Dressage

Canadians (and a former Canadian) swept the big classes at the USA’s iconic autumn horse show, Dressage at Devon.

The competitors who dominated the Intermediaire I, Grand Prix and Under 25 national dressage championships at the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation headquarters in Gladstone, N.J. had something special in common.

North American riders dominate the standings at the Kentucky Horse Park going into the cross-country test.

A beloved fixture at the Kentucky Horse Park marks its 20th anniversary as a 4-star, but the big time eventing action actually predates it to 1978, when the venue hosted the World Eventing Championships.

As befits a global championship, the performances were world-class in the musical freestyle at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, but no one came close to getting between Isabell Werth and her title.

Spectators at the CenturyLink Center got a window into the techniques that have made so many great horses for Germany’s legendary Isabell Werth.

Today’s competition set the stage for Saturday’s freestyle title match, with world number one Isabell Werth of Germany topping the roster.

Pan-Am dressage medalist Kate Poulin-Neff shows you how to strengthen and supple your horse and maximize his performance in this First-Level movement.

German Olympian Helen Langehanenberg shares stories of her equine partners to illustrate how the same basic training techniques help horses with different temperaments and body types excel.

Volker Brommann shows you how to make your horse stronger and more supple with shoulder-in, "the mother exercise of all lateral work."

Learn to understand the structure and biomechanics of dressage horse hindquarters with Dr. Hilary Clayton.

Learn how accuracy can give you an advantage in the show ring.

Five-time Olympian Kyra Kyrklund shares her dressage training secrets at a Kentucky symposium.

Beth Hall explains how to identify consistent tempo during a dressage test by using a metronome.

Debbie McDonald is pleased with Olympic dressage rider Adrienne Lyle's position going into the Olympic dressage competition.

Debbie McDonald prepares for the Olympic dressage jog before competition begins.

Debbie McDonald details the Olympic dressage team's plans to travel to the Olympic dressage venue.

The U.S. Dressage Team don't let the English weather get them down as the countdown to the Olympics approaches. When the Hickstead show was cancelled due to flooding, they held their own mock horse show.

After a soccer game goes awry at the U.S. dressage team's headquarters in Hadleigh, they find other ways to work on their fitness leading up to the Olympic Games.

Debbie McDonald lands in England and writes about settling in with the U.S. Olympic dressage team.

Debbie McDonald writes about her experiences as the trainer of Olympic dressage rider Adrienne Lyle, who will represent the U.S. as a individual at the 2012 Olympic dressage competition, as they prepare to depart for London.

Olympic dressage team member Adrienne Lyle shares her adventures since qualifying to compete as a individual in the summer Olympic dressage competition.