IRISH dressage riders featured at the international dressage show in Wellington, Hampshire, Great Britain last week. Ireland’s Paris Olympian Abi Lyle and the 15-year-old Leon Eggnik bred-KWPN gelding Giraldo scored 69.761% for seventh place in the Grand Prix. Multiple Olympic medallist Carl Hester and the 16-year-old entire Fame, winner of both the five-star Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle at Doha CHI in February, posted a 78.261% total to clinch the win for the home nation. The runner-up was British Rio Olympic team silver medallist Fiona Bigwood, the joint-owner of Fame, and her own 10-year mare Donna Bella on 74.609%.


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