After a career year culminating with a gold medal with Germany at the Paris Olympic Games (FRA), Frederic Wandres made a conscious decision to give his partner Bluetooth OLD a rest at the end of the 2024 season, and the pair came out for just one competition in January before taking another break from competition. Following those nearly-five additional months of downtime, Bluetooth OLD returned in triumphant fashion at Compiegne (FRA), leading Germany to a CDIO5* FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ victory.

Fans had to wait until the very last test to see the pair in action, but the performance was worth the wait. With particularly high marks for the extended trot, extended canter, and piaffe, Wandres and Bluetooth received the best score of the day—on a day where just three scores above 70 percent were awarded. Their 75.696% mark comfortably lifted Germany to the top of the leaderboard as the nation assumed a dominant lead in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ standings.

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