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Brentina and Debbie McDonald Withdraw from Dressage Competition at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany

(Aachen, Germany)—The United States Equestrian Federation announced today that Brentina and Debbie McDonald will withdraw from the remainder of the dressage competition at the World Equestrian Games due to a veterinary concern. (More…)

Team Germany – catch them if you can

Germany won their ninth World Team title in Dressage with a total score of 223.625. Silver goes to The Netherlands (217.917) and bronze to the USA (213.917). (More…)

Team USA Wins Bronze at another FEI World Equestrian Games - Day Two of Dressage Provides a Full-Range of Highs and Lows

Aachen, Germany – Day two of grand prix didn’t give any of the remaining 43 riders much of an advantage when it came to weather, but it did not seem to affect the Americans, the Dutch, the Germans or the Danes. (More…)

TEAM USA takes Bronze as Germany takes the Gold and the Netherlands finishes second

Team USA did it! They pulled out a hard-fought Bronze team medal at the 2006 WEG, and with Debbie McDonald riding in the “catch” position, she put in a winning performance and sits in the Top 10 at 9th place with Brentina. (More…)

Canada’s Vaulters getting ready to leap into action at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games

Aachen, DE – The four athletes representing Canada in the Vaulting competition, together with their leased horses, arrived safely at the show grounds for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. (More…)

Dressage Gets Underway in Aachen on Day Two of the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games with Many Changes to the Lineup; USA’s Guenter Seidel Stands at Fifth Place

Aachen, Germany—Europeans know how to do dressage. Each country brought their best to the table today, including their fans. The crowd was filled with foam fingers, waving flags, funny hats and colorful scarves. It looked more like an American football game and sounded like it when certain competitors finished their test and left the stadium. The rain held off, the sun tried unsuccessfully to break through, the wind remained somewhat calm, just enough to keep a cool fall-like chill in the air. (More…)

German team takes the lead in the Grand Prix

After the first half of the Grand Prix, the German dressage team is holding a comfortable lead of almost five percent. Heike Kemmer achieved the best result of the day (75.792 percent) with her 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding, Bonaparte, in the Nation’s Cup, the team classification. Hubertus Schmidt had already “contributed” to the result in the morning with a score of 69.208 percent. (More…)

Germany’s Heike Kemmer leads Individual Dressage Competition after Day 1. USA’s Guenter Seidel and Aragon in 5th place.

Individual Dressage Competition Grand Prix - Day 1

1. 239 BONAPARTE-HANN
HEIKE KEMMER
GER
76.458 (1) 75.000 (1) 75.625 (1) 74.792 (1) 77.083 (1) 75.792 (More…)

Canadian Dressage at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games is a ‘good news - bad news’ story

Aachen, DE – August 22, 2025 – Ashley Holzer with the darkly handsome stallion, Gambol, co-owned with Dr. Diane Fellows, and Evi Strasser with striking chestnut gelding, Quantum Tyme, owned by her own Good Tyme Stables, are more than ready to carry the Canadian colours in the Dressage Competition at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. Team coach Norbert van Laak said, “I am really pleased (with the training program). It started well and all of the horses have progressed. (More…)

Spain and France Claim First Medals at 2006 WEG; Spain’s Ubach Takes Gold; America’s Top Rider Finishes 15th

Long before the sun rose over the first day of competition at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Aachen, a flurry of activity was going on as the stage was set for the first medal decisions made in the equestrian discipline of endurance. The consensus is that today’s championship served as the biggest in the sport’s interesting development and history, and the fact that temperatures didn’t make it much past the mid-60 degree range were a blessing to those who had feared that the heat that Germany saw weeks ago might wreak havoc in a sport where weather conditions can send the placings into a scramble. (More…)

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