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Modern-day Olympic equestrian events are rooted in cavalry skills and classical horsemanship, [5] and through 1948, competition was restricted to active-duty officers on military horses. [6] Only after 1952, as mechanization of warfare reduced the number of military riders, were civilian riders allowed to compete.
Snowman, former plough horse rescued by rider Harry de Lyer from being butchered; won the 1958 National Horse Show Open Jumper championship against professional and Olympic level competition; twice named the American Horse Shows Association Horse of the Year; Totilas, first horse to score above a 90 in dressage
Battleship (1927–1958) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to have won both the American Grand National and the Grand National steeplechase races. Barack Obama, named after the 44th President of the United States, was a New Zealand horse that competed in international endurance events.
An upper-level dressage horse at the extended trot. Dressage competitions consist of a series of individual tests with an increasing level of difficulty. The most accomplished horse and rider teams perform FEI tests, written by the international equestrian governing body called the Fédération Équestre Internationale or FEI. The highest level ...
Here is a full list of all the winners of Grand National. There were no winners between 1916-1918 because of World War I, 1941-1945 due to World War II, 1993 due to a series of false starts and 2020 due to COVID-19.
Category for horses ridden in dressage, particularly upper level competition. Pages in category "Dressage horses" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
aintree.co.uk [permanent dead link ] – Grand National Media Guide. archive.org – Read Online: "A History of Steeple-Chasing" (1901). archive.org – Read Online: "Heroes and Heroines of the Grand National" (1907). bbc.co.uk – National finishes year-by-year. galopp-sieger.de – The Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree.
The World Dressage Championships is held every four years. The best horse and rider competitions in the world compete for individual and team titles. The Dressage World Championship is since 1990, held at the World Equestrian Games in conjunction with other equestrian world championships [1].