Was a time, the UK was hopeless at Dressage.
Not now
At the World Equestrian Games, the most important competition outside the Olympics, the dressage is currently in progress.
Two stages down - the Team and the Grand Prix Special - and the UK has two silver medals, one for the team, one for Laura Bechtolsheimer on the giant chestnut Mistral Hojris, who were runners up to the utterly brilliant Edward Gal on Moorlands Totilas. The latter pair contributed to the expected Dutch victory in the team, but Laura was the only other person to score in the eighties.
At the World Equestrian Games, the most important competition outside the Olympics, the dressage is currently in progress.
Two stages down - the Team and the Grand Prix Special - and the UK has two silver medals, one for the team, one for Laura Bechtolsheimer on the giant chestnut Mistral Hojris, who were runners up to the utterly brilliant Edward Gal on Moorlands Totilas. The latter pair contributed to the expected Dutch victory in the team, but Laura was the only other person to score in the eighties.