New Zealand’s Tim Price has returned to the head of the FEI Eventing world athlete rankings following his second-place finish with Falco at last month’s British CCI5*L at Badminton, despite a serious shoulder injury that required two surgeries within 16 days, the second of which was on the Monday just 48 hours before the start of the British classic.
A contingent of six Australians are preparing to line up at Luhmühlen Horse Trials in Germany, where selection for the FEI World Championships in Aachen will be front of mind for many.
Australian dressage rider Alicia Ryan has been named on Sweden’s short-list for the 2026 FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championship for Young Horses in Verden (5-9 August) with six-year-old stallion Morricello II VH.
2025 was their year. Since then, one can’t imagine top dressage without the Belgian rider, Justin Verboomen, and his ten-year-old stallion, Zonik Plus. The pair experienced a vertical take-off: Victory in the Lindt Prize at the CHIO Aachen, followed by double gold at the European Championships in Crozet. Since then, the duo has been undefeated: Wins in Lyon, at the Top 12 Dressage Finale in Frankfurt, in 's-Hertogenbosch, Fontainebleau and most recently in front of a home crowd in Lier.
Australian rider Rianna Percy produced a standout weekend of performances at the International Dressage Show in Gościszów, Poland, from 5-7 June.
Melbourne International Three-Day Event concluded this afternoon, with dramatic results of the best kind rounding out a perfect weekend of eventing.