FEI World Cup Las Vegas

I must admit that I was really hoping for a miracle to happen so that McLain could take the victory ride in the 2009 FEI Rolex Show Jumping World Cup but the fact of the matter is that Meredith Michaels and Shutterfly are just too darn good....

“This is the GREATEST place on the planet to have a horse show! Any horse show!” I was, at first, shocked to the soles of my shoes when a German confrere in the journalists’ guild offered this observation concerning Las Vegas. As a U.S. born...

Some of the dressage and show jumping riders had a chance to test their skills in the reining world on Saturday afternoon.  It was a national and international face-off and each team had one veteran reiner and two other riders who were top in...

Las Vegas, NV – After defending Rolex FEI World Cup Champion Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum broke the timing beam at 32.04 seconds with Shutterfly at the 2009 Rolex FEI World Cup Final, the question remained: how do you beat this horse?

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Las Vegas, NV-April 17, 2009-Defending champion Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum continues to dominate at the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas after adding victory in the second leg Friday to her top-...

Graduation from high school. Leaving the city in which you were born and raised to move to another city and take your first “real” job. They were all times when you and I dreaded saying that word which seems so declarative and final, “Goodbye...

The excitement is back in the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final. American favorite Steffen Peters did the incredible as his 11 year old gelding Ravel offered everything almost effortlessly. No weak points and no mistakes could be seen in his...

Las Vegas, NV-April 16, 2009-  Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum from Germany stamped her authority on the opening competition of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping final with a superbly confident victory riding Shutterfly Thursday night.

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So the first leg of the Dressage World Cup is over and, as promised, even though I have a huge headache from the noise in my headphones all afternoon, I couldn’t wait to blog about how fantastic Steffen Peters and Ravel were today! Put simply,...