dressage
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Julio Mendoza and his horse Chardonnay will compete in the dressage competition at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada July 10 through 17. - A two-day event at the Baltimore racetrack is designed to show versatility, trainability and value of thoroughbred racehorses as they leave racing behind and learn new "careers."
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- Howard County rec sports of the week of Aug. 8
- Patricia Artimovich, a Columbia breast cancer survivor, founded the Ride for Life dressage competition with the Potomac Valley Dressage Association to raise money for the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center. The fundraiser celebrated its 10th anniversary June 22-23.
- On June 23, Julio Mendoza will show off Ivan and Xairel at the Potomac Valley Dressage Association Ride for Life's Dancing Horse Challenge.
- William J. "Bill" Obrigkeit, a banker and a noted dressage rider, died Saturday of a massive heart attack at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Va. He was 54.
- William J. "Bill" Obrigkeit, a banker and a noted dressage rider, died Saturday of a massive heart attack at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Va. He was 54.
- As the chair for the eighth annual Ride for Life — an equestrian event benefiting the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center — Michele Wellman was tasked with a variety of responsibilities that kept the 32-year-old hopping as she tried to balance her full-time job with Northrop Grumman in Sykesville, her horse boarding company in Union Bridge, and her personal life. Days before this weekend's event, Wellman was already amazed at the experience … and willing to tackle it
