British Equestrian has revealed the eight horse and rider combinations who have been nominated to represent Great Britain at the FEI Dressage World Championship in Aachen this summer. 

Among the entries are three-time Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin riding the 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding Brave Heart, the Olympic bronze medal-winning partnership of Carl Hester and Fame, and the 2026 World Cup Final champions Becky Moody and the homebred Jagerbomb.

It is Charlotte’s first nomination for a GB championship team since she was banned from competition by the FEI for a year after she ‘engaged in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare’. 

Defending champions nominated

Two-time World Champions Charlotte Fry and the 15-year-old stallion Glamourdale are also listed as are Fiona Bigwood (Donna Bella), Gareth Hughes (Mowgli-Olympia MC), Susan Page (Harmony’s Giulilanta) and Sadie Smith (Swanmore Dantina)

Selection decisions are subject to the athlete and horse maintaining fitness and performance.

The selected squad of four combinations to travel to Aachen for the event, which takes place from Tuesday 11 – Sunday 23 August, plus non-travelling reserves, will be announced at a later date.

Becky Moody and Jagerbomb claimed victory in both the Grand Prix and the Freestyle at the FEI Dressage World Cup Finals in Texas earlier this year.

The full list of nominations for the British Equestrian dressage team, in partnership with Agria, is:

  • Fiona Bigwood with her own Donna Bella (chestnut, mare, 10yrs, 16.3hh, Don Juan de Hus x I. P. S. Gribaldi, breeder: Fiona Bigwood GBR)
  • Charlotte Dujardin with Ellen McCarthy, Spencer McCarthy and Bridget McCarthy’s Brave Heart (bay, gelding, 12yrs, 16.1hh, Bordeaux 28 x Blue Hors Zack, breeders: Shirley and Titian Wilaras GER)
  • Charlotte Fry with Van Olst Horses and her own Glamourdale (black, stallion, 15yrs, 16.3hh, Lord Leatherdale x Negro, breeder: J. Rodenburg NED)
  • Carl Hester with Fiona Bigwood, Mette Dahl and his own Fame (bay, stallion, 16yrs, 16.2hh, Bordeaux 28 x Rhodium, breeder: V. O. F. G. oM. Gerritsen NED)
  • Gareth Hughes with Georgina Wilkinson, Rebecca Hughes and his own Mowgli-Olympia MC (chestnut, gelding, 9yrs, 17hh, s. Rousseau, breeder: M. Van Summeren NED)
  • Becky Moody with Jo Cooper and her own Jagerbomb (bay, gelding, 12yrs, 17.1hh, Dante Weltino OLD x Jazz, breeder: Becky Moody GBR)
  • Susan Pape with Harmony Sporthorses and her own Harmony’s Giulilanta (chestnut, mare, 15yrs, 16.2hh, Broere Jazz x Flemmingh, breeders: A. Vogelaar and J. Knol GER)
  • Sadie Smith with her own Swanmore Dantina (dark bay, mare, 11yrs, 16hh, Dante Weltino OLD x Charatan W, breeder: Ben St John James GBR)

Para nominated entries revealed

Fourteen-time Paralympic gold medallist Lee Pearson is one of the nominated entries for the FEI Para Dressage World Championship, which also take place in Aachen in August. Lee has been named with his 14-year-old gelding Breezer.

Mari Durward-Akhurst, who won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, has been nominated with the 19-year-old mare Athene Lindebjerg, while Sophie Wells, a multiple Paralympic champion, is listed with both LJT Egebjerggards Samoa and MSJ Gold Standard.

Sophie Wells riding Fatal Attraction.

The full list of nominations is:

Grade 1

  • Mari Durward-Akhurst with Diane Redfern, Nick Durward-Akhurst and Romilly Hart’s Athene Lindebjerg (black, mare 19yrs, 17hh, Gribaldi x Diamant, breeder: Ulla and Kristian Bech DEN)

Grade 2

  • Jemima Green with her own Fantabulous (chestnut, gelding, 8yrs, 16.1hh, Foundation 2 x Furst Romancier, breeder: Rainer and Angelika Alhers GER)
  • Sir Lee Pearson with Jenson Guest, David Pearson, Linda Pearson and his own Breezer (bay, gelding, 14yrs, 16.1hh, s. Barcardi, breeder: Sir Lee Pearson GBR)

Grade 3

  • Erin Orford with Carl Hester, Anne Barrott, Rowena Luard and The Lady Joseph Trust’s LJT Nutbush (bay, gelding, 14yrs, 16.1hh, Negro x Sion, breeder: Mr A. Gregory GBR)

Grade 4

  • Nicola Naylor with Rosalind Emery Kay and her own Humberto L (bay, gelding, 14yrs, 16.2hh, Cachet L x Haarlem, breeder: J. Lamers NED) and her own Moulin Rouge (chestnut, mare, 9yrs, 16.2hh, Ferdinand x Dorado, breeder: P. Buwalda NED)

Grade 5

  • Sophie Wells with The Lady Joseph Trust’s LJT Egebjerggards Samoa (black, mare, 10yrs, 16.1hh, Blue Hors St Schrufo x I. P. S. Gribaldi, breeder: Anders Green Hansen DEN) and Emma Blundell’s MSJ Gold Standard (chestnut, mare, 10yrs, 16.2hh, Governer x Furstenball, breeder: Mount St John Equestrian LLP GBR).

The squad of four and the non-travelling reserves will be announced in due course.

Image of Charlotte Dujardin © Dan Isitene/Getty Images, images of Becky Moody and Sophie Wells © FEI.

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