Coverage from the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina.
Switzerland leads the team competition after the initial compulsories while Katharina Luschin (AUT) and Thomas Brusewitz (GER) lead the female and male individual competitions, respectively.
Stinna Tange Kaastrup (DEN) and Horsebo Smarties took Grade II gold, Sanne Voets (NED) and Demantur NOP won Grade IV gold, and Sophie Wells (GBR) and C Fatal Attraction earned Grade V gold on Day 1 of para-dressage competition.
Great Britain secured team gold, followed by Ireland and France taking silver and bronze, respectively. Ros Canter (GBR) and Allstar B earned the individual gold, Padraig McCarthy (IRE) and Mr. Chunky took the silver, and Ingrid Klimke (GER) and SAP Hale Bob OLD took bronze.
Bernard Fonck and What A Wave galloped to Belgium’s first individual reining gold medal. Team USA’s Daniel Huss on Ms Dreamy and Cade McCutcheon on Custom Made Gun brought home the silver and bronze, respectively.
Germany’s Ingrid Klimke kept her nerve to grab the lead as the Irish and French riders lit up a dramatic day of cross-country at the Tryon International Equestrian Center.
After attempting to reschedule the dressage freestyle competition due to extreme rainfall forecast for Sunday’s original time slot of 8:30 a.m., the organizing committee has determined there were no other options but to cancel the event entirely.
Germany holds the lead with a 73.4–the lowest score ever recorded at this stage of a WEG–with Great Britain (80.8) and the United States (83.0) in silver and bronze position, respectively, heading into cross-country.
Barack Obama, a 20-year-old Anglo-Arabian gelding ridden by New Zealand’s Jenny Champion, was euthanized Sept. 14 due to kidney problems.
The Germans successfully defended their title by securing the 2018 WEG dressage team gold medal Sept. 13. Team USA took home the silver and Great Britain claimed the bronze.
Austria’s Martin Mühlstätter and his stallion Blo Gun posted the top score of the day in the second individual qualifier for the individual finals.
After the first day of dressage Julia Krajewski and Chipmunk FRH lead the field with a 19.9, followed by Boyd Martin (USA) and Tsetserleg on a 27.1 and Piggy French (GBR) and Quarrycrest Echo on a 27.8.
The organizing committee issued a statement around 6 p.m., local time, citing a “potentially dangerously high combination of heat and humidity,” along with trail conditions following heavy rains earlier in the afternoon.
The home team didn’t disappoint Wednesday at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018. Team USA clinched its fifth consecutive team gold medal by nearly 10 points over the silver medal team.
Germany took the lead after the first day of team dressage with a narrow lead over Sweden and the United States, respectively.
A fast-growing equestrian epicenter in a North Carolina hamlet prepares to host the 2018 World Equestrian Games.
The first 67 of 550 equine athletes have arrived at the Tryon International Equestrian Center, nine days before the start of the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018.
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