Three Medals for Team GB at Tokyo Paralympic Dressage Freestyle It was three medals for Team GB at the Tokyo Paralympic Dressage Freestyle competition. After a team gold for the seventh consecutive Games the day before, all eyes were on Team GB as they took to the freestyle stage. Team GB’s dressage rider’s took to their respective grades, lighting up the…
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Team GB Win Paralympic Team Dressage Gold For Seventh Consecutive Games! Team GB win Paralympic Team Dressage Gold for the seventh consecutive games! After three performance over two days of team test action, it was a nervous wait for the Team GB trio. With Sir Lee Pearson, Natasha Baker, and Sophie Wells, all taking to the Paralympic stage once again,…
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Sophie Wells Scoops Silver in Grade V Para Dressage at Tokyo Sophie Wells scoops silver in the Grade V para dressage at Tokyo. Adding a third Para dressage medal to British equestrian team’s growing collection, Sophie took 2nd place during the first day of equestrian Paralympic competition. Sophie scored 74.4%, claiming her podium place between her long-time grade V rivals.…
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Team GB Paralympic Dressage Horse Change A Team GB Paralympic Dressage horse swap has been made, as the squad get ready to fly to Tokyo. The horse change comes for Team GB’s Sophie Wells. Set to make her third Paralympic appearance with C Fatal Attraction (Jorge), Sophie will now partner with Don Cara M at Tokyo. C Fatal Attraction has been ruled…
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Saturday saw the action really get underway at Somerford Park Premier League Dressage with a fabulous schedule of elite dressage competition. A whole host of classes played out including the FEI Junior Team, Freestyle to Music Prix St George, Premier League FEI Intermediate II and Premier League FEI Prix St Georges, to name but a few. Sophie Wells and C…
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Winners of the AHT UK Equestrian Awards Announced Following Anniversary Event The winners of the 2018 Animal Health Trust (AHT) UK Equestrian Awards were announced yesterday evening during a star studded event held at The Dorchester, Park Lane in London. The AHT’s President, HRH The Princess Royal, welcomed professional riders, trainers, leading equine vets and charity supporters to this year’s…
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Olympia to Honour Team GBR Medalists Medallists from the 2018 Tyron World Equestrian Games (WEG) are going to be honoured at this year’s Olympia, The London International Horse Show. The riders will take part in a celebratory parade, on the Thursday evening (20 December) in honour of the eight medals the British team achieved during their time in Tyron. The…
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Britain’s 23-Year Reign Comes to an End at World Equestrian Games Competition Great Britain has had their unbeaten para-dressage title, at the World Equestrian Games, stripped as they fell in the silver medal position in the team competition, with the Netherland’s riding to victory. Until now, Britain has taken every championship title since the discipline became a Paralympic sport in…
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Para-Rider Grabs Gold For Britain At The World Equestrian Games Para-dressage rider, Sophie Wells, continued Britain’s gold rush at this year’s World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Tyron, by achieving gold in the Grade V Individual Championship. An already decorated Wells rode eleven-year-old Fidertanz gelding, C Fatal Attraction to victory. Despite a less than perfect test, Wells and C Fatal Attraction…
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Dressage superstar, Sophie Wells, and her horse Jorge have been confirmed as one of the four combinations to represent Great Britain at the World Equestrian Games. Here, Sophie chats to her sponsor Robinson Animal Healthcare about preparation, travel and what it’s like to be a member of team GB. Countdown to WEG with Sophie Wells Q. Congratulations on being selected……...
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Charlotte Dujardin maintains her Dressage Future Elite Champion title at HOYS Double Olympic dressage Champion, Charlotte Dujardin, produced a profound performance in front of HRH the Princess Royal at Horse of the Year Show on Thursday evening. Charlotte, riding the shining eight-year-old prospect Mount St John Freestyle, claimed an emphatic victory in the Dressage Future Elite Championship, with Maria Eilberg…
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Top Dressage Riders Confirmed for HOYS This year’s Horse of the Year Show features the fifth running of the annual Dressage Future Elite Championship. Taking place during the evening performance on Thursday 5th October, this prestigious competition provides a platform for the UK’s rising Grand Prix horses to gain invaluable experience under the spotlight at a world famous international event.…
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New stables for Paralympic gold medallist’s RDA group New Stables for Sophie – Paralympic gold medallist Sophie Wells set up a new Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) group at her training base in Papplewick, Nottingham in 2014. Papplewick RDA received a recent boost thanks to Jon William Stables, who sponsored and built a set of 3 stables and a…
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