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British Dressage Overturns Mule Ban

2020-12-14T22:28:12+00:00July 17th, 2018|Categories: Breeds, News|Tags: , , |

Mules are now welcome to compete in British Dressage thanks to Wallace the Great. Wallace, an 11 year old rescued mule, was recently banned from competing simply because he is a mule. The fracas began when Lesley Radcliffe, Wallace's guardian at the Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary,  attempted to register the mule as a replacement for a Team [...]

FEI’s Best Groom 2017 – Alan Davies

2020-12-14T22:28:47+00:00December 7th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

Congratulations, Alan Davies, 48, Head Traveling Groom for Carl Hester. Alan has travelled the world tending Carl’s top horses, Uthopia, Nip Tuck and the recently retired Valegro. His awards include Team GB Groom of the Year, Horse & Hound Groom of the Year, The British Grooms Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Equestrian Federation Medal of [...]

Meet Our WARHorse Century Club Inductee

2021-03-18T23:59:23+00:00September 28th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

Congratulations to Joanna Baker (76) and Maggie the horse (24) for making the USDF’s Century Club! The Century Club honors a rider and horse whose combined age is 100 +. I believe Joanna is the first WARHorse inducted having passed an intro level dressage test at a recognized show earlier this month. Joanna’s accomplishment was featured [...]

Rio Paralympic Equestrian Results!

2020-12-14T22:29:39+00:00September 20th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

The Rio Paralympic Equestrian competition is finished. 76 athletes competed in dressage, the only equestrian event of the Paralympics. 37% were WARHorses age 40 or older and 4 WARHorses won gold medals. Prior to the opening ceremony we shared on the WARHorse FB page a Radio Times interview with Anne Dunham the oldest rider at age [...]

Grand Prix Gold Medalist Dunn It Her Way

2020-12-14T22:29:39+00:00September 19th, 2016|Categories: Breeds, Interviews|Tags: , , , |

Rita Dunn is a busy grandmother living in Tennessee.  Her horse, D Grande Finale stays at a friend’s barn but she does all her own horse care:  feeding, grooming and stall cleaning.  She rides 5-6 days a week and takes clinics from Jim Koford and Gigi Nutter, but has never sent Finale away to a trainer.  [...]

I Caught a Bug at the Fancy Dressage Barn

2020-12-14T22:29:40+00:00September 7th, 2016|Categories: Features|Tags: , |

I didn’t have a horse growing up. I bought my first after college. A petite Arabian mare with a determined will twice her actual size. The next year I bought a second Arabian. This time a gelding who was the kindest, gentlest horse/cartoon in the world. I never had a trailer or boarded, for most of [...]

Charlotte & Valegro Dance to a New Tune

2020-12-14T22:29:43+00:00July 25th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , |

This past weekend Charlotte and Valegro won the Grand Prix Freestyle class at Hartpury (Gloucestershire UK). That they won is no surprise to those who follow dressage - Valegro and Charlotte Dujardin haven't lost a competition since 2012. What was a bit of a surprise at Hartpury was that they competed with their new Rio-themed music, [...]

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