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Firmly in contention for a place in the British team for the World Championships in Aachen, Carl Hester presented a new horse in competition yesterday: Monet X, with whom he won an Inter B organized alongside the international events of the CDI 3* in Hickstead. Bred by Sandra Biddlecombe, co-owner of En Vogue, ridden by Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester, Monet X is a 9-year-old gelding by Guardian S and Bretton Woods. Co-owned by Susan Singer and Lucy & Daniel Bremner, both

Almost a year after her last competition, Habibi DVB was back in competition yesterday with her rider, Marlies van Baalen. Members of the Dutch team at the 2023 European Championships in Riesenbeck, Marlies van Baalen and her now 14-year-old gelding by Don Schufro had since represented the Netherlands only in Nations Cup competitions. In fact, it was in Rotterdam in June 2025 that they last competed, achieving a Grand Prix score of 71.957%, which earned them a third-place fin

After three warm-up competitions at the international events in Ornago, Bedizzole and Mariakalnok, Jessica von Bredow Werndl presented Times Kismet yesterday in Munich, at her first CDI 5*; a competition which, like Isabell Werth in Hamburg , was a great success for her (former) team. Since TSF Dalera BB's retirement, Jessica von Bredow Werndl has certainly been less in the spotlight, but that hasn't stopped her from showing clear signs of a comeback since the beginning of th

Not one but two 5* CDI events are being held this week closed to the North sea: Munich, where Jessica von Bredow Werndl will present Times Kismet again, and Hamburg, chosen by Isabell Werth to continue her season with Wendy de Fontaine and to give experience to her very good Viva Gold Old. Not one, but three Isabel(l)s were at the start this morning. The rider from Rheinberg were victorious, unsurprisingly, with Wendy de Fontaine: the 12-year-old daughter of Sezuan left the a

For some time now, Hans Peter Minderhoud has been showing, month after month, the horses that now make up his string of horses. This was again the case yesterday with his debut alongside Nero, a mount previously seen with another Dutch rider. Born as Nero Platinum at Titan Wilaras stables, Nero is a son of Ferguson and Totilas, initially acquired by Rom Vermunt. First ridden by Bart Veeze (vidéo), the bay gelding finished 4th in the Dutch VSN Trophy at age 3; a position he ma

German breeder Stefanie Löhmann unfortunately lost her battle against the disease. For several years, she shared on social medias her time between the difficult battle she was fighting against the brain cancer and breeding dressage horses; an activity in which Stefanie Löhmann had built a solid reputation. She bred the 2019 German 4-year-old Champion and 2022 7-year-old World Vice-Champion, Destello (Old, Dimaggio x Furst Fugger), Lordswood Bernstein SL (Old. Bonds x Quaterb