Sam Overton and Oaks Cassanova win Waratah World Cup

The 2025 FEI Dressage European Championship in Crozet begins today, with Spain first to ride and Sweden last in the team draw.

Last weekend´s CCI4*S at Luhmühlen – a new fixture added to the FEI Calendar for a very first time in 2025 – saw Australian Olympian Andrew Hoy securing the win on his Tokyo 2021 Olympic mount Vassily de Lassos and taking second place on future talent Gulliver des Lones, six-year old Eventing Champion in France, who competed at now nine years old for the very first time at CCI4* level.

The stage is set at the Dutch National Equestrian Centre in Ermelo (NED) for the FEI Para Dressage European Championship 2025 where on the 3 – 7 September, a grand total of 20 nations will descend upon the impressive venue to contend for the European titles.

Andrew Barnett and off-the-track Thoroughbred Chasing Great claimed victory in the CCI4*-S at Quirindi (15-17 August), producing the fastest cross country round of the day to finish on 41.3, ahead of Emma Mason and Oliver Barrett.

Hungary’s Martin Hölle secured his fifth consecutive Horse Pairs World Championship in Beekbergen, while Team Hungary claimed a dominant seventh gold. Australia’s Tor Van Den Berge finished 45th overall with Leo Van Der Burgt’s KWPN geldings.

Australia and New Zealand’s finest riders lit up Saturday night’s Waratah World Cup Qualifier, with international course designer Anderson De Moura Lima testing the field in a thrilling contest that saw Sam Overton and Oaks Cassanova claim victory.