Tokyo (JPN), 25 July 2021

Photo Caption: Great Britain's Charlotte Dujardin and Gio produced a fabulous test in the Grand Prix Team and Individual qualifier at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Baji Koen Equestrian Park today. (FEI/Christophe Taniere)

Germans establish authority ahead of Dressage team medals finale

by Louise Parkes

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Photo caption: Jessica von Bredow-Werndl produced a personal-best and the biggest score of the evening with in the Dressage Grand Prix to get Team Germany off to a great start at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 

TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – TOKYO (JPN), 24 July 2021

by Louise Parkes

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Photo caption: America’s Adrienne Lyle and Salvino at the Dressage horse inspection today in the stunning Baji Koen Equestrian Park where the equestrian events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games get underway with the Dressage Grand Prix tomorrow morning. (FEI/Christoph Taniere) 

By Louise Parkes

Brazil’s Joao Victor Marcari Oliva and his 12-year-old stallion Escorial will be first into the arena tomorrow morning when the Dressage Grand Prix gets equestrian action underway at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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Photo caption: Celebrating Germany’s 13th Olympic Dressage team gold at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: (L to R) Isabell Werth, Dorothee Schneider, Sönke Rothenberger and Kristina Bröring-Sprehe. 

Lausanne (SUI), 20 July 2021

Can Germany make it a fabulous 14?

By Louise Parkes 

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Can horses fly? Well yes, they can if they're Olympic athletes!

And in a piece of history-making, 36 of them flew into Japan last night – the first full cargo load of horses ever to land in Haneda, the waterfront airport that serves the greater Tokyo area and which is now welcoming a very different group of Olympic athletes. 

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Before the action even begins the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are already unforgettable. Running a year later than scheduled and with multiple challenges along the way, the best of the best are now putting in their final preparations ahead of the Opening Ceremony on 23 July 2021.

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It is with great disappointment that DNSW and Tamworth Dressage Club wish to advise that the 2021 Horse First NSW Dressage Championships which were scheduled to run at AELEC from 26 to 29 August will be POSTPONED due to the ongoing uncertainty around the Covid 19 situation and subsequent challenges around the integrity and financial viability of the event.

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