2012 LONDON OLYMPICS

Follow the horse and rider teams as they go for the gold in dressage, eventing, show jumping and para dressage.

Top Olympic Dressage Coverage Stories

Great Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin brought her country its second dressage gold medal aboard Valegro in the individual competition. ©  Nancy Jaffer)

Nancy Jaffer Reports: U.S. Team Goes Home Without A Medal

August 9, 2012--Britain dominates the individual dressage medals, earning another gold and a bronze in London ... MORE
Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain got a standing ovation from the heavily partisan crowd after her fabulous ride on Valegro. © Nancy Jaffer

Dujardin Makes It Double Olympic Dressage Gold for Britain with Freestyle Victory

August 9, 2012--Charlotte Dujardin (GBR) brought the London 2012 equestrian events to the perfect conclusion when securing the individual Olympic Dressage title as winner of the Grand Prix Freestyle. ... MORE
Steffen Peters and Ravel at dressage freestyle finals. Photo Shannon Brinkman

Ravel Makes His Final Competitive Appearance as Equestrian Competition at the 2012 Olympic Games Wraps Up

August 9, 2012--Greenwich, UK - The equestrian competition at the 2012 Olympic Games ended today and the U.S. medal drought continued. ... MORE
The British gold medal dressage team: Laura Bechtolsheimer, Carl Hester, Charlotte Dujardin. © Nancy Jaffer)

Nancy Jaffer Reports: It’s Gold Again for the Home Team

August 7, 2012--The Brits win their country's first-ever Olympic dressage medal as the American team ends up sixth in London with another major disappointment for U.S. fans. ... MORE
Steffen Peters and Ravel. Photo Shannon Brinkman

U.S. Olympic Dressage Team Finishes Sixth; Peters Advances to Freestyle

August 7, 2012-- Less than 24 hours after the British Show Jumping Team won its first Olympic Team Gold medal in 60 years, the British Dressage Team won its first Olympic medal ever. ... MORE
Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester, Laura Bechtosheimer win dressage team gold for Great Britain. Photo Kit Houghton/FEI

Olympic Gold Again for Great Britain as Dujardin Leads the Dressage Team to Glory

August 7, 2012-- Today it was the turn of Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer and Charlotte Dujardin to bring spectators to their feet over the first-ever British Dressage Team Olympic medals. ... MORE
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Nancy Jaffer Reports: Olympic Grand Prix Dressage, Day Two

August 3, 2012--On the second day of the dressage competition in London, Great Britain remains in the lead and the U.S. stands fifth. ... MORE
Steffen Peters and Ravel. Photo Shannon Brinkman

U.S. Olympic Dressage Team in Fifth Place After First Half of Team Competition

August 3, 2012--Greenwich, UK- Steffen Peters (San Diego, CA) returned to the Olympic Games with Ravel and proved that the 14-year-old KWPN gelding still has what it takes to be competitive at the highest level of the sport of dressage. ... MORE
Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro. Photo Kit Houghton/FEI

British Maintain Team Lead as Dujardin and Valegro Shine in Olympic Dressage

August 3, 2012--A fabulous performance from Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro ensured that Britain maintains the lead in the team competition after the Dressage Grand Prix concluded. ... MORE
Rafalca’s owners, Ann Romney, Beth Meyer and Amy Ebeling were thrilled as they watched their horse from the stands. © Nancy Jaffer

Nancy Jaffer Reports: Britain Takes an Early Lead in Olympic Dressage

Britain takes an early lead in Grand Prix dressage, but the two top German riders are yet to come in a battle played out before a near-capacity crowd in London. ... MORE
Carl Hester and Uthopia. Photo Kit Houghton-FEI

British Riders Take the Lead as Dressage Gets Underway at Greenwich Park

August 2, 2012--Britain’s Carl Hester and Laura Bechtolsheimer got the host nation off to a great start when claiming the top two places in the Grand Prix on the opening day of Dressage ... MORE
Ravel and Steffen Peters. Photo Shannon Brinkman

Olympic Dressage is next up at Greenwich Park

August 1, 2012--In a change to the previous format, the team medals will be decided by the combined scores of the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special. ... MORE
Jan Ebeling and Rafalca. Photo Shannon Brinkman

Ebeling and Rafalca Set Mark for U.S. Olympic Dressage Team

August 2, 2012--Olympic Dressage got underway today. The British had two riders go, based on their draw, and took the lead. ... MORE
Ravel and Steffen Peters. Photo Shannon Brinkman

American Dressage Horses Shine at 2012 Olympic Games

August 1, 2012--A mixture of experience and youth will represent the United States when the Dressage competition gets underway on Thursday with the Grand Prix. Ten teams and 20 individual will be representing their countries. The U.S. has drawn sixth. ... MORE