With the dressage qualifiers wrapped up, the definite entries list released and Glamourdale out of the picture, it could be anyone's to win.
Isabell Werth
The victory came aboard her medal-winning FEI World Championship ride, the stallion Hermes NOP; Isabell Werth tops series leaderboard.
The ten days of world-class competition in Germany were full of top sport, drama, delight, surprises, triumph and tragedy.
When the FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final 2022 gets underway in Leipzig, Germany, this week, the defending champs will be the ones to beat.
The German won the FEI Dressage World Cup 2021/2022 Western European League in Lyon for the fifth time in a row.
FEI Dressage World Cup competition got underway in the French city with an impressive lineup of international stars.
Dressage riders followed correct procedures in their 2nd bid to allow top hats, but the FEI is standing firmly behind its 2019 pro-helmet vote.
Germany’s Isabell Werth took silver and Denmark’s Cathrine Dufour snagged bronze; the leading 15 go through to Saturday’s Freestyle.
There were tears and cheers as the German ruled the ring with high scores, an Olympic GPS record and an unbeatable Freestyle.
Germany won gold with a masterclass from Schneider, Werth and von Bredow-Werndl; the USA takes silver and Great Britain claims bronze.