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By Alexander Bolton - 02/04/21 06:00 AM EST   Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough will soon play a crucial role in determining whether President Biden’s proposal to increase the minimum wage and other components of his $1.9 trillion relief package make it through Congress. As legislative referee, MacDonough is tasked with deciding if provisions like raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour are allowed to pass the Senate with a simple-majority vote under a special process known as budget reconciliation. The parliamentarian will pass judgment on what elements of Biden’s ...

Horse & Hound Trending: Tributes have been paid to the US dressage rider, trainer and author Jane Savoie, who died on 4 January, following a long illness with blood cancer. Born in 1949, Jane was a former member of the US dressage team, representing her country in Canada, Holland, Belgium, France and Germany. She was selected as a reserve rider for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Zapatero. Jane was also a US Dressage Federation (USDF) bronze, silver and gold medallist, won nine US Horse of the Year awards, and three national freestyle championships. In 1996 Jane provided dressage coachi...

Katherine Bateson's 2010 WEG Team Horse Nartan Passed Away Wed, 12/30/2020 - 15:01 U.S.A. Nartan, the Dutch warmblood gelding that took American dressage rider Katherine Bateson-Chandler to the 2010 World Equestrian Games, has passed away on 29 December 2020. He was 25 years old. Nartan was a 1995 born KWPN gelding by Jazz out of Tanja (by Le Faquin). He was bred by W. van Looveren.  Haazen's Small Tour Champion Nartan was trained from novice level to Grand Prix by the petite Dutch rider Jeannette Haazen. Their first claim to fame came in 2000 when they were ninth in the Pavo Cup ...

Kendall Cox Makes International Under 25 Debut on Tina Konyot's Diamantino II Fri, 12/25/2020 - 00:17 F.O.C.U.S. At the 2020 CDI-W Wellington on 11 - 13 December a new, interesting duo made its international show debut in the Under 25 division: Kendall Cox on Tina Konyot's former Grand Prix ride, Diamantino II. Diamantino II is an 11-year old Hanoverian gelding by Desperados out of Laura (by Lauries Crusador xx x Lemon Tree x Wendekreis). He is bred in Germany by Rolf and Maria Dinklage. The chestnut is owned by Bruce Grivetti. From Missouri to Verden The 22-year old Kendall Cox is or...

Exploring how Bermuda’s equestrian community brings opportunity to its riders "The dressage court is the same size no matter where you put it in the world,” Bermuda’s National Dressage Coach Angela Halloran-Smith said to me as we sat in front of a window overlooking Harrington Sound. “That’s huge for us here in Bermuda.” The blue December sky competed in vibrancy with the sparkling saltwater below it. In the distance, anchored boats gently bobbed in the waves against a backdrop of hills dotted with brightly-colored homes. Imagining Isabell Werth heading down centerline in Aache...