From coast to coast, Courtney King-Dye's coma has sounded an alarm for dressage riders who finally are starting to don protective headgear. The Olympic equestrian wasn't wearing a helmet March 3 ...

Helmets are required in equestrian sports that involve jumping, including eventing and show jumping. But in the highest levels of dressage, a balletlike test of a sensitive horse’s training and ...

Four years ago, Courtney King-Dye was at the pinnacle of her profession, an Olympic dressage rider heading to Beijing. Then, King-Dye could guide her horse through a series of high-level intricate … ...

It has been a long road to convince dressage riders they should wear helmets during training and at the Grand Prix level, despite publicity surrounding helmet-wearing Charlotte Dujardin of Great ...

Meanwhile, dressage riders are "strongly recommended" to wear helmets "when training and in pre-competition warm-ups," although not in actual competition, where helmets are optional.

Dressage competitors at the World Equestrian Games look pretty snappy in the top hats they usually wear. Unfortunately, they do not offer the protection that a helmet provides.

Which equestrian sport helmet is best? Horseback riding is a challenging but rewarding activity. From dressage to ranch roping, a day spent in the saddle can be invigorating and fulfilling.

Isabell Werth goes for gold in new dressage helmet Horse & Hound 20 December, 2011 17:40 20 December, 2011 17:40 ...

Helmets have long been an issue in the horse world. In 2009, the state legislature passed a law requiring children younger than 16 to wear a helmet while riding a horse on public property.

Equestrian helmet manufacturer “CASCO” has recently launched a hat designed specifically for the dressage ring, “Spirit Dressage”. Featuring delicate embroidery and embossed rivets for an ...