Dressage
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Olympian Jayden Brown made a winning return to the arena with WillingaPark Quincy B at the 2025 Regency Floats NSW Dressage Championships in Tamworth, claiming the Grand Prix on Friday with a standout performance and a winning score of 71.703%.
The world’s finest young Dressage horses gathered in a well-attended Verden, Germany, to contest the FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses across three age divisions. The event was dominated by the Dutch KWPN studbook, which collected five of the nine medals on offer.
Australian Tayla Desmet and homebred gelding Dark Diamond posted a personal best 79.6% in the Small Final for Five-Year-Old Horses at the World Breeding Championships in Verden, improving over 8% from qualifying to finish sixth from 30 combinations.
Australian Olympian Simone Pearce won the recent S*** Intermediaire A in Epfach, scoring 73.728% with nine-year-old mare Daenerys Targaryen 4 in their debut together – marking an exciting milestone in the mare’s progression toward elite level.
Helgstrand Dressage Germany will relocate to Isabell Werth’s new state-of-the-art facilities from January 1, 2026, with Werth overseeing training and horse development.
Australian Alexandra Vodermair and Exact set another personal best at the 2025 FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championship for Young Horses in Verden, placing fourth in the Six-Year-Old Small Final. In the Five-Year-Old class, Alicia Ryan and Tayla Desmet impressed, while Dutch stallion Proud James claimed victory.
In an outcome marking one of the most significant sanctions issued by the FEI Tribunal, a 15-year suspension has been imposed against American dressage rider Cesar Parra.