Bitless bridles are also now permissible in lower levels as one northern European country reacts to the challenge of 'social licence'.

The final FEI Dressage World Cup™ qualifier of the year took place in Belgium with a strong home contingent, but the Dutch rider prevailed.

As the year comes to a close, we look at the individuals who are leading the pack in their particular discipline, and the top 100 Canadians.

Fry and her stallion posted a commanding score of 86.645% in the Freestyle; Matthew Sampson and Olivier Philippaerts take the CSI5* events.

Highlights from opening day of this multi-discipline holiday extravaganza included a dressage upset and some notable nextgen competitors.

The high-performance athlete lists in Dressage, Eventing, Jumping, and Para-Dressage for 2025 have been announced.

The country-wide series with a prize pool of $250,000 is open to all international athletes and consists of 23 qualifiers and a final.

There has not been a lot of movement at the top of most of the rankings; Naima Moreira Laliberté is now Canada's leading dressage rider.

Year-end recipients for Athlete, Horse, Owner Youth, Coach and Volunteer were honoured for their outstanding achievements.

Canadian Denielle Gallagher-Legriffon logs three wins; Adam Steffens-Smienk is back competing following a long illness.