As per the EA General Regulations, Article 122.2: Dress and Salute, the following will apply: 

Except where Sport Rules allows otherwise, riders and drivers competing in an EA competition, must wear an approved helmet with the chin strap fastened at all times. The same is recommended when riding a horse at any time.

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The onus is on the competitor to comply with the new requirements.

• Read more about Current approved safety standards for helmets

The winners of the 2016 DNSW Annual Awards and Performance Medals will be presented with their awards on Saturday, 12 November at the annual awards night and Christmas Pirouttes Party.

All are welcome to come along, ticket bookings on Nominate.  

Congratulations to the winners, a full list of the Annual Award Leaderboard and Performance Medals can be found here.

• Read more about 2016 Dressage NSW Annual Awards

The FEI is pleased to announce that the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 will be held at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina (USA) following unanimous support from the FEI Bureau during a teleconference today. 

Indeed, following the withdrawal of Bromont earlier this year, the FEI Bureau mandated the President to find a solution and, after a thorough assessment of a number of options, the President proposed that the Bureau allocate the Games to Tryon. 

• Read more about TRYON (USA) TO HOST FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ 2018

Photo caption: Wim Ernes, Olympic Dressage judge and Dutch team coach, has passed away at the age of 58. He is pictured here (far right) celebrating with (left to right) his gold medal winning team of Diederik van Silfhout, Patrick van der Meer, Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud at the FEI European Championships 2015 in Aachen (GER). 

Wim Ernes, Dutch national team coach and FEI 5* Dressage judge, has passed away after a battle against cancer. He was 58. 

• Read more about In Memoriam: Wim Ernes (NED), Olympic Dressage judge and Dutch team coach (1958 - 2016)

FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 - Round 2

Lyon (FRA), 28 October 2016

by Louise Parkes

Photo caption: Germany’s Isabell Werth produced a personal-best Freestyle score to win today’s second leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League riding Weihegold at Lyon, France. (Pierre Costabadie/FEI). 

• Read more about Werth and Weihegold produce spectacular win in Lyon

Dressage NSW is pleased to advise the recepients of the DNSW Performance Medals for 2016.  The medals along with the Annual Awards will be presented to the winners at the DNSW Annual Awards & Christmas Pirouettes evening on Saturday, 12 November 2016.

Any queries please contact Toni Venhaus by email or phone 0418 686 781 (between 8am - 6pm appreciated).  

• Read more about DNSW 2016 Performance Medals

FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 - Round 1

Odense (DEN), 23 October 2016 

Photo caption: The sensational Spanish partnership of Severo Jesus Jurado Lopez and the 10-year-old gelding Lorenzo were convincing winners of today’s first leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 Western European League at Odense in Denmark. (Annette Boe Ostergaard/FEI) 

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By Louise Parkes 

• Read more about Jurado Lopez and Lorenzo reign supreme at World Cup opener in Odense

The  Grand Prix Freestyle at the Australian Dressage Championships offered another great moment of sport to the public and crowned the 18-year-old Mary Warren and her stunning Mindarah Park Ramadan (71.00%). Mary who was - very understandably - emotional at the presentation, makes history at the Nationals on Saturday night, becoming the youngest rider to win a Freestyle CDI-W in Australia.

Full story [here]

• Read more about NSW Squad rider 18 year old Mary Warren, makes history at the Nationals

FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016/2017 - Preview 

Photo caption: Hans Peter Minderhoudand Glock’s Flirt enjoy a #TwoHearts moment after claiming the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2016 title at Gothenburg (SWE) last March. (Arnd Bronkhorst/FEI)

By Louise Parkes

• Read more about FEI World Cup™ Dressage: #TwoHearts put on their dancing shoes