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The hotly contested Shearwater Young Horse Championship semi-finals for four, five and six-year-olds, and BD Seven-Year-Old semi-final at the NAF Five Star Hartpury Festival of Dressage proved the ideal showcase for riders to present their promising youngsters.

The Hartpury Festival of Dressage staged five days of Premier League competition alongside its annual CDI3*/CPEDI3* (07 – 11 July 2021). Spectators were treated to a high quality entry of British dressage talent as Hartpury brought the curtain down on the 2021 Premier League season.

The annual British Dressage Young Pony Championships took place at the recent Hartpury Festival of Dressage, Gloucestershire (07 - 11 July 2021). Designed for four, five and six-year old ponies not exceeding 149cm, this exciting championship proved the perfect showcase for pint-size young talent to shine.

Following the viewing trial hosted at Hartpury Festival of Dressage earlier this month, the Senior Selection Panel can now announce the horses selected to represent Great Britain at this year’s FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Verden, 24 – 29 August 2021.

The governments of England, Scotland and Wales have outlined the next steps for the further easing of COVID-19 restrictions in the coming days and weeks.

ParalympicsGB has confirmed the selection of four para equestrian athlete and horse combinations to compete at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Hot on the heels of the NAF Five Star Winter Championships, the first of the summer regionals got underway at Somerford Park Farm (10 - 11 July 2021). Heart-warming stories abounded as a former Grand Prix rider who had given up competing finds new enthusiasm with her PRE partner and a silver medal eventer who competed on Somerford’s cross country course returns to win the Andrews Bowen Advanced Medium Gold.

The CPEDI3* classes at Hartpury Festival of Dressage (07 – 11 July 2021) showcased the very best of para dressage as riders across the grades made their final mission for Paralympic selection for Tokyo. Great Britain’s Nicky Greenhill, Sophie Wells and Natasha Baker remained unbeaten all week, as did Irish challenger Michael Murphy.

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The following riders have been selected to represent Great Britain this week at Deauville CDI3* in France (15 – 18 July 2021).