Adrienne Lyle on Helix at TerraNova CDI3*. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com By KENNETH J. BRADDICK MYAKKA CITY, Florida, May 3, 2024–Adrienne Lyle rode Helix to victory in the TerraNova CDI3* Grand Prix in the last competition to decide the short list of riders and horses to go to Europe for selection of the U.S. team for the Paris Olympics. Ashley Holzer and Hansel was runner-up with Endel Ots on Zen Elite’s Bohemian was third. Adrienne, based in Wellington as were all the other top U.S. riders in the competition, and the 12-year-old KWPN gelding owned by were awarded 72.826% for the wi ..read more

Isabell Werth and Wendy de Fontaine at Mannheim, Germany. MANNHEIM, Germany, May 3, 2024–Isabell Werth and Wendy de Fontaine won the Grand Prix Special Friday to sweep the CDI4*. Isabell and the 10-year-old Danish Warmblood mare were awarded 76.255% to take the Special a day after capturing the Grand Prix in the third Big Tour event for the partnership. Isabell took over the ride late in 2023 from owner Andreas Helgstrand. Finland’s Henri Ruoste on Quentano, 15-year-old Hanoverian gelding, was runner-up on 73.064%. Bianca Nowag-Aulenbrock of Germany on the 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding Queoli ..read more

  Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour on Vividus Qre at the Aalborg CDI3*. AALBORG, Denmark, May 3, 2024–Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour on the nine-year-old Vividus Qre won the CDI3* Grand Prix Special Friday to make their performance two-for-two after capturing the Grand Prix a day earlier. Cathrine of Denmark and the Swedish Warmblood gelding scored 73.362% for the victory, in only the pair’s second Big Tour competition. Results Rank Rider Dressage Horse E Leif Toernblad H Alban Tissot C Annette Fransen Iacobaeus M Kjell Myhre B Lone Dichmann Total 1 DEN Cathrine Laud ..read more

WINDSOR, England, May 2, 2024–Emile Faurie and Bellevue won the Royal Windsor CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle Thursday. Emile and the 13-year-old Oldenburg mare scored a personal best 76.280%. Fellow Briton Lewis Carrier on Diego V, 16-year-old KWPN gelding, was runner-up on 75.165%. Caroline Chew of Singapore on the 15-year-old Oldenburg stallion Blue Hors Zatchmo placed third on 74.995%. CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle Rank Competitor Score E H C M B 1. Emile Faurie (GBR) Bellevue 76.280% 77.125 77.450 75.250 76.450 75.125 2. Lewis Carrier (GBR) Diego V 75.165% 74.250 73.850 74.250 78.125 ..read more

MANNHEIM, Germany, May 2, 2024–Isabell Werth on Wendy de Fontaine was the clear winner of the CDI4* Grand Prix Thursday, posting a personal best score in their third international event. Isabell and the 10-year-old Wendy scored 77.000% for the win on the Danish Warmblood mare that she took over riding after Andreas Helgstrand was suspended for a year in late 2023. Compatriot Dorothee Schneider on Dayman, 12-year-old Westfalen gelding, was runner-up on 73.913%. Norway’s Isabel Freese on Total Hope OLD, 12-year-old Oldenburg stallion, placed third on 72.891%. Results: Rank HNR Competitor ..read more

Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour of Denmark. File photo. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com AALBORG, Denmark–Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour of Denmark and the nine-year-old Vividus Qre won the CDI3* Grand Prix Thursday in the pair’s second Big Tour competition. Cathrine and the Swedish Warmbood gelding that competed at Small Tour in 2022 and moved up Grand Prix two months ago were awarded 74.022% for Thursday’s win. Results: 1) Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour, DEN – Vividus Qre 74.022 2) Rikke Dupont, DEN – Grand Galiano 69.826 3) Elisabet Ehrnrooth, FIN – Daytona 67.609 4) Stella Hagelstam, FIN – Kiss ME 67.174 5) Lon ..read more

Gareth Hughes competing Classic Briolinca at the 2023 European Championships. File photo. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com WINDSOR, England, May 1, 2024–Gareth Hughes and Classic Goldstrike that the European Championship team gold medal rider describes as “the ultimate family horse,” posted a personal best score to win the Royal Windsor CDI4* Grand Prix Wednesday. Gareth and Goldstrike, a 13-year-old KWPN gelding, were awarded 71.957% for the victory by the horse that has been competed by Gareth, his wife, Rebecca, and in youth divisions by daughter, Ruby. Goldstrike, owned by the Hughes famil ..read more

Morgan Barbançon riding Habana Libre A to victory in the Rotterdam CDIO4* Grand Prix in 2023. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com April 30, 2024 Morgan Barbançon, France’s top rider, has been banned for three months by the French Anti-Doping Agency that threatens her appearance at the Olympics in her home nation. The suspension of the 31-year-old rider was announced Tuesday following a lengthy appearance recently before the anti-doping agency that questioned her about three location faults in which an official conducts spot checks of athletes. Morgan competed at the 2012 London Olympics while rid ..read more

Adrienne Lyle on Lars van de Hoenderheide. File photo. © 2024 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWScom By KENNETH J. BRADDICK Several leading prospects for the U.S. Olympic “short” list of up to eight riders and horses to go Europe to compete for selection of the team for Paris will line up at TerraNova on Florida’s west coast this coming weekend in the last qualifying event that will be mostly a freestyle festival. Most of the Florida prospects still seeking to fulfill qualifications are entered in the CDI3* Grand Prix at TerraNova in Myakka City near Sarasota Friday. The Grand Prix Special and the Free ..read more

Charlotte Dujardin on Imhotep at Hagen’s Horses & Dreams. Photo: Reitsport-Hellmann.de HAGEN, Germany, April 28, 2024–Charlotte Dujardin on Imhotep won the Horses & Dreams CDI4* Grand Prix Special Sunday to complete domination of this event heading to the Paris Olympics in three months. Charlotte and the 11-year-old KWPN gelding scored 79.064% after capturing the Grand Prix earlier in the pair’s first competition of the year. The last event for the combination was the World Cup qualifier in London at Christmas. Charlotte and Imhotep won gold on Britain’s team at the European Championsh ..read more