America’s golden child has fallen as fast as he rose. Cited as one of the best up-and-coming dressage riders for the United States Olympic Team, following in the footsteps of his father Jan Ebling. On June 30th 2022 a lawsuit was filed for the molestation of a 13 year old girl who was sold the Olympic dream by Benjamin Ebling. You can read the whole thing here.   Benjamin Ebling United States Dressage Team Member Lawsuit The post Benjamin Ebling Child Molestation Lawsuit appeared first on Dressage Hub ..read more

New Challenges New Format For 2021 The road to the Olympics in Tokyo 2021 has been riddled with changes due to Covid and the EHV-1 outbreaks. Dressage will have some other changes that are new for 2021 and we are here to show you all about it. The new format changes the teams from 4 riders down to 3. With this new format we expect to see a different set of riders at the top and with no drop score, every movement counts. The pressure is on for the top dressage riders in the world! Order Of Go Progression: The top two athletes from each group, and the six athletes with the next best scores (incl ..read more

Dressage Hub Stands With Michael Barisone When Lauren Kanarek was shot by Olympian Micheal Barisone, Dressage Hub did not hesitate to take a stand in supporting Michael. This sent the equestrian internet into a fit of rage until … the details started to be revealed. The New York Times went so far as to do an article claiming that Lauren Karenek was an innocent victim in this scenario. Dressage Hub had already reported Lauren Kanarek to USEF under Safesport for bullying and harassment and nothing was done about it. Numerous people have come forward to Dressage Hub with their stories as well. T ..read more

International Grand Prix rider Simone Pearce left her home country Australia in 2010 to pursue an education and professional career as a dressage rider in Europe. After wandering round Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Denmark collecting experience and expertise, she found a base at Gestut Sprehe in North Germany as the number one competition rider in the barn. In this new role and with a huge string of quality horses from novice level to Grand Prix to ride, the 29-year old Pearce is thriving. At the 2020 CDI Achleiten last summer, she broke the Australian record in the Grand Pri ..read more

Isabell Werth is a legend. Let’s take a look at the horse that put Isabell Werth on the map in dressage. Gigolo is the horse that vaulted her into the spotlight with numerous championship titles and an Olympic berth in Barcelona in1992. This grand prix dressage warm-up footage was filmed in Aachen at a time when the grand prix dressage warm-up was closed to the public. In a push for transparency, the warm-up was opened up to the public. Well, some of the public anyway. Isabell Werth (born 21 July 1969 in Issum) is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage who competed in the Olympics ..read more

The Queen Reigns Reigning European Champion Isabell Werth (GER) and her mare Weihegold won the international CDIO Grand Prix at the 2021 CDIO Rotterdam on Thursday morning 1 July 2021. Werth took the victory with a convincing score of 80,717%. The Dutch team – with other riders Dinja van Liere with Hermes and Marlies van Baalen with Go Legend are in the lead following this test in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup. Judging The class was judged by Magnus Ringmark (SWE), Hans-Christian Matthiesen (DEN), Katrina Wüst (GER), Francis Verbeek-van Rooij (NED), and Eddy de Wolff van Westerrode. The first f ..read more

Rotterdam may have the scariest centerline in the history of grand prix dressage. This weekend at the grand prix dressage nations cup there was a lot of monsters lurking on the centerline and the grand prix dressage horses seemed to find them all. We put together the highlights in the Rotterdam reboot as a compilation of all of the grand prix dressage fails in the grand prix, grand prix special and the grand prix freestyle for your viewing pleasure. The post Dressage Fail Compilation – Rotterdam Reboot – Nations Cup Grand Prix Dressage appeared first on Dressage Hub ..read more

Gone But Not Forgotten Totilas may be be gone but not forgotten. It is warm-up Wednesday here at Dressage Hub so we are checking out Edward Gal and Totilas in the Grand Prix Dressage warm-up at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky in 2010. In 2010 Totilas and Edward Gal were on top of the world! Totilas In Action In December 2009, at the fourth leg of the 2009-10 FEI Dressage World Cup series at Olympia, they extended their world record in GP Freestyle to 92.300%, more than 10 points above the second-place finisher. Their domination knew no bounds. In 2010 they won the FEI Dressage World Cup ..read more

The entire Canadian dressage team for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, is made up of students of Ashley Holzer (Nicoll). We decided to take a look back for Throwback Thursday and see where Ashley Holzer had her Olympic berth in Seoul Korea in 1998 at the Olympic Games. For the first time ever Canada won a medal in dressage at the Olympics. The team was comprised of Gina Smith, Cindy Ishoy, Ashley Holzer (Nicoll) and Eva Maria Pracht (Evi Strausser).   In this video: Ashley Holzer (Nicoll)Team Dressage Bronze Medal Winning Ride 1988 Olympic Games In Seoul The post Ashley Holzer (Nicoll ..read more

We have done the math and Henri Ruoste & Kontestr are officially in the top 20 combinations in dressage that are headed to the Olympics in Tokyo! We want you to know which combinations are the ones to watch so hit that subscribe button as we count down the days to Tokyo where history will be made! The Finnish Equestrian Federation has announced that Henri Ruoste has been officially selected as their individual representative in dressage at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. the Finnish Olympic Committee’s Top Sports Unit selected Ruoste as one of five new Finnish athletes for the Tokyo Olymp ..read more