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2009 News Features

The Netherlands:

• Dutch Team Selection Criteria Toughened
• Grand Prix Horse Wunschtraum to Adelinde Cornelissen
• Totilas Not Sold to Sissy Max-Theurer
• Edward Gal Proclaimed L'Annee Hippique Rider of the Year 2009
• Tineke Bartels Fractures Vertebra
• Dates Announced for 2011 European Dressage Championships
• Laarakkers Replaced by Tineke Bartels as Dutch Pony Chef d'Equipe
• Dutch O-judge Ghislain Fouarge Injured in Riding Accident
• Dutch Junior and Young Riders Team Updated
• World Champion Westpoint Sold to Broere Stud
• Changes in Dutch Young Rider and Young Horse Team
• Van Grunsven and Title Sponsor IPS Part Ways
• Anky van Grunsven's Painted Black Injured
• Vos and Laarakkers Promoted to Dutch A-Team
• Sonja Gademan's Jup Passed Away
• Joyce Lenaerts' Katell Passed Away
• Parzival's Injury Not as Severe as Feared
• Journalists Used to Asses Dutch Dressage Judges
• Prijs, Van der Drift, De Jongh in Submitted to Dutch A and B Teams
• Sjef Janssen to Remain Dutch Dressage Team Trainer
• Dutch Pony A-team Updated, Selection Trials Announced
• Anky van Grunsven Not to Compete at 2009 CDI-W Gothenburg
• Olympic Bo Passed Away

Germany:

• 2010 German Dressage Championships Move to Munster
• Isabell Werth Speeds Up Come Back To 2009 CDI-W Mechelen
• Isabell Werth Plans Come Back at 2010 CDI-W Amsterdam
• Isabell Werth Back in the Saddle after Baby Break
• Balkenhol's Dablino Wins 2009 Otto Lörke Prize
• Dr. Bjorn Nolting Gets Booted by FEI Bureau
• New German Teams for 2010 Announced, Capellmann and Kemmer Out
• Werth Gives Birth to Baby Boy
• Reactions to Werth's Additional One Year Team Expulsion
• Gigolo Passed Away
• Werth Additionally Suspended for One Year by German Equestrian Federation
• FEI Tribunal Sentence: Isabell Werth Suspended for Six Months
• Summit Meeting of Dressage Youngsters at 2009 Medien Cup Finals
• Horse Sales As Social Engagement
• Martin Richenhagen Responds to Werth Doping Drama
• Markus Gribbe Holds Open Day at New Barn in Lodbergen
• Isabell Werth is Pregnant
• Herzruf's Erbe's Injury Less Severe Than Feared
• The Medien Cup is calling – Everyone Will Be in Mönchengladbach!
• Werth Opens Up in ZDF "Sport Studio Now"
• Isabell Werth Remains Suspended After FEI Tribunal Hearing
• Isabell Werth Releases Statement on Positive Doping Test
• Werth's Sponsor Madeleine Winter-Schulze Reacts to Positive Doping Case
• Isabell Werth Suspended - Whisper Tested Positive for Doping
• Dr. Cordula Gather, New German Dressage Team Vet
• CHI Wiesbaden Streamed Live by CPM24.TV
• German Equestrian Sport in Crisis: All A and B Teams Suspended
• Medals, Doping, Equestrian Sport - What will the Future be Like?
• German Team Vet Björn Nolting Says Bye Bye to Jumpers
• Medien Cup To Return During 2009 German Show Season

Belgium

• Noemie Goris' Alexandra Dumas Sold to Sweden
• Tannenhofs Lucky Dance Sold to Julie de Deken
• Françoise Hologne-Joux' Born Retired
• Laurence van Doorslaer Appointed Junior and Young Rider Chef d'Equipe

Great Britain

• Laura Bechtolsheimer Receives 2009 Raymond Brooks-Ward Trophy
• BBC's Penny Finally Dropped: 2009 CDI-W London Broadcast Live
• Lara Griffith Receives Two awards at British Dressage Convention
• British Equestrian Riders Give Thumbs Up to Greenwich Park
• 2012 Paralympic Dressage Stamp on Sale
• Richard Davison Honoured With HOYS Equestrian of the Year Award
• Davison and Hiscox Artemis Head for the Sun
• Tellwell Sold to the Bechtolsheimers
• London 2012 to Use Greenwich Park As Dressage Venue
• British Trainers Forum Open to All
• Lara Griffith's Warlock Put Down
• Dressage at the 2009 Royal Windsor Horse Show
• Sport England Funding to Aid Equestrian Participation, Retention and Excellence

Denmark / Sweden / Norway

• Swedish Grand Prix A- and B-team for 2010 Announced
• Flyinge Wetano Passed Away
• Larsson, Vilhelmson and Paridon Magi Win at 2009 Swedish Riders' Gala
• Kyra Kyrklund and Her Students Shine at 2009 WBFSH Gala Evening
• Danish Olympic Team Horse Uffe Korshøjgaard Died
• Due Boje and Lexner, 2009 Recipients of Håkanson's Ajax Fund
• Elisabeth Hjelm Nominated for Comet of the Year Award
• International Indoor Season Kicking Off with CDI Oslo
• Hønnerups Driver Sold to Kasprzak
• Louise Natthorst and Sponsor Celia Blakey Go Separate Ways
• Struggle for Fitness is Over, Blue Hors Matine to Become Brood Mare
• Jan Brink Retires from International Competition Career
• Mikado Engvang Sold to Anette Ejlersgaard at Helgstrand Dressage
• Blue Hors Buys Second Half of Gredstedgårds Casmir
• Swedish Champion Mare Era TP Passed Away
• New Horse for Danish Young Rider Anna Kasprzak
• Donna Asana Sold to Evelyn Haim-Swarovski
• Polka Hit Nexen in Training with Andreas Helgstrand
• Danish Equestrian Federation Renews Contracts with Team Trainers
• Favourit Sold to Tinne Vilhelmson
• Lis Hartel Passed Away
• Helgstrand's Sponsor Lotte Vagner Buys Tannenhof's Solero TSF
• Bergstrom Kallstrom, Comet of the Year at the 2009 Swedish Riders' Gala
• Don Charly Sold to Minna Telde
• O-Judge Dieter Schüle Engaged in Swedish Dressage
• Hubertus Schmidt, New Team Trainer for Sweden
• Carabas Sold to Andreas Helgstrand

Europe

• Marie Line Wettstein's Le Primeur Retired
• Ten Dressage Personalities Receive 20009 Astley Academy Awards
• Kyra Kyrklund's Max Retired from Competition
• European Equestrian Forum Founded
• Constance Menard's Lianca Retired
• Luigi Masotto Died Tragically in an Accident
• Max-Theurer Sues Wu Wei/Dr. Gerd Heuschmann for Negative Footage
• Tatiana Miloserdova's Wat a Feeling Passed Away
• Top Dressage Team Debates on Music and Dressage
• Prince de Hus, aka Prime Time, Severely Injured
• Judy Reynolds Is Irish Field Dressage Rider of the Year 2008
• Vittoria Zaniboni to Compete Santorini Hit
• Karen Tebar Retires Falada M
• Heidi Bemelmans, Swiss Pony Team Trainer and Chef d'Equipe

America / Canada / South America

• Robyn Eames, Canadian Owner of the Year 2009
• Evi Strasser Ready for the 2010 Show Season
• George Williams Elected President of the U.S. Dressage Federation
• Ravel Named USDF Grand Prix Horse of the Year
• Eva Salomon Accepts Position as U.S. Dressage Chef D'Equipe
• Askari Passed Away
• Catherine Haddad's Christmas Picks
• Zang to Replace Gribbons as President of 2010 WEG Ground Jury
• Gribbons Signs Contract as U.S. Dressage Technical Advisor
• Robert Dover on his New Role as Canadian Chef d'Equipe
• USDF Takes a Stand on Hyperflexion and Animal Welfare
• New Structure for Canadian High Performance Committee
• Pan American Games Return to Canada in 2015
• Harding Wins "Best Seat" Award at 2009 U.S. Regional Championships
• U.S. Equestrian Federation Launches Youth Riders Talent Scouting Program
• Courtney King-Dye Loses Rendezvous
• Dressage Canada Has a Plan. High Performance Terms of Reference Posted
• Harmony's Mythilus Euthanized Due to Colic
• Robert Dover Appointed Canada's Team Coach/Advisor
• Rio de Janeiro Elected to Host 2016 Olympic Games
• Anne Gribbons to Speak at USDF Young Rider Graduate Program
• Developing Dressage Training Clinics with Steffen Peters and Guenter Seidel
• Meisner, Trussell, Creech Selected for European Fall Tour
• Jan Brink Reinvited as Keynote Speaker at 2009 USDF Convention
• Grandioso, A New Ride for Dr. Cesar Parra
• USEF Dressage Director Gil Merrick Tenders Resignation
• No Official USEF Role Granted Yet to Thomsen. Gribbons To be All in One Chef
• USEF Confirms Anne Gribbons' Appointment as Chef d'Equipe
• Morten Thomsen Appointed U.S. Team Trainer?
• Anne Gribbons Appointed U.S. Dressage Chef d'Equipe
• Shelly Francis Loses Dominion in Tragic Accident
• Ten Applicants for New U.S. Dressage Coach Job
• Hilltop Farm Buys Douglas as 2010 WEG Hopeful for Hickey
• Alonso de Quinzanos Grounded in Mexico Due to Swine Flu
• Kilberg and Williams to Represent Canada at the CDI Sydney Invitational
• Rocher Retired, George Williams Leaves Gypsy Wood Farms
• Equine Canada to Test all Canadian NAJYRC Riders on Doping
• Dressage Canada Announces 2009 Dressage Canada Board
• The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Announces the 2009 Equestrian of the Year
• Jessica Ransehousen Appointed Interim U.S. Dressage Coach
• Brentina on the Road to Recovery
• Brentina Undergoes Colic Surgery
• Catherine Haddad Signs with Schockemoehle Sports
• Laura Noyes Wins Lionel Guerrand-Hermès Trophy
• Steffen Peters Awarded Withney Stone Cup
• The Search is On for New U.S. Dressage Coach
• Hubertus Schmidt, A Favoured Clinician in Florida
• Debbie McDonald, USEF Developmental Coach of the Year 2008
• Next U.S. Team Trainer Needs to be Based in the U.S.A.
• Jacqueline Brooks Wins Canadian Grand Prix Freestyle Championship Award
• Graf George Passed Away
• Idocus Retired from Competition

Australia / New Zealand

• Australian Young Riders Selected for 2010 Trans Tasman Derby
• New Board and Chair for Australian Equestrian Federation
• 2009 Australian Championships, the Best Interstate Rivalry off the Footy Field
• Steffen Peters Wins Hearts at FEI Regional Forum in New Zealand
• Australian Equestrian Federation Reforming Dressage High Performance Program
• Australia Looking for a Dressage Scholarship Coach
• Heath Ryan in Fine Form
• Heath Ryan Expected to Make a Full Recovery
• Update on Heath Ryan's Condition After Suspected Stroke
• Heath Ryan Suffers a Stroke
• Rozzie Ryan's Donna Carrera Sold to Sweden
• Maree Tomkinson's Lanzaro Passed Away
• 2009 Australian Dressage Squads Announced

F.E.I

• Second FEI Judge’s Course at Olympia Hailed Huge Success
• Use of NSAIds to Be Put to Vote at 2010 General Assembly
• Gal in Pole Position on New FEI Dressage Riders' Ranking
• Princess Haya Calls For "Time Out:" Progressive List Rediscussed at 2010 General Assembly
• Abrupt Exit for David Holmes, FEI Director of Sports
• Judges' Panels for 2010 Dressage Championships Selected
• FEI Delays Implementation of Progressive List to April 5, 2010
• USEF and Ober Release Statements on Progressive List
• Shock Wave Caused by Newly Accepted Progressive List
• New FEI Dressage Committee Elected at 2009 FEI General Assembly
• Overwhelming Support of Clean Sport Campaign
• National Federations Vote For Progressive List at FEI General Assembly
• Horses Allowed to Compete on Bute!? Tumult at FEI General Assembly
• FEI Extraordinary General Assembly Votes Against New Statutes
• FEI Releases Statement Following Hyperflexion Discussion
• Rollkur Topic of Discussion at FEI General Assembly
• The 2009 Dressage Task Force Report
• Cornelissen Maintains Lead in FEI Riders' Ranking
• Legendary Eventer Mark Todd Joins Judges for FEI Awards
• Visitors Welcome at Dressage Task Force Judging Trials in Aachen
• FEI Launches New Global Awards
• Dressage Task Force July Conference Call Summary
• FEI Dressage Task Force Letter To Trainers And Riders
• 2011 World Cup Finals Allocated to Leipzig
• Dressage Task Force June Conference Call Summary
• Dressage Task Force Announces Judging System Trial at Aachen
• Trond Asmyr, New FEI Director of Dressage
• Dressage Task Force Conference Call Summary 
• Summary from Dressage Task Force Meeting - 21 - 22 April 2009 in Lausanne
• FEI Bureau Discards Dressage Task Force Olympic Proposals
• Princess Haya Steps Down as FEI President in Husband Sheik Al Maktoum's Positive Doping Case
• 2014 World Equestrian Games Are Awarded to Normandie, France
• Lyon to Replace Frankfurt as World Cup Qualifier
• FEI Dressage Task Force Sends Proposal to National Federations
• FEI Dressage Task Force Meeting Note
• Kur Counts as Individual Finals at Future European Pony Championships
• FEI Dressage Task Force Held its First Meeting
• Elin Aspnas and Tim Stripped of European Bronze Medal

IDOC

• International Dressage Officials Club Statement on Abuse in Warm Ups

IDRC

• Isabell Werth - IDRC Refuses to Accept Resignation as a Member
• Joint Letter from IJRC, IDRC, FEI Athlete's Commission

Veterinary:

• Tildren, the Magical Product against Lameness?

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