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The following riders have been selected to represent Great Britain this week at Keysoe CDI3*/CDIU25/CDIYJP in Bedfordshire (13 – 15 March 2020).

The first Premier League Show of 2020 has reached its conclusion after five days of top flight competition at Myerscough College in Lancashire (4 – 8 March 2020). Amy Woodhead, Matt Frost and Becky Moody achieved multiple wins whilst Carl Hester and the British bred Hawtins Delicato delivered an outstanding Grand Prix of 80.40%. Streamed live for the first time by Horse & Country TV thanks to their new partnership with British Dressage, H&C subscribers were able to follow the action throughout the show.    

BREAKING NEWS: All classes at The Dutch Masters have been cancelled. The following horses and riders have been selected to represent Great Britain this week at ‘s-Hertogenbosch CDI-W/CDI3* in the Netherlands (12 – 15 March 2020). The CDI-W is the final qualifier of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2019/2020 Western European League.  

Wellington Riding was the penultimate Winter Regionals (25-29 February) but fared better with the weather than some of the other regionals. Even so, competitors were faced with sleet, snow, rain, hail, cloud and sun – usually all in the same day.

British Dressage is delighted to announce the 2020 Senior Home International will be held at Vale View Equestrian in Leicestershire, 4-6 September. Vale View is set in 200 acres in the heart of Leicestershire and run by an experienced and friendly team, led by owners Julie and Mark Hyslop.

We're delighted to release the wildcards for this year's NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships, 8 - 12 April at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire. 

Results of the rider who represented Great Britain last week at Herning CDI5* in Denmark (4 – 8 March 2020).  

With the evenings getting lighter, now is the perfect time to start introducing a variety of activities to spice things up for you and your horse. Here Abigail Taylor talks us through her training routine for issue 2 of the BD Youth Inspire e-newsletter. 

Haygain hay steamers are delighted to announce their sponsorship of British Dressage Intermediate II for this year. Haygain is known for patented, science-backed products such as the hay steamer and the ComfortStall flooring system designed to help owners deal with the issues that come with domestication of horses. Haygain’s products are used and recommended by professional riders, horse owners, trainers, veterinarians and scientists all over the world.

We have been asked by a number of members what the official British Dressage position is on coronavirus.  As things stand it continues to be business as usual, although we are in close contact with UK Sport, Sport England and the Sport & Recreation Alliance to ensure we act on the latest advice and guidance from the government.