Dressage News

Becky Moody secured victory at the FEI Dressage World Cup Final in Fort Worth, Texas, delivering a personal best score of 88.330% with her homebred gelding Jagerbomb in Saturday night’s Grand Prix Freestyle. Competing at her first World Cup Final, the British rider added the title to her growing list of achievements after already topping Thursday’s Grand Prix. The result marks a major milestone for Moody and underlines her emergence as a serious contender on the global dressage stage. Christian Simonson (USA) finished second with Indian Rock on 83.810%, while Sandra Sysojeva (POL) claimed third with Maxima Bella (80.770%). The

The Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle witnessed a masterclass in dressage as Jessica von Bredow-Werndl showcased why she remains one of the sport’s most formidable competitors. Her partnership with Diallo BB has blossomed into something special, and their Freestyle performance in Stuttgart proved it beyond doubt with a winning score of 83.095%. What made this victory particularly sweet was the transformation from Saturday’s FEI Dressage World Cup Grand Prix. The gelding, owned by Antoinette Göbelsmann-Schweitzer and Beatrice A. Buerchler-Keller, had struggled with the arena’s intense atmosphere during the 73.261% Grand Prix victory. Twenty-four hours later, everything changed. From Tension to Triumph The German Olympic

By Bettine van Harselaar The world’s finest young Dressage horses gathered in a well-attended Verden (GER) to contest the FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses across three age divisions. The event was dominated by the Dutch KWPN studbook, which collected five of the nine medals on offer.  They took gold in the 5-year-old class with Proud James competing with Mette Sejbjerg Jensen (DEN), and in the 6-year-old class with Red Viper under Dinja van Liere (NED). In the 7-year-old class it was the Danish Warmblood mare Quinn G who claimed her third consecutive world title, this time

Sweden’s Louise Etzner Jakobsson earned the title ‘golden grandma’ after winning her first gold medal at 65 in a closely fought battle at the FEI Para Dressage European Championship in Ermelo, Netherlands. It was a morning of nail-biting competition yesterday at the FEI Para Dressage Championship in Ermelo, with medals decided by the smallest of margins and inspiring performances across all grades. Grade IV: A Golden Moment for Sweden Louise Etzner Jakobsson of Sweden claimed her first championship gold medal at the age of 65, competing in Grade IV in front of her grandson who was there to witness her

Video of dressage rider Heath Ryan striking a horse 42 times prompts global backlash, evoking comparisons to Charlotte Dujardin’s 2024 scandal A disturbing video showing Australian Olympic dressage rider Heath Ryan whipping a horse 42 times during a training session has triggered international outrage—and for many in Britain’s equestrian community, the scandal hits alarmingly close to home. The footage, which went viral on social media earlier this week, shows Ryan repeatedly striking a six-year-old horse named Nico while the animal resists movement in a training arena. The incident has prompted an investigation by Equestrian Australia, and Ryan has been provisionally