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The final High Profile Show of 2019 gets underway this week at Keysoe EC (5 – 8 December 2019) with many of the UK’s top riders heading to the Bedfordshire venue. Classes at all levels up to Grand Prix and FEI tests for Pony riders and Children on Horses, plus the 2019 Small Tour Championships, have attracted a wealth of talented competitors.  

Richard Davison was well placed in the fourth leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Western European league 2019/2020 at IFEMA Madrid Horse Week last week (28 November – 1 December 2019).  

British Dressage and title sponsor Petplan Equine are delighted to announce Lincolnshire venue Arena UK as the first ever host of the Summer Area Festival Championships over 10 – 13 September. The new two-season Petplan Equine Area Festival series was announced earlier this autumn following a calendar review and feedback from BD members’ survey, and the Summer Area Festival dates have been released.

One of the projects at BDHQ this year has been a review of our eight regions. Their geography, the number of affiliated venues included within boundaries and the member levels residing in each region have all been evaluated in detail.

The following rider has been selected to represent Great Britain in the Junior divisions at Aachen CDIY/J/P in Germany (28 November – 1 December 2019).  

The following rider has been selected to represent Great Britain this week at the FEI World Cup™ qualifier in Madrid, Spain (28 November – 1 December).  

After a successful year on Apple products, Lion Dog, creators of the Dressage TestPro app series have just released a version of the app for Android!

Emma Hindle and Romy Del Sol have continued their run of form by claiming the Grand Prix Special at Munich CDI4* in Germany (21 – 24 November 2019).  

Mr President, the former top horse of Steph Croxford, has been put to sleep at the age of 25. The Croxford family said their final goodbyes on Wednesday 20 November 2019.

Great Britain’s representatives, Charlotte Fry and Louise Bell, achieved excellent results amongst top company at Stuttgart German Masters in Germany (13 – 17 November 2019).