Nancy Jaffer

International Omaha’s first Team Dressage Challenge promotes the discipline’s growth in the Midwest

A year after staging the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals, a show is busy reinventing itself.

A trainer’s consistent winners highlighted a special show in Wellington, Florida, where an international field included many riders pointing toward this fall’s FEI World Equestrian Games.

Canadians (and a former Canadian) swept the big classes at the USA’s iconic autumn show.

This Adult Amateur climbed through the ranks of dressage with her self-made mounts to compete against her childhood idols at Grand Prix.

Omaha’s successful FEI World Cup Dressage Final supports the region’s strategic plan to grow the sport.

The competitors who dominated the Intermediaire I, Grand Prix and Under 25 national dressage championships at the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation headquarters in Gladstone, N.J. had something special in common.

USEF Director of Sport Programs Will Connell shares his thoughts on Omaha and the future of U.S. dressage.

As befits a global championship, the performances were world-class in the musical freestyle at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, but no one came close to getting between Isabell Werth and her title.

Spectators at the CenturyLink Center got a window into the techniques that have made so many great horses for Germany’s legendary Isabell Werth.

Today’s competition set the stage for Saturday’s freestyle title match, with world number one Isabell Werth of Germany topping the roster.

The arena familiarization and warm-ups for the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping and FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals are over—now it’s time for the competition to begin.

U.S. Olympian Laura Graves discusses her hope to qualify for the FEI World Cup Dressage Final in Omaha, Nebraska, in March.

U.S. Olympian Kasey Perry-Glass discusses her potential journey to the FEI World Cup Dressage Final Omaha 2017 during the qualifying period with her partner, Dublet.

This U.S. Olympian discusses the possibility of competing his newest FEI mount, Rosamunde, at the competition in March, as well as Dawn White-O'Connor taking over the ride on his former World Cup partner, Legolas.

Excitement builds for the 2017 FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final.

This dressage superstar shares why she's looking forward to this year's event on American soil.

A look back and a look forward

U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation will host three USEF national dressage championships in May 2017.

Foreign riders dominated at the fall highlight of the U.S. dressage season, with Canadians taking the Grand Prix Special, the Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I, while Ireland’s Judy Reynolds took the Freestyle.

Valegro and Charlotte Dujardin were mobbed by fans after their incredible U.S. farewell performance set against Manhattan's bright lights on a marvelous night to remember.

A look at what the Olympic equestrian athletes are up to post-Rio.

Debbie McDonald's efforts on behalf of U.S. dressage paid off in Rio, contributing to the first Olympic medal for the country since the 2004 team on which she rode Brentina

The team makes final preparations for Olympic competition.

Nancy Jaffer talks with U.S. Olympic dressage coach, Robert Dover about the team and how things are going before they head to Rio next month.

It was a landmark meeting in Gladstone, N.J., for the U.S. Equestrian Federation, where it elected its next president and convened at a new venue, the home of the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation.

Dressage takes a bow at the International Omaha in preparation for next year's Reem Acra FEI Dressage World Cup™ finals,. The expectation is that the discipline will find a new audience in a different part of the country.

A preview of what challenges lie ahead in Rio

A look at the 2017 Reem Acra FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final’s future in Nebraska.

The U.S. dominated in the Nations' Cup and Grand Prix freestyle, but other countries got their slice of glory along the way as the Adequan Global Dressage Festival drew to an end in Wellington, Fla.

Dressage competition in Wellington, Fla., will be getting a new home as plans are revealed for the future and growth of the Winter Equestrian Festival

A New Jersey physician and horsewoman helps her patients return to riding after an injury.

Denmark ruled the 5-star dressage Grand Prix freestyle, where thousands of fans saw Mikala Gundersen and Lars Petersen finish 1-2 in the feature of this week's Welllington, Fla., show.

Charlotte Dujardin shares her training principles with eager fans during the Rolex Central Park Horse Show.

A lot was accomplished at the U.S. Equestrian Federation's annual meeting in Lexington, Ky., where good discussions on longstanding issues, such as drugs, and new topics, including coaching, highlighted the sessions.

The buzz at today's session in Lexington, Ky., was all about the departure of CEO Chris Welton, who had been highly touted when he took the post in June 2014.

Elite-level riders discuss the future of freestyle competition attire and the presence of bling in the ring.

The 40th anniversary of Dressage at Devon was marked by rain and cold, which meant rearranging the schedule, but the multinational display of talent at the famous showgrounds trumped the weather.

The world's number one dressage rider, who wowed the crowds with her freestyle on a catch ride last night at the Rolex Central Park Horse Show, revealed to fans how she trains during a master class this afternoon at the Wollman Rink.

Isabell Werth defended her 2014 dressage freestyle title at New York City's Rolex Central Park Horse Show, as Charlotte Dujardin wowed the crowd with her catch ride, and Jennifer Alfano won the show's first open hunter competition on Miss Lucy.

U.S. riders took a back seat in the major competitions at the Rolex Central Park Horse Show's dressage and show jumping grands prix, failing to make the top three in either class, held in the midst of the excitement over the Pope's visit to New York.

The FEI seeks new bids for the 2018 World Cup™ Jumping and Dressage finals, as Las Vegas suffers a major setback in its quest to stage the finals for the seventh time.

The U.S. missed a sweep of the individual dressage medals at the Pan American Games in Ontario, Canada, but had a glittering finale by taking gold and silver, with Canada accounting for the bronze on home turf.

The U.S., as expected, won the dressage team gold medal at the Pan American Games in Ontario, Canada, qualifying the squad for the 2016 Rio Olympics.