2018 WEG Para-Dressage: First Individual Medals Awarded

Denmark’s Stinna Tange Kaastrup made her global breakthrough in the Adequan para-dressage competition at the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018 on Sept. 18 with her mount Horsebo Smarties, taking gold in the Grade II Individual competition.
Tange Kaastrup was a double bronze medalist at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio and has medaled at four European championships, but is celebrating her first world title. She rode “Smarties” to score 72.735% ahead of Austria’s multi world, European, and Paralympic champion Pepo Puch, who scored 72.676% on Sailor’s Blue. The Netherlands’ Nicole den Dulk came third on Wallace NOP with 70.735%.
Speaking after the medal ceremony, and holding her medal tightly, an emotional Tange Kaastrup said, “It’s beautiful isn’t it? I really love that horse so much. To be able to share this with him means a lot, it really does. It really hit me in there when he came in. We have such a special bond
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