Eventing Team Dressage Gets Underway
…of it is uphill, he pointed out, and with the new non-steeplechase format in effect, no one really knows what to expect. Julie Richards felt it was going to be…
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Postcard from Rolex 2004: Show Jumping
…added with a chuckle. Okay, so much for the thrill of victory. Now let’s talk about the agony of defeat. Nathalie Bouckaert, who was leading in the modified (no steeplechase)…
Postcard from Rolex 2004: Dressage
…the same format as the Olympics, with no steeplechase. It’s a big experiment. No one’s ever staged this type of event before at the 4-star level, and data will be…
Racing History Highlights – February 22-March 3
…Xtra Heat won the Barbara Fritchie Handicap and became the leading stakes-winning filly of all time with 25 stakes wins. Feb. 23, 1935: Seven-year-old Azucar, a former steeplechaser, won the…
Racing History Highlights – February 12-25
…became the leading stakes-winning filly of all time with 25 stakes wins. Feb. 23, 1935: Seven-year-old Azucar, a former steeplechaser, won the inaugural Santa Anita Handicap at Santa Anita Park….
Eventing Remains Olympic Sport
…new format will consist of a dressage test, a cross-country obstacle course–without the roads and tracks or the steeplechase phases–and finally, a show jumping phase. Riders who finish in the…
USEF Mourns Passing of Celebrated Horseman Billy Haggard
…international competition. He began his equestrian career in steeplechasing and was the leading amateur steeplechase rider in 1957. Afterward, Haggard shifted to show hunters and later to eventing. Haggard was…
Postcard: 2003 National at Palm Beach
…39.5 seconds. Perin’s hoofbeats echoed off the ground in rapid fire as Margie roared across the starting line as if she were shot out of a gun. “I steeplechased the…
Racing History Highlights — November 6-19
…runners with consecutive victories were Miesque, Bayakoa (ARG) and Morley Street (IRE), the latter a two-time winner in the steeplechase division. Nov. 7, 1998: Skip Away finished sixth to Awesome…
Racing History Highlights – October 30-November 12
…(ARG) and Morley Street (IRE), the latter a two-time winner in the steeplechase division. Nov. 7, 1998: Skip Away finished sixth to Awesome Again in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and…