Photo caption: Newly-crowned Olympic champions, Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB, will be the centre of attention at the FEI Dressage European Championships 2021 in Hagen, Germany next week. (FEI/Christophe Taniere)

By Louisa Parkes

Just a few short weeks since they claimed all gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Team Germany will line out at next week’s FEI Dressage European Championships 2021 on home ground in Hagen where they look set to claim their 25th team title. 

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Photo Caption: The KWPN stallion Jovian took the 7-Year-Old title at the FEI World Breeding Dressage Championships for Young Horses 2021 in Verden, Germany with Denmark’s Andreas Helgstrand on board.

Dutch and Danish stallions steal the show

By Louisa Parkes

Stallions from the KWPN studbook claimed both the 6 and 7-Year-Old titles while a Danish Warmblood was crowned 5-Year-Old champion at the FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championship for Young Horses which returned to Verden in Germany for the 2021 edition from 24 to 29 August.

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Tokyo (JPN), 29 August 2021

Photo Caption: Celebrations on the podium at Equestrian Park tonight at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with the winners of the team competition. L to R: Rixt van der Horst - Findsley, Sanne Voets - Demantur, Frank Hosmar - Alphavile (NED) Silver medalists; Lee Pearson - Breezer, Sophie Wells - Don Cara M, Natasha Baker - Keystone Dawn Chorus (GBR) Gold medalists; Kate Shoemaker - Solitaer 40, Roxanne Trunnell - Dolton, Rebecca Hart - El Corona Texel (USA) Bronze medallists. (FEI/Liz Gregg) 

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Tokyo (JPN), 27 August 2021

Photo Caption: Individual Grade I medal ceremony at Equestrian Park, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.  L to R: Rihards Snikus - King of the Dance (LAT) silver, Roxanne Trunnel - Dolton (USA) gold, and Sara Morganti - Royal Delight (ITA) bronze. (FEI/Liz Gregg) 

Two new Paralympic Equestrian champions crowned in Tokyo
by Rob Howell

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Tokyo (JPN), 26 August 2021

Photo Caption:  L to R: Pepo Puch (AUT) silver, Lee Pearson (GBR) gold, and Georgia Wilson (GBR) bronze on the podium at the Grade 2 Individual medal ceremony at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics at Equestrian Park. (FEI/Liz Gregg) 

Once a champion, always a champion...
by Rob Howell

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TOKYO 2020 PARALYMPIC GAMES - FEI PRESS RELEASE
Tokyo (JPN), 25 August 2021

Photo Caption: Japan's Grade IV athlete Katsuji Takashima and his horse Huzette pose for a selfie after the Para Dressage horse inspection at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (FEI/Liz Gregg) 

Tokyo Paralympic Games set for fiercest Para Dressage competition yet

by Rob Howell

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The FEI has welcomed the start of the WeThe15 campaign, which aspires to be the biggest ever human rights movement to represent the world’s 1.2 billion persons with disabilities. 

Launched ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, WeThe15 aims to end discrimination towards persons with disabilities and act as a global movement publicly campaigning for disability visibility, accessibility, and inclusion.

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 The Annual General Meeting of Dressage NSW Inc will be held on Tuesday 7 December 2021

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The DNSW committee in conjunction with Tamworth Dressage Club has regretfully made the decision to cancel the 2021 Horse First NSW Dressage Championships. The event, scheduled for August 2021 at AELEC, had been previously postponed.

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Regretfully we advise that Dressage NSW in conjunction with the EADC has decided to cancel the 2021 Australian Dressage Championships that were to be held from the 14 – 17 October at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre.  

After cancelling the event in 2020 we were looking forward to having the opportunity to host the event once again; however, the COVID-19 pandemic  has made it impossible. 

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