Eight British pairs named for the World Dressage Championships in Aachen
British Dressage Names Eight World Championship Contenders
The reigning world champions: Charlotte Fry and Glamourdale.
Photo: sportfotos-lafrentz.de The following pairs are on the British list of “nominated entries” for the World Dressage Championships in Aachen:
- Fiona Bigwood (50) with her homebred 10-year-old Donna Bella by Don Juan de Hus, out of her former champion mare Orthilia by Gribaldi.
Personal Best:
Grand Prix – 74.609 percent
Grand Prix Special – 73.447 percent
Grand Prix Freestyle – not yet competed
- Charlotte Dujardin (40) riding Brave Heart, a 12-year-old Oldenburg by Bordeaux-Blue Hors Zack (breeders: Shirley and Titian Wilaras)
Personal Best:
Grand Prix – 73.739 percent
Grand Prix Special – 72.894 percent
Grand Prix Freestyle – has not yet competed
- Charlotte Fry ( 30) riding Glamourdale, a 15-year-old KWPN stallion by Lord Leatherdale-Negro (breeder: J. Rodenburg) >, the defending champions
Personal Best:
Grand Prix – 81.258 percent (2023 European Championships in Riesenbeck)
Grand Prix Special – 82.508 percent (2022 World Championships in Herning)
Grand Prix Freestyle – 92.379 percent (2023 European Championships in Riesenbeck)
- Carl Hester (58) with Fame, a 16-year-old KWPN by Bordeaux-Rhodium (breeder: V. O. F. G. oM. Gerritsen)
Personal Best:
Grand Prix – 78.540 percent (2023 European Championships in Riesenbeck)
Grand Prix Special – 80.106 percent (2023 European Championships in Riesenbeck)
Grand Prix Freestyle – 85.461 (2023 European Championships in Riesenbeck)
- Gareth Hughes (55) with Mowgli-Olympia MC, a nine-year-old KWPN by Rousseau (breeder: M. Van Summeren)
Personal Best:
Grand Prix – 71.391
Grand Prix Special – 72.851 percent
Grand Prix Freestyle – has not yet competed - Becky Moody ( 46) with her home-bred Jagerbomb, a KWPN by Dante Weltino OLD-Jazz
Personal Best:
Grand Prix – 77.239 percent
Grand Prix Special – 78.404 percent
Grand Prix Freestyle – 88.330 percent (during her World Cup victory in Fort Worth) - Susan Pape (63) with Harmony’s Giulilanta, KWPN by Jazz-Flemmingh (breeders: A. Vogelaar and J. Knol)
Personal Best:
Grand Prix – 73.630 percent
Grand Prix Special – 73.043 percent
Grand Prix Freestyle – 81.745 percent - Sadie Smith (36) riding Swanmore Dantina, an 11-year-old British Hanoverian mare by Dante Weltino out of Charatan W (breeder: Ben St John James)
Personal Best:
Grand Prix – 71.804 percent
Grand Prix Special – 70.893 percent
Grand Prix Freestyle – 76.90 percent