International Grand Prix rider Simone Pearce left her home country Australia in 2010 to pursue an education and professional career as a dressage rider in Europe. After wandering round Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Denmark collecting experience and expertise, she found a base at Gestut Sprehe in North Germany as the number one competition rider in […]
Grand Prix Dressage Freestyles
The Queen: Isabell Werth & Weihegold Reign Supreme At The Nations Cup Grand Prix Dressage Rotterdam
The Queen Reigns Reigning European Champion Isabell Werth (GER) and her mare Weihegold won the international CDIO Grand Prix at the 2021 CDIO Rotterdam on Thursday morning 1 July 2021. Werth took the victory with a convincing score of 80,717%. The Dutch team – with other riders Dinja van Liere with Hermes and Marlies van […]
Dressage Fail Compilation – Rotterdam Reboot – Nations Cup Grand Prix Dressage
Rotterdam may have the scariest centerline in the history of grand prix dressage. This weekend at the grand prix dressage nations cup there was a lot of monsters lurking on the centerline and the grand prix dressage horses seemed to find them all. We put together the highlights in the Rotterdam reboot as a compilation […]
Tokyo Top 20: Henri Ruoste & Kontestro (Fin) With Changes To Die For In Grand Prix Freestyle
We have done the math and Henri Ruoste & Kontestr are officially in the top 20 combinations in dressage that are headed to the Olympics in Tokyo! We want you to know which combinations are the ones to watch so hit that subscribe button as we count down the days to Tokyo where history will […]
New Look – New Horses – Edward Gal Is On Top At The Dutch Dressage Championships With Team Totilas!
Edward Gal and Total U.S. have become the overnight leaders in the Grand Prix division at the 2021 Dutch Dressage Championships which are taking place behind closed doors at the KNHS headquarters in Ermelo, The Netherlands, on 4 – 6 June 2021. Just like in Balve the scores were heavily inflated in Ermelo as is […]
Head To Head Matchup: Jessica Von Bredow-Werndl VS Isabell Werth Grand Prix Dressage Freestyle
Jessica Von Bredow-Werndl and Isabell Werth went head to head in the Grand Prix Dressage Freestyle this weekend in Balve, Germany. Check out the edge of your seat action as we get closer to the Olympics in Tokyo 2021! The 2021 German Dressage Championships There were no surprises as GP Special winner Jessica von Bredow-Werndl […]
ELIMINATED: Marlies van Baalen & Ben Johnson In Grand Prix Dressage Freestyle
Elimination For Marlies van Baalen Olympian Marlies van Baalen and Ben Johnson were eliminated this weekend in Exloo during the Grand Prix dressage freestyle. Marlies has been campaigning Go Legend out of Totilas for the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. Ben Johnson (Johnson) headed down centerline to begin what should have been an amazing freestyle with […]
Total US (Totilas) & Edward Gal Win The Dressage Freestyle 83.7%
Edward Gal and Glock’s Total U.S. easily won the Sentower Dressage Festival CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle Sunday for domination of this event by the 51-year-old rider and the two Totilas sons he competed. Edward and Total U.S., a nine-year-old Hanoverian stallion, were awarded 83.735% for the musical performance. Two days after capturing the Grand Prix. […]
Olympian Strikes Out In The Grand Prix Dressage Warm-Up: Olympians Jan Ebeling and Jacqueline Brooks
Dressage Warm-Up The warm-up ring is where all of the action happens at a dressage show. In fact, many professional riders say that the best way to learn from watching is by heading over to the warm-up ring to watch. While you can learn a lot from the warm-up ring in dressage there are a […]
Damsey’s Last Dance – The Grand Prix Dressage Stallion Officially Retires
Helen Langehanenberg, Susanne Meyer and Louise Leatherdale announced the retirement from sport of their 19-year old Hanoverian stallion Damsey. Surprisingly Doha, Qatar was chosen as retirement show, far away from the actual dressage world. However, the door has been left open for Helen and Damsey to compete in one or two more shows in Europe this […]