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Charlotte Fry, Isabell Werth, and Dorothee Schneider in 2023, Emmelie Scholtens, the Glamourdale rider again in 2024, and Becky Moody in 2025: for the past three years, Fontainebleau has attracted and captivated the best riders. And this 2026 edition is no exception; indeed, it confirms it with a particularly strong field for this first Fontainebleau Nations Cup and an anticipated battlle between the first two mentioned and the Belgian Justin Verboomen. A look back at a Grand

While oxers and combinations will take over Fontainebleau's arenas next week, this weekend it's all about rectangles, letters, and judges' huts! Since yesterday, dressage riders have been performing their tests; the first day was marked by Charlotte Fry & Ilegro's victory in the Saint Georges, a warm-up for the British rider who will compete tomorrow in the Nations Cup with her famous Glamourdale. Twenty-nine horse and rider combinations lined up this morning for the CDI 3* G

Her absence from the Fort Worth World Cup Final, despite receiving an invitation, finally had a possible explanation revealed last night by Eurodressage: Charlotte Dujardin has finally sold Alive and Kicking. Bred by Michael Schulte, this daughter of All at One was first discovered by American rider Lauren Asher, who began competing with her at the age of three in the Netherlands. Sold to Bjarke Laustsen and Patricia Florin in Sweden, the Westphalian mare caught the eye of Ch

8 months after the European Championships in Crozet in which he participated with Dinja van Liere, the stallion Hermes will return to competition this week, ridden by his new rider. Fourth at the Paris Olympics, Dinja van Liere & Hermes were in Crozet, finishing fourth in the Grand Prix with 76.941%, eighth in the Grand Prix Special with 75.486%, and just now thirteenth in the Freestyle with 77.82%; their final performance since winning a bronze medal at the 2022 World Champi

Never short of horses, German rider Isabell Werth is preparing to debut a new mount in competition: Back for Good. Bred by Uwe Ogonowski, Back for Good is an 9-year-old DSP stallion, approved in his studbook in 2020, by Ben Benicio and Quando Quando. Having competed very little to date, he was competing in young horse classes in Germany with Anna Weilert, then reappeared in a Small Tour class with Australian William Matthew in 2024, followed by a second class in 2025 with Pab

Dutchrider Dinja van Liere is preparing for the future: she has indeed invested, alongside the Reesink stables, in a new 3-year-old stallion named Escador. Bred by Elizabeth Kapp, Escador is a son of the very popular in the Netherlands Extreme US, out of a Dancier mare. Presented for Hanoverian studbook approval last autumn, he was approved and then sold for €140,000 in Germany to Judith Koeppel of the 360° Sportpferde stables. On the dam's side of this young stallion's, we f