Following their success in the Grand Prix Freestyle at the 2025 FEI Dressage European Championship, Olympian Dinja Van Liere announced to FEI.TV that this was her final performance with Joop Van Uytert’s 14-year-old stallion, Hermes.
Australian eventer Sammi Birch and Finduss PFB are set to tackle their sixth CCI5* at the 2025 Defender Burghley Horse Trials. Facing a star-studded international field, the pair bring valuable five-star experience into the challenge.
Long-distance travel can take a toll on horses, but with planned breaks, careful feeding, gut health support, and close monitoring, owners can help ensure their horses arrive healthy, comfortable, and ready for the journey’s purpose.
The AELEC Tamworth World Cup Show delivered four thrilling days of competition, from Trans-Tasman team victories to exciting tour finals, with New Zealand’s Sophie Scott and Normandy GHP among the standout performers in a packed program.
Belgium’s Justin Verboomen and Zonik Plus clinched Freestyle gold in a thrilling Crozet finale, edging Denmark’s Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour into silver and Germany’s Isabell Werth into bronze, with a career-best 89.964% sealing the historic triumph.
New Zealand’s Sophie Scott and Normandy GHP claimed victory in the Tamworth World Cup Qualifier, producing a lightning-fast clear in the jump-off to edge out Australia’s Sam Overton and Cha Cha Blue GHP in a thrilling finale.
Belgium’s Justin Verboomen and Zonik Plus made history at the FEI Dressage European Championship in Crozet, winning the Grand Prix Special with 82.371% — securing the nation’s first-ever major championship medal, a glittering gold.