Steffen Peters and Ravel win the 2012 WDM Palm Beach Grand Prix
Photo © Sue Stickle

Peters Wins 2012 WDM Palm Beach Grand Prix with Personal Best Score

Sat, 01/28/2012 - 13:10

2012 World Dressage Masters

American Steffen Peters took a step toward defending his 2011 World Dressage Masters Palm Beach title by winning the Grand Prix test with a record-shattering score of 81.383%. Not only is that a personal best result in a CDI Grand Prix for Peters and Akiko Yamazaki's 14-year old KWPN gelding, it is also the highest score ever attained in a WDM Palm Beach Grand Prix.

David Stickland: Dressage Analytics for an Olympic Year

27/01/2012

Opinions

Our guest columnist of the week is David Stickland, a senior Research Phsyicist with Princeton University, who is based at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, working on experiments as the analysis...

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Dr. Cesar Parra Sells Grandioso and Federleicht to Austria

26/01/2012

American Dressage News

Dr. Cesar Parra has sold the Pan Am team gold medal winning horse Grandioso as well as a rising FEI star Federleicht to the Glock Performance Horse Centre in Austria. Gaston Glock acquired these...

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Fie Skarsoe and Gestut Wiesenhof Re-establish Co-operation

26/01/2012

Danish Dressage News

The Luxembourg based Grand Prix rider Fie Skarsoe has re-established a co-operation with her former employer Gestut Wiesenhof in Krefeld, Germany. The Danish rider has received three...

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Fandango, New Olympic Hopeful for Guenter Seidel

26/01/2012

American Dressage News

American Olympic dressage rider Guenter Seidel of Cardiff, Ca, has acquired a new Grand Prix horse with the help of Ed and Camille Penhoet of Toyon Farm in Napa Valley and will be aiming for a...

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Full House at Gestut Nymphenburg's First Stallion Show

26/01/2012

Oldenburg Breeding News

What was originally planned as a small get together with breeders and horse friends endedn up in a professionally organized stud show at Gestuet Nymphenburg in Bad Zwischenahn last weekend...

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Hilary Clayton Seminar on Assessing Equine Conformation and Biomechanics

25/01/2012

Veterinary News

Dr. Hilary Clayton will speaking at a two-day seminar at Hilltop Farm on 24 - 25 March 2012 that will focus on how to evaluate equine structure and movement in relation to performance and...

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Teams Picked for 2012 New Zealand Young Rider Inter-Island Challenge Trophy

25/01/2012

New Zealand Dressage News

The Dressage New Zealand National selectors have announced the young rider dressage teams to contest the Inter-Island Challenge Trophy to be held at the South Island Dressage Championships on 3 –...

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Blitz and Koford Complete Line Up, Status 2012 WDM Palm Beach Lowered to Four Star CDI Event!

27/01/2012

2012 World Dressage Masters

Heather Blitz and James Koford are completing the line-up of riders that will compete in the 2012 World Dressage Masters in West Palm Beach on 27 - 29 January 2012. By finishing at the top in the CDI 3* Grand Prix on Thursday, these two riders were eligible to compete in the 5-star event. However, because three riders in the WDM line up have not achieved their two mandatory 64% scores to compete in a CDI 5-star, it was decided to lower the star status of the WDM Palm Beach to a 4-star level.

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All Horses Pass FEI Inspection at 2012 World Dressage Masters Palm Beach

27/01/2012

2012 World Dressage Masters

The World Dressage Masters Palm Beach got off to an auspicious start on Thursday, when all 15 horses presented at the FEI horse inspection were accepted as fit and ready to compete in the WDM Palm Beach CDI5*, which will begin with the Grand Prix test at 2 pm on Friday at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Centre.

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The Eilbergs Sweep the Board at 2012 CDN Addington

24/01/2012

2012 CDN Addington

The Eilberg siblings made a flying start to the year as they totalled seven wins at the national High Profile Show held at Addington Manor Equestrian Centre on 20-22 January 2012. Michael Eilberg and Half Moon Delphi won the Grand Prix with 73.085% and bested a field of twenty-seven competitors in total.

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European Horses Arrive in Florida for 2012 World Dressage Masters Palm Beach

23/01/2012

2012 World Dressage Masters

Four European horses arrived at the venue for the 2012 World Dressage Masters Palm Beach on Sunday afternoon, following their release from quarantine in Miami. Charlotte Dujardin's Valegro (GBR), Carl Hester's Wie Atlantico (GBR), Anja Plönzke's Le Mont D'Or (GER) and Minna Telde's Deinhardt (SWE) all came off the transport truck looking eager and well rested.

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Latest Scores

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27/01/2012

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Editorial

Mary Phelps: How to Handle the Media and Lay Down the Foundation of The Right Impression

05/01/2012

Opinions

Our guest columnist of the week is Mary Phelps, owner of Dressagedaily.com, Horsesdaily.com, Phelpsphotos.com and a Markel Equine Insurance Specialist. A familiar presence on the international show circuit, Mary is a professional photographer and journalist.

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