If there has been any doubt about the development that Para Dressage has gone through the last few years, this FEI Para Dressage European Championship in Riesenbeck has surely proven it. With the freestyle in all five grades being won with over 80% scores it’s evident that Para Dressage has [...]

The riders in Grade I delivered high quality and expressive freestyles which were rewarded with a lot of great scores. Taking the gold today with a massive 81.640% was the Italian Dressage queen Sara Morganti riding Mariebelle. Michael Murphy and Cleverboy from Ireland also did a fantastic job, and delivered [...]

The high level of the freestyles continues as yet another grade is won with a score of over 80%. The German Grade II sensation of these championships - Heidemarie Dresing and Horse24 Dooloop - finished off an incredible week with 80.353 %, and gold in the freestyle. Photo - Heidemarie [...]

Sweden Qualifies for Paris The excitement for the team rankings has been high at the FEI Para Dressage European Championships in Riesenbeck the last two days. Not only were the evident glory of team medals at stake, but for one team, a good result meant a nation spot for the [...]

In Para Dressage, the team competition takes place over the course of two days in the Grand Prix B program. But unlike the Dressage team competition, the nations in Para Dressage do not necessarily have an equal number of riders each day. That is because the rules of the Para [...]

Demi Haerkens (DEN) and EHL Daula N.O.P. (Photo: ©FEI/Leanjo de Koster) It has been a beautiful and hot day here at the FEI Para Dressage Championship in Riesenbeck where we have witnessed the riders from Grade IV and V deliver outstanding results in the individual competition. Compared to [...]

Last year at the FEI Para Dressage World Championships in Herning (DEN), Demi Haerkens was very close to the gold in her debut, but saw herself beaten by fellow Dutch Dressage queen Sanne Voets. Photo - Demi Haerkens (DEN) and EHL Daula N.O.P. (©FEI/Leanjo de Koster) Today at the FEI [...]

The first day of competition at the FEI Para Dressage European Championship has come to an end which means the first champions have been found. The Individual European championship for grade I, II and III offered us a thrilling day with lot of championship debutants and first-time medallists claiming podium [...]

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 [...]