The final countdown is on. Loretta and the Go Retta Roo team are days away from shipping across the Atlantic, dressage fundamentals rebuilt, fitness dialed in, and a brand new leg ready for its first trial by fire. Next stop: Europe.
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The 2026 FEI World Singles Driving Championship comes to Munich September 1–6. Here's what the event is, how the sport works — and why RettaRoo will be there.
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Loretta's been on a well-earned break, but the work isn't done — it's just getting bigger. We're taking Retta Roo to the 2026 FEI World Championships in Munich, and we need your help to get there.
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My "Close Shave" video from Live Oak has gotten a lot of love, but there's a little more to this story. There's more to the miss than you think. The part your horse noticed, and he's keeping score...
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Roo Report — Live Oak International 2026 FEI 3* Horse Single | Loretta with Andy Marcoux, Tara Devine backstep, Sue Amendola OG Groom Live Oak International has long been one of my favorite combined driving [...]
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My goofy Saddlebred at Laurels CDE Maintaining perspective while training horses for carriage driving can be a challenge. This is especially true when you’re trying to improve your dressage scores in combined driving. [...]
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I got a great little success e-mail last week from one of my west-coast students, Deb Holmes. She'd just finished up the Equestrian Institute Combined Driving Event in Ethel, WA where she won her division. [...]
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Driving corners and turns in a dressage test shouldn’t be that difficult, but it’s the one place that people most often get it wrong. They either drive so far from the corner that they bearly use [...]
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The more they stay the same! I was asked an interesting question this morning about my upcoming class on driving cones. “Will the content be applicable to both lower and upper levels?” The answer is [...]
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Upwey barn at GMHA Every spring for the past, well I don’t know how many years, I’ve traveled to Green Mountain Horse Association (GMHA) for their Combined Test and Arena Driving Trial. For [...]
