News

Do you want to be part of equestrian sporting history? The organising committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are recruiting volunteers to help with the running of the equestrian disciplines. The only requirements to take part in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity are some equestrian experience, a commitment to hard work and great team spirit.

Join us at the NAF Five Star Winter Championships from 8 – 12 April 2020 for five days of dressage featuring 39 top drawer titles to close the winter season! Gala evening tickets are now live!

It's Brexit on Friday 31 January! The British Equestrian Federation has been working closely with government departments, vets and leaders in the equine industry to ensure that riders, owners and support staff have the latest information on how to best prepare.

We're delighted to release the first group of wildcards for this year's Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships held at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships, 8 - 12 April at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire. 

The 2020 Winter Regional Championships got underway last week, with the first of the series taking place at Addington Equestrian in Buckinghamshire (23 – 26 January). Nineteen regional champions were crowned and many came a step closer to their NAF Five Star Winter Championships goals.

Last week, the RAI Amsterdam set the scene for the eighth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2019/2020 Western European League (23 – 26 January 2020). Defending World Cup Champions Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD (GER) topped the leader board, pushed to wire by Charlotte Dujardin and Mount St John Freestyle whilst Charlotte Fry and Everdale exhibited the makings of a world class combination.  

Following the landmark news last month of a new home for the LeMieux National Dressage Championships at Somerford Park Farm, British Dressage can now announce exciting additional competition opportunities providing a significant boost in numbers for riders at this year’s inaugural fixture in Cheshire, which takes place from 24 – 27 September.

The first 2020 issue of the British Dressage members’ magazine is due to land any day now and there are some exciting changes inside.

With Addington Equestrian kicking off the season of Winter Regional Championships, we're releasing the qualification ratios for each level to progress to the NAF Five Star Winter Championships, 9 - 12 April 2020.

The following riders have been selected to represent Great Britain this week in the FEI Dressage World Cup™ qualifier held at the Jumping Amsterdam show in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (23 – 26 January 2020).