The 25th running of the Adelaide Equestrian Festival (AEF) has cemented its position as the Southern Hemisphere’s premier equestrian event, delivering significant economic returns, a surge in tourism activity, alongside record-breaking attendance and broadcast reach.
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.
Sweden’s championship jumping squad has lost two Olympic and World Championship stars, with their riders announcing the horses are no longer available for championships.
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.