessions
• Fundraising Event in Tallahassee for Olympian Darren Chiacchia - April 2
• Cooking for Competiton - A New Column from Susan Taves
• Euro Update: Salzgeber, Tebar, and Max-Theurer Win at CDI Stadl Paura
• Teenager Amanda Harlan Takes on Adults in Competition and Comes Out on Top
• Superior Footing Keeps the Action Going at the Ocala Spring Dressage
• Dressage Foundation News for Young Riders
  • Renee Isler Helps Young Riders with New Fund at The Dressage Foundation
• The Dream Street Stallion 10 –Day Super Sale is On
• Winter Equestrian Festival Zada Dressage at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center
  • Grand Prix Special Win is Extra Special for Cathy Morelli
  • Canada Dominates Grand Prix Dressage Freestyle
  • A Double Header Grand Prix Dressage Freestyle and Grand Prix Jumping Easter Sunday Brunch
  • With the “Surprising” Dominion, Shelly Frances Nabs Wins in Both Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I
  • Denmark's Mikala Gundersen & Leonberg Win CDI Intermediaire II
  • Ashley Holzer & Pop Art Win Grand Prix First Dressage Competition in PBIEC's International Arena
• The Girls and Their Boys are on Their Way to the Dressage World Cup!
• Euro Update: Definitive Entries for the 2008 World Cup Finals
• Equestrian Aid Foundation Sets Up Emergency Fund for Darren Chiacchia
• Welcome Back to White Fences II
  • Picnic Atmosphere Prevails at Welcome Back to White Fences II Where Host Ingred Lin Takes Intermediaire Win
  • Welcome Back to White Fences II is Like Coming Home for Ed Borresen
  • Wins for Both Student Tacie Saltonstall and Coach Pam Goodrich
  • Pam Goodrich and Donnerhit Hack to Show for the Warm Up and the Win
• Dressage In California - Dressage Affaire CDI 2008 at the Del Mar Horsepark
  • Pickrel and Keadle Claim Honors in the Amateur FEI Dressage Division
  • Olympian Debbie McDonald Supports Young Rider Holly Bergay
  • Steffen Peters and Sue Blinks “Rock On” in the Freestyle
  • Grand Finale at the Dressage Affaire- Standing Ovation for Keenan and Pecorelli
  • Top Quality Piaffe and Passage from Rociero XV and Kristina Harrison- Naness
  • Flowers for Ravel, Cheers for Mark 
  • All Smiles on Day Two for the Dressage Affaire CDI
  • Euphoria Delights Nick Wagman in the Prix St George Dressage
  • Riders Salute the US Flag after Peters and Montango Win the Prix St. George CDI Dressage
  • Leslie Morse and Kingston - Back on Track  
  • Del Mar Horse Park a Field of Dreams
• Eighty-Five-Year Old Dressage Competitor Chester Braun and Secret Ice Earn Century Club Membership
• A Synopsis of the  Wellington 2008 Junior/Young Rider Clinic
• Hampton Green Farm Names Courtney King as Rider for P.R.E. Stallion Grandioso III
• Euro Update: Cockail and Contango Lead KWPN Breeding Index
• USEF Announces New Ranking List and Criteria for High Performance Dressage
• Hyperion Farm Inc - Breeding, Training and Showing Dutch Warmbloods (KWPN) For Dressage
• Dressage World Cup News - Purchase the Matrix Equine Calm Performance this Month and Help Jane and Maksymillian Travel to the Dressage World Cup
• Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge II
  Presented by Collecting Gaits Farm
  • Jason Canton and Grandioso Aiming for Developing Horse Championships
  • Katherine Bateson Chandler and Rutherford Clean Up in Prix St Georges and Intermediaire I
  • Shawna Harding and Come On III Win the $5000 Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge
• Big Weekend In Wellington For Jumpers and Dressage
• Euro Update: Sunny Times for Beatriz Ferrer-Salat at Sunshine Tour CDI
• Dressage Trainers in the News - Oded Shimoni Launches New Website
• Courtney King and Idocus off to Dressage World Cup and Still Making A Run for Olympics
• Cornerstone Events Mid Winter Dressage Fair CDI-W/Y 2008

February 2008

• 25th Anniversary of the Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W/Y
  • Shawna Harding and Come On III Win Intermediaire Freestyle
  • Laura Noyes Blocks Julie McKean from Hat Trick in Young Rider Competition
  • Everyone's a Winner in DressageDaily/PhelpsPhotos Lead Line Class
  • Canadian Jacquie Brooks Earns Her First Derby Win
  • Kassandra Barteau Kicks Off Six Weeks on the Florida Circuit With a Bang
  • Ashley Holzer Earns Highest Score of Her Show Career
  • Jane Hannigan and Maksymilian Earn a Trip to the 2008 Dressage World Cup
  • Young Vaulters Impress Lunch Crowd at 2008 Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W/Y
  • Day Three of the 2008 Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI-W/Y is Good for Some American Olympic Contenders and Not So Good for Others
  • Canadians Ashley Holzer and Jacqueline Brooks One Step Closer to Hong Kong
  • Shop Till You Drop at the Palm Beach Dressage Derby - Party With the Vendors March 2 for "A Taste of the Derby"
  • A Day of Mall Shopping Pays off for Mystere Moyes in Best-Dressed Contest
  • Five-Year-Old Wencenza Scores High with Jodie Stevens Kelly
  • Julie McKean Takes Blue in Young Rider Team Competition
  • Another Blue for Shawna Harding and Come On III
  • Shawna Harding and Susan Jaccoma Battle Once Again
  • Mushroom Matrix Celebrates 1st Anniversary at the Palm Beach Dressage Derby
  • DressageDaily's Mary Phelps-Hathaway – Markel Equine Insurance Specialist Hosts the 5th Annual "Palm Beach Dressage Derby Inspection Reception"
  • Calling All Dressage Kids! Enter the PhelpsPhotos Palm Beach Dressage Derby Lead-Line Class Sunday March 2
• Euro Update: Maas and Van Grunsven, 2008 Dutch Indoor Champions
• Live in Luxury on the Intercoastal in Palm Beach
• Dressage In California - Dressage Getaway, Indio, California
  • Dressage Getaway at Indio II Heats Up Competiton with Sue Blinks Leading the Way in the Grand Prix
  • Versatile Farinelli with Jennifer Hoffman Leads Both Prix St. George Classes
  • Schooling and Homework Pay Off for Marie Meyers and Fandango
  • Elizabeth Ball and De la Frontera Win Dressage Warmbloods’ Intermediere I Open
• Zada Enterprises Florida Dressage Classic at the CN Winter Equestrian Festival
  • Tami Hoag and Bacchus De Light 2 Make Grand Prix Debut
  • Jackie Brooks & Gran Gesto Zada Dressage Grand Prix Victors
• Scandinavia’s Most Recognized Trainers Team Teach in Wellington
• Dressage Competitor, Susan Dutta, Added as Featured Rider for Thin Line Inc
• Catching Up with ThinLine Rider Mette Rosencrantz
• Euro Update - Brink and van Grunsven Win Western European League World Cup Finals
• Health News - Research Show Weak Immune System May Help Explain Fatigue in Horses and Humans
• Wellington Classic Spring Challenge
  • Quality Horses Abound at 2008 Wellington Classis Spring Challenge
  • Alabama is Well-Represented at 2008 Wellington Classis Spring Challenge
  • Lars Petersen and Shawna Harding Edge Closer to $15,000 Prize in the Wellington Classic Dressage Challenge of Champions
• 2008 USDF/USEF Young Rider Graduate Program is a Hit Among Young Riders
• Dueck Dressage Offers Siciliano Syndicate
• Euro Update - Cheryl Meisner's Paganini Best Stallion at 2008 Zwolle International Stallion Show
• Florida Horse Park Has World-Class Show Secretary in Lloyd Landkamer
• USEF President David O'Connor Responds to Article Circulated by Dressage Rider Catherine Haddad
• Florida Horse Park Spring Dressage - Important Qualifier for National Championships
• Steffen Peters to Ride Elizabeth Niemi's Grand Prix Partner, Wholio, in the Opening Ceremonies at the 2008 Challenge of the Americas
• Equestrian Sport Productions Wellington Dressage
  • Absorbine® Myoplast® Presents Winners of the$10,000 Dressage Jumping Spectacular at ESP Wellington Dressage
  • Shannon Dueck and Ringo Starr Win USEF Developing Horse Test
  • Shawna Harding and Come On III Continue to Win Int I
  • George Williams & Rocher Back in Winner's Circle
• National Dressage Pony Cup Offered in Conjunction with the Paxton Farms Summer Classic in Ohio
• KWPN-NA Annual Meeting March 6-8 in Wellington Features John Madden, Geoff Teall and Scott Hassler
• Victor Alvarez Seminar - Principles of Dressage for the PRE Horse and All Breeds Monday February 11
• Euro Update: Ajong, Champion of the 2008 KWPN Stallion Licensing
• Cornerstone Events L.A. Winter Dressage 2008
  • Leslie Morse and Tip Top 962 ‘Hop Over’ from King’s Court Top Grand Prix Win
  • Guenter Seidel and Robin Shine in Intermediaire Competition
  • Test Run for Olympic Hopefuls Steffen Peters and Debbie McDonald
  • West Coast Riders Unveil Olympic Hopefuls
• Freestyle Creator for Dressage Tamara Williamson
• Welcome Back to White Fences Kicks Off Its 2008 Season
• Lily Zilo Hopes to Be Hong Kong’s Olympic Dressage Rider
• Anne Gribbons Successfully Juggles Careers as Both Competitor and Judge

January 2008

• Courtney King Announces Harmony Sporthorses as New Owners of Her Dressage Grand Prix Mount - Name Changed to Harmony's Mythilus
• Euro Update: Open Letter from Former Olympic Riders on the Swiss Olympic Upheaval
• Owners Should Be Aware of Solutions if Number of Unwanted Horses Keep Climbing
• 2008 USEF National Dressage Championship Program Info Available On-Line
• Challenge of the Americas 2008 to be Held at the The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center March 8, 2008
• The Hong Kong Conundrum - One American Rider Speaks Out
• Canada Cedes to Pressure and Changes Olympic Criteria
  Ashley Holzer Announces that She's Back on the Road to Hong Kong
• Gold Coast Opener CDI
  • Absorbine® Myoplast® Recognizes Dressage Champions Jason Canton and Shawna Harding
  • Lily Zilo Hopes to Be Hong Kong’s Olympic Dressage Rider
  • Anne Gribbons Successfully Juggles Careers as Both Competitor and Judge
  • Highlights from the 2008 Gold Coast Opener CDI-W/Y
  • Dance Fever Takes Hold at Gold Coast Dressage CDI
  • It's Three in a Row for Shawna Harding and Come On III
  • Illness Doesn't Slow Down Courtney King as Idocus Nurses Her Along
  • Susan Jaccoma's Prix St Georges Partner is a Change of Pace
  • Shawna Harding and Susan Jaccoma Square Off in Intermediaire I
  • Shawna Harding and Come On III Continue their Winning Streak
  • Ashley Holzer and Shawna Harding Kick Off Gold Coast Opener CDI-W/Y with Big CDI Wins
  • Up and Coming Talent on Hand for 2008 Gold Coast Opener
• Van Den Brande Dressage Stable in Wellington, Florida
• Euro Update: 2008 Danish Warmblood Stallion Licensing Begins With a Record
• Dressage Training Online Offers the 2007 FEI Level Trainer’s Conference Online
• Ocala Winter Dressage at the Florida Horse Park
  • Melissa Vanacore and Stacy Parvey-Larsson Have a Friendship Built on Mutual Respect
  • Ocala Winter Dressage Blends Great Competition with Friendly Atmosphere
  • In Run for 2008 Paralympic Games Lauren Barwick Teams up with Walter Zettl at Ocala Winter Dressage
• Palm Beach International Equestrian Center Prepares Equine Contenders for Olympic Games
• Lloyd Landkamer 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Discipline Manager for both Para-Dressage and Dressage
• USDF/USEF Young Rider Graduate Program To Take Place the Weekend January 18-20, 2008
• 2008 CN Winter Equestrian Festival About to Begin - Under New Management
• Euro Update: Werth Wins CDN Münster, New Combinations Brighten up the Scene
• USPRE 2007 2007 Horse and Rider of the Year Award: Rociero XV and Kristina Harrison-Naness
• Wellington Classic Dressage I - Presented by Collecting Gaits Farm
  • Lars Petersen, Shawna Harding and Amy Stuhr are in the Running for the Championship Prize Money
  • Canada's Olympic Criteria Causes Some Canadian Dressage Riders to Opt Out of 2008 Olympics
  • Sabbatical from Work Pays Off for Amy Stuhr
  • Lisa Wilcox Unveils New Olympic Contender at 2008
• Dressage Committee Raises the Bar at USEF Convention in Louisville
• Save the Date! February 26, 2008 - Equestrian Aid Foundation Roasts George H. Morris and Jessica Ransehousen
• A Visit to Palmetto Bluff Resort - A Dreamy Way to Start the New Year
• Press Statement Form the Hong Kong Jockey Club
• Euro Update: Swiss Dressage Riders Cause Upheaval
• Collecting Gaits Farm Becomes Title Sponsor for the Gold Coast Opener CDI-W/Y and Wellington Classic Winter Dressage Shows
• Proposed Dressage Rule Change on the Minds of Many Gathered for 2008 U.S. Equestrian Federation Annual Meeting
• Markel Amateur Winter Dressage in Florida Championships
• Olympians Representing USET Foundation Cheered by Millions in 119th Rose Parade 
• Euro Update: Dahl Leads Western European League World Cup Ranking
• Dressage in Alaska - Looking Back at the Highlights of 2007

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