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Easy winners of the qualifying Grand Prix for the CDI 4* Grand Prix Special in Hagen, Cathrine Laudrup Dufour & MSJ Freestyle won again this morning with another big victory accompanied by a personal record. At 17, the Fidermark's daughter certainly demonstrated that she is in top form for this World Championship year. Highly active and expressive, the bay mare displayed better piaffe/passage transitions than in the Grand Prix. While she may have appeared slightly tense on he

Having been absent from the CDI circuit for several months, Camille Judet Chéret and Corentin Pottier chose Austria for their 2026 comeback; a return following, in particular, the accident the rider suffered at the beginning of the year. So, it was off to Austria this week and the relatively confidential international competition in Gössendorf, where five horse-and-rider pairs competed in the 4* today. Having delivered a flawless performance, Corentin Pottier finished victori

While Justin Verboomen, Charlotte Fry & Isabell Werth chose Fontainebleau last week for a confrontation that clearly smelled of the World Championships in Aachen, the Dane Cathrine Laudrup Dufour, recent world number 1 with her 17-year-old MSJ Freestyle, had opted for the CDI 4* Hagen; a strategy of avoidance and/or a happy coincidence for those who signed on to the CDI 5* in Herning, at home, therefore, an 84.174% on the Grand Prix. Always presented very discreetly with a st

The Hagen CDI is proving successful for the German riders so far: after Charlott-Maria Schürmann yesterday (see HERE), it was Katharina Hemmer who won the 4* Grand Prix qualifying for the freestyle today; a performance which also opens the doors wide for her to join the German team for the next World Championships. Member of the German team for the first time last year in Crozet, Katharina Hemmer seems well on her way to returning to the Mannschaft this year, having just achi

After Fontainebleau last week, this week it's off to Hagen for the dressage riders: since yesterday the Kasselmann family's arenas have been living to the rhythm of their spring competition, the Grand Prix of the 3* label was won by the German Charlott Maria Schürmann and her Dante's Pearl. Dante's Pearl returns to Hagen: this daughter of Dante Weltino, bred by Paul Schockemöhle, was indeed sold through the PSI sales in 2020. Now 11 years old, the Oldenburg mare is making her

Last day of dressage in Fontainebleau. And what a day it was. Besides the expected victory of Isabell Werth & Wendy de Fontaine this morning in the Grand Prix Special with 79.893% ahead of Carl Hester & Fame at 77.319% and Fiona Bigwood & Donna Bella at 72.276% (see HERE ), Justin Verboomen & Zonik Plus offered the Fontainebleau public another high performance this afternoon which brought this week dedicated to dressage to a beautiful end. Could the Printemps des Sports Eques