‘I’m in love with this colt – his name is Dimaggio’: Alice Oppenheimer on how her family ‘fell’ into breeding
Alice Oppenheimer on breeding dressage horses and why it’s so special to produce and train home-breds up to grand prix level
Dono Di Maggio OLD: ‘I remember thinking that it was the best feeling I had ever had from a horse’ *H&H Plus*
This gentle giant may love a nap, but he is in the form of his life, discovers Polly Bryan
Need to know Dono Di Maggio OLD Age: 14 Breeding: Dimaggio x Santander H Studbook: Oldenburg Rider: Emile Faurie Breeder: Gabriele Heinisch Owners: Theodora Livanos and Emile Faurie Greatest achievements: first grand prix and grand prix special at Aachen CDI3* 2018; third grand prix and second grand prix special at Fritzens CDI4* 2018; team bronze […]
‘What a trip it’s been’: Olympic horse bows out aged 19 ahead of Tokyo
“He has felt fantastic during this spring but I felt the body wasn’t quite there to do what the brain still wanted to do”
Breeders to benefit from live-streamed auction of young horse series stars
“Since Brexit, people are looking more inwards to the British market for horses, and we need to step up”
Lottie Fry strengthens her Olympic hopes at Compiègne CDIO5* *H&H Plus*
Lottie Fry finishes best of the British contingent at Compiègne CDIO5*, with two horses shaping up as serious Olympic prospects…
Lottie Fry has strengthened her bid for a place on Britain’s Tokyo Olympic dressage team with her performance at Compiègne CDIO5*, France. In 2019, Lottie made her Nations Cup team debut at this show as the rookie of the British team; this year she returned to produce the best results of the British contingent. Riding […]
Elite Brits to make crucial bids for Olympic selection at Compiègne CDIO5* this weekend
British Olympic team contenders will be in action at the first five-star dressage show of the year in Europe, which kicks off tomorrow at Compiègne, France. It will serve as the final outing for some of Britain’s top combinations ahead of Olympic team selection next month. As well as elite British riders, several Olympic team […]
Domino does the job for Anna Ross at Hickstead: ‘There’s loads more in the tank’ *H&H Plus*
British-bred mares prove that breeding is no barrier to competing successfully, while another small tour winner flourishes in a new role at the ICE Horseboxes All England Dressage Festival Premier League, Hickstead, West Sussex
FIVE years after her last high profile grand prix victory, Anna Ross triumphed here with the exciting prospect Newton Domino (pictured. Anna and the British-bred De Niro x Rubinstein mare “Dotty” produced an attractive, mistake-free test to score a grand prix personal best of 70.54%, pipping Fiona Bigwood and Fame XX to the top spot […]
Take a closer look at Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin’s best tests from Wellington CDI3*
Re-live some highlights from last week’s Wellington CDI3* as we take a closer look at Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin’s tests
Re-live some of the highlights from last week’s Wellington CDI3* as we take a closer look at Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin’s tests
‘He had a funny trot – I didn’t know it was passage’: Steph Croxford on finding her driving-bred dressage star
Steph Croxford remembers the first time she set eyes on Mr President, the driving-bred horse who went on the become a grand prix winner
‘I just took it on’: the riders who made their championship debut at an Olympic Games *H&H Plus*
Making a team debut at an Olympics? No problem. Polly Bryan speaks to riders whose first championship experience has been on the biggest stage of all
THE Olympics are widely hailed as being unlike any other championship. The pinnacle of sport, and the coming together of athletes from all walks of life – riders across the disciplines spend their lives dreaming of representing their country on the biggest sporting stage of all. For those select few who do make it, the […]