Just like the gold medal winner in Grade II, Rihards Snikus and King of the Dance secured the gold medal despite an error of course and ended up with a score of 75.250% in Grade I at the FEI Para Dressage European Championships. The silver medal went to German Martina Benzinger on Nautika with 74.833% just in front of Gabby Blake. It was an emotional moment as championship debutant Gabby Blake and her grey gelding Strong Beau took the bronze with a 74.583% score.

Photo – FEI Dressage European Championships 2023 in Riesenbeck (FEI/Liz Gregg)

Rihard Snikus said after his ride: “I was very shocked that I made an ‘error of course’ as that has never happened to me before! I think King of the Dance was also a little confused and it took us a few movements to get back into the zone after that, but then we were back and focused and made a strong finish.”

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