2010 WEG Photo Gallery – DRESSAGE

Photo gallery of riders/winners in the Dressager competition of the World Equestrian Games. Click on an image to use the PicLens for larger image with the details. Click the image to exit the gallery.

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The Netherlands’ Edward Gal and the amazing black stallion Moorlands Totilas claimed their third gold medal in the Grand Prix Freestyle and after they had topped the Grand Prix Special and joined their Dutch counterparts to scoop the team title. They are first partnership ever to win three World titles at a single Championship. Totilas broke in his first passage and then burst into canter during his first extended trot, but soon he was in that mesmerising rhythm, building up his performance and registering big scores. All five judges put him firmly first and when the scoreboard showed 91.800 it was clear the gold was already gone.

Facts and Figures:
15 horse and rider combinations competed in the Grand Prix Freestyle.
Edward Gal became the first rider to ever take three gold medals in a Dressage World Championship.
Tonight’s silver medallist Laura Bechtolsheimer, produced a personal best score of 85.35 with Mistral Hojris to become the first ever British rider to take three medals at a World Dressage Championship – in the Team, Special and Freestyle.
And tonight’s bronze medallist, Steffen Peters, “put the icing on the cake,” as he said himself, when topping up the record he set on Wednesday when he became the first American to win an individual Championship medal in Dressage in the 78 years since Colonel Hiram Tottle and his horse, Olympic, took bronze at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1932.

Quotes:
Steffen Peters, bronze medallist – “We made a slight mistake in the one-tempi but we made up for it in the second pair; pirouettes have to be the weakest spot but they improved this week.”
Steffen Peters – “We worked quite hard and it paid off; he felt wonderful.”
Laura Bechtolsheimer, when asked if she might change her Freestyle test – “A horse grows into a Freestyle test and I would like to perfect this one first!”

Linda Zang, Ground Jury President, talking about the Spanish stallion Fuego – “The crowd loved him – the Spanish are slowly but surely moving further into the spot of dressage and it’s wonderful to see a new country joining in.” Read more here>

And the sad news – Totilas is sold. Read here in the Sidelines Blog>

And in Horse & Hound (UK):

Dressage sensation Totilas sold to Paul Schockemohle

Totilas arrives in Germany, but partnership with Edward Gal is over

Global Dressage Forum blog: life after Totilas