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Olympic Individual Dressage Final Videos

Looking for the Olympic individual dressage final videos?  I have found them and have them listed below for you to watch!  🙂 Charlotte Dujardin’s Gold Medal Ride on Valegro (love the music!) Adelinde Cornelissen’s Silver Medal Ride (such fun music!)…

Olympic Individual Dressage Results

The equestrian events at the 2012 London Olympic Games have finally come to a close.  This morning was the individual dressage competition, and one of my favorite events!  I love to watch freestyle dressage routines and see what music they…

Great Britain Takes the Gold in Team Dressage

Great Britain is on a roll!  Not only did they take the gold in the team show jumping, but they have just won the gold in the team dressage event!  Germany took the silver, and the Netherlands took the bronze. …

Dressage After Day 1 at Olympics

The individual dressage competition kicked off today with 25 riders, including US rider Jan Ebeling and the famous Rafalca.  The British are currently leading with Carl Hester in first with a score of 77.720% and Laura Bechtolsheimer in second.  Jan…

Olympic Individual Jumping and Dressage Schedule

Below are the Individual Jumping and Dressage competitions scheduled times and dates!   Individual Jumping: August 4, 10:30am (5:30/4:30 ET/CT):  Individual Jumping 1st Qualifier August 5, 11:00am (6/5 ET/CT):  Individual Jumping 2nd Qualifier August 6, 2:00pm (9/8 ET/CT):  Individual Jumping…

Official 2012 US Equestrian Olympic Teams

We are down to basically 1 day before the Olympic Equestrian events begin!  I am so ecstatic!  I will be out taking care of the horses at the Thoroughbred rescue this weekend when they begin but my DVR is set! …

Reed Kessler and Cylana

To continue on with Olympic week on The Velvet Rider, I decided to do a post on Reed Kessler.  I think she should be a major inspiration to young riders everywhere.  At only 18 years old, she has been named…

In Honor of Team USA

I decided it would be fun to get some items together in honor of Team USA and the Summer Olympics in London!  Red, white, and blue looks good on everyone and every horse.  Pick one, order it, and where it…

Equestrian Olympic History

The world is abuzz with Olympic talk right now, and if you’re anything like me, you’re keeping up with all of the trials!  I really enjoy watching the swimming, gymnastics, track and field, and of course the equestrian events!  I…

Confirmed Qualifications for London

I decided to follow up on my post from yesterday about the chase forLondon!  FEI released today the competitors who had qualified for the Olympics 2012.  I am a huge fan of Boyd Martin and his horses as well as…