Everything Horse magazine Magazine, October 2014 | Page 8

British Dressage Report written by Daisy Jackson
It has been an unforgettable and
wonderful month as history was once
again created by the phenomenal duo
Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro who
gained the World Equestrian Games
Dressage Championship title, the last
of the entire set of major titles that
could possibly be won in the sport.
This amazing feat gave the nation its
first team in any sport to qualify for
the 2016 Rio Olympics! A magnificent
result which means Charlotte and
Valegro, have become the first and
only combination to have all the
major individual titles at any one
time; Olympic (freestyle) Champion,
European (freestyle) Champion, WEG
(freestyle) Champion and Grand Prix
Specials. I was totally blown away
by their performances and I know
that has been echoed nationwide,
worldwide even.
Also, a massive congratulations to
our amazing Para riders; Lee Pearson,
Sophie Wells, Sophie Christiansen
and Natasha Baker who also did an
exceptional job at WEG, bringing home
a Gold medal for Great Britain.
As well as our senior Team doing
incredibly well bringing home World
Equestrian Games medals for Great
Britain our combinations and fresh
new talent have been strutting their

World Equestrian Games
Dressage - Team Results
Gold – Germany: 241.700
1.

Isabell Werth

2.

Even more exciting news is the
release of the wild card combinations
reminding us that the National
Championships are not far away now
and it’s going to be a good one! For
now I have caught up with some
Pet Plan winners to see how they
are feeling having qualified for the
National Champs next year.
Junior hopeful, 15 year old Anna Jesty,
recently won the Elementary Petplan
Regional Championships on her newly
purchased school master Gleavo. Anna
commented “He felt really good in the
test, he was with me the whole time
and was really off my aids”. Anna and
the Argentinus x Donnerhall , gelding
have been together for 3 months and
have had a great start as a partnership.
Having a PSG school master who has
competed up to Medium has been
extremely beneficial to Anna as she
learns the ropes of the higher levels.
In the future Anna hopes to get on the
Junior Squad with him and compete
for teams.
Anna has just set up a page on
Facebook and is looking to gain over

2,000 likes to secure a place on the Leg
Up for Talent programme. If you would
like to help Anna out search Anna Jesty
Dressage and simply like her page.
Another talented young rider winning
the Advanced Medium Petplan is Ella
Cotterill with Sheepcote Casablanca.
Ella is currently training with our World
Champion, Charlotte Dujardin on Claire
Speer’s Casa. Ella was ecstatic with her
win ‘’I was really pleased with how he
felt, he stayed with me throughout our
test; I was so pleased to get 71% at our
first championships together! There
were so many good people in my class,
so I never expected to win! The chance
to ride at the nationals next year
will be a wonderful opportunity. I’m
hoping to attend the viewing day for
the GB junior squads in October, but as
he’s nearly out of Advanced Medium
points, I will hopefully be competing
him PSG by next spring.’’
More of our younger generation have
also been excelling in the world of
dressage as the Under 25’s National
Championships got underway at
Sheepgate in Lincolnshire.
High scorers in the Advanced Medium
were Beth Barnett and Sheepcote
Delight, a British Warmblood bred by
David and Serena Pincus. “I bought
Dela at 18 months old. She was the BD
Breeding and Youngstock

Anna and Gleavo in the petplan prize giving.
Photo by Chris Adlem

Helen Langehaneberg

3.

stuff at this year’s 5 day festival,
Sheepgate Under 25’s Championships.
It has been exciting to watch the
younger generation getting some
extremely respectable scores giving
us hope that Charlotte is the first of
many British riders to bring home the
medals.

Kristina Sprehe

Silver – Great Britain: 231.343
1.

Charlotte Dujardin

2.

Carl Hester

3.

Michael Eilberg

Bronze – Netherlands: 227.40
1.

Adelinde Cornelissen

2.

Has Peter Minderhold

3.

Die Derick Van Silfhout

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Everything Horse UK Magazine • Issue 13 • October 2014