FEI Dressage World Cup™ – Isabell Werth Retains Her Crown In the Grand Prix Freestyle Presented by FFE Generali.

Photo ©PSV - Jean Morel
Photo ©PSV - Jean Morel

If the Longines Equita Lyon, Concours Hippique International were a kingdom, there is no doubt that Germany's Isabell Werth would be its Queen! Since the launch of the FEI Dressage World Cup stage in Lyon in 2009, the German rider had already won this major event in the Rhône-Alpes region six times. And today, she made it seven! Riding DSP Quantaz, the star of dressage in Lyon won this World Cup stage for the seventh time (in fifteen years) in front of an adoring crowd.

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Longines Equita Lyon Concours Hippique International: FEI Dressage World Cup™ Grand Prix Presented by Cre-Ara

Photo ©PSV - Jean Morel
Photo ©PSV - Jean Morel

This morning, the FEI Dressage World CupTM got underway at the Longines Equita Lyon, Concours Hippique International, the first of four FEI World CupsTM stages to be held at the event this year! The world's top riders battled it out in the Grand Prix presented by CRE-ARA in the arena at Lyon-Eurexpo. It ended with another victory for the queen of the discipline, Germany's Isabell Werth, riding DSP Quantaz, and an extremely fine third place for France's Pauline Basquin, on Sertorius de Rima Z IFCE, the Olympic pairing, who this summer had the spectators in Versailles dancing to sound of Alors on Danse (So, let's dance) by Stromae during their freestyle routine!

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2024 Le Printemps Des Sports Équestres: CDI5* Fry Claims the Win

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© PSV. J.Morel


One may lose a battle but win the war. Having finished second in the Grand Prix Cheval TV of the CDI 5* competition at the Printemps des Sports Équestres, Britain's Charlotte Fry, currently the world number three in her discipline, won the Grand Prix Freestyle to music, sponsored by the Île de France region, and presented by Cheval TV. Riding her stallion Everdale, the twenty-eight-year-old reigning world champion, regained the top step of the podium ahead of her main challenger, Dutch rider Emmelie Scholtens, who closed in second place with Indian Rock and whose horse was undoubtedly a little less precise than that of her British rival. In third place, France's Pauline Basquin put in an impressive performance and confirmed the consistent results obtained with IFCE Sertorius de Rima Z in recent weeks.

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2024 Le Printemps des Sports Équestres:
Touzaint Tops the CCI 3*-S

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© PSV. J.Morel

Having already taken the lead in the rankings after the dressage and cross-country tests, France's Nicolas Touzaint won the first the CCI 3*-S competition of the Printemps des Sports Equestres at the Grand Parquet de Fontainebleau. Riding his nine-year-old Fibonacci de Lessac*HDC, the 2004 Olympic team champion and Tokyo Olympic team bronze medallist produced a perfect performance in the show jumping test, leaving his rivals with no chance. And particularly Thomas Carlile, who managed to complete a clear round in the show jumping with Darmagnac de Béliard, thereby retaining his second place in the rankings. Third place also went to Nicolas Touzaint, this time riding Gauguin du Busson, with another a clear round.

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Touzaint Tops the CCI 3*-S

Longines FEI/WBFSH World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses 2023

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Photos Copyright © FEI/Leanjo de Koster – DigiShots

The Longines FEI/WBFSH World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses 2023 came to a close yesterday at Ermelo in The Netherlands after four spectacular days of sport and the crowning of a whole new generation of champions. A total of 129 talented young horses lined out in the three age categories which were each hotly contested:  The DWB mare Quinn G. took the Five-Year-Old crown while the KWPN gelding My Toto topped the Six-Year-Olds and the Hannoverian gelding Danciero reigned supreme in the Seven-Year-Old division.

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Von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalara BB Work Their Magic Claiming Top Honors at the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final presented by Havensafe Farm

©FEI/ Richard Juillart
©FEI/ Richard Juillart

The FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final - Grand Prix Freestyle to Music presented by Havensafe Farm cast a spell in Omaha (USA) where the World Cup™ Finals are being held.
Conquering the crowd and the judges, who scored the combination a 90.482%, was Jessica von Bredow-Werndl of Germany. The 37-year-old rode 16-year-old TST Dalera BB, owned by Béatrice Buerchler-Keller, to a breathtaking performance earning the duo’s 23rd victory in a row.

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FEI European Championships in Olympic & Paralympic Disciplines Cancelled for 2021

Copyright FEI / Liz Gregg
Copyright FEI / Liz Gregg

The FEI European Championships in the Olympic and Paralympic disciplines of Jumping, Eventing, Dressage and Para Dressage will not be held in 2021 due to the revised dates for the Tokyo Games next year. European Championships in the non-Olympic disciplines will still be organised in 2021. The Hungarian capital of Budapest had been due to play host to five disciplines next summer – Jumping, Dressage, Para Dressage, Driving and Vaulting – from 23 August to 5 September. However, the proximity of the Championships to the rescheduled Olympic and Paralympic Games has meant that it is no longer feasible to run Jumping, Dressage and Para Dressage. As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations of the first FEI European Driving Championships in Budapest back in 1971, the Organisers will maintain both Driving and Vaulting next year.

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