Could an Olympic dressage gold medal be in the works for Great Britain? Its superstars dominate a just-released list of that nation’s nominated entries for the Paris Games that headlines with Charlotte Dujardin (Alive and Kicking and Imhotep); her mentor, Carl Hester (Fame and En Vogue) and world champion Lottie Fry (Glamourdale and Everdale). So each of these top riders has a back-up horse.
Charlotte Dujardin with Alive and Kicking.
There are six other horse/rider combinations on the list, but if the big three make the team, Germany will have a battle for gold on its hands. Anything can happen, though. Remember that Lottie was eliminated with Everdale from the World Cup Finals in April under the blood rule.
The additional riders named to the British list of Olympic hopefuls are Lewis Carrier with Diego V, Andrew Gould (Indrigo), Gareth Hughes (Classic Goldstrike), Becky Moody and the very interesting Jagerbomb, Susan Pape (Harmony’s V-bomb) and Annabella Pidgley (Gio).