Rixt Van der Horst (NED) with her new horse, Findsley take delight in securing the gold medal in the Adequan para-dressage at the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018, successfully defending her World Championship individual title from Normandy 2014. | Photo: FEI/Liz Gregg

The Netherlands continued its brilliant run in the Adequan para-dressage at the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) World Equestrian Games (WEG) Tryon 2018 on Sept. 19 with Rixt van der Horst successfully defending her Grade III individual title from the 2014 FEI WEG in Normandy, France.

There was joy too for Italy’s Sara Morganti riding Royal Delight, as she upgraded her WEG 2014 Grade Ia individual silver to a gold in Grade I, while Team USA scored its first ever WEG medal when Rebecca Hart took bronze in Grade III, in front of a delighted home audience in the Tryon Arena, at the Tryon International Equestrian Center, in Mill Spring, North Carolina.

Van der Horst’s defense of her title came on her new horse, Findsley, on which she scored 73.735%, finishing comfortably ahead of Great Britain’s Rio 2016 Olympic triple gold medalist Natasha Baker, who rode Mount Saint John Diva Dannebrog to score 72.471%, while Hart finished with 71.618%, riding El Corona Texel