SUNDAY’S Freestyle finals at the FEI Para Dressage World Championships in Aachen saw American riders claim further success, when Kate Shoemaker, Fiona Howard and Marie Vonderheyden each added another individual gold medal to the team title they had won together the previous day.

Aachen proved to be a truly fantastic show for Vonderheyden and Fan Tastico H, as they completed a clean sweep of the Grade I classes when they won their Freestyle on 80.540%. Incredibly, given that Grade I is for athletes most severely affected by their disabilities and takes place only in walk, two of the youngest horses in the competition claimed the remaining medals. Italy’s Sara Morganti took silver with the seven-year-old Bond Girl 18, while Paris Paralympic champion Latvia’s Rihards Snikus snatched bronze on his new ride, the appropriately-named six-year-old Rise and Shine.