2016 Rio Dressage

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Dujardin and her horse with a heart of gold do it again

Great Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin (31) and the fabulous 14-year-old gelding, Valegro, were in a class of their own when posting an Olympic Dressage record score of 93.857 in the Grand Prix Freestyle to claim their second successive individual title today. …

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Individual Dressage Freestyle – Dujardin and Valegro Golden Again

London 2012 Olympic champion Charlotte Dujardin (GBR) and Valegro defended their title and took the gold decisively with 93.857%, ahead of silver medalist Isabell Werth (GER) scoring 89.071% Weihegold OLD, while fellow German and world #1 Kristina Broring-Sprehe grabbed the …

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Trussell Scores 72.325% in Grand Prix Special in Rio

Belinda Trussell of Stouffville, ON, was third in the ring in the Grand Prix Special on a cool and overcast morning at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Riding the 16-year-old Anton, Trussell, 44, had placed 28th in the previous day’s …

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Trussell and Anton Score 72.214% in Grand Prix at Deodoro

Belinda Trussell of Stouffville, ON, was the first competitor into the stadium on the second day of Grand Prix. Under sunny skies she and Anton, a 16-year-old Sachsen-Anhaltiner gelding owned by Robyn Eames and Mark Trussell, had a lovely test, …

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Emotional roller-coaster on opening day of Olympic Dressage

Great tests from both Dorothee Schneider and Sonke Rothenberger have given Team Germany a firm hold at the top of both the individual and team leaderboards after the opening day of Olympic Dressage at Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de …

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Canadian Dressage Athletes Set to Start at Rio

Canadian dressage athletes, Megan Lane from Loretto, ON and Belinda Trussell from Stouffville, ON are ready to get underway at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, BRA.

Dressage competition at the Games begins on Aug. 10 and …

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US Dressage Team Earns Berth in Rio

The United States’ Dressage Team’s gold-medal win in the team event at the Pan American Games on Sunday earned them an automatic qualifying spot for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Sabine Schut-Kery, Kimberly Herslow, Laura Graves and Steffen Peters combined scores …