Alice Oppenheimer added a fourth 2021 NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships title to her name when topping the Nupafeed advanced medium freestyle gold this afternoon (2 July).
Alice was riding the 15.3hh 10-year-old son of Dimaggio, Headmore Dionysus, and they scored an impressive 78%. Alice’s nearest rival was Elder Klatzko, who scored 72.33% on Dior VIII, while Kate Smith was third on 71.11% riding Last Love.
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Read the full report from the Winter Dressage Championships in the 8 July 2021 issue of Horse & Hound magazine, and keep checking back to horseandhound.co.uk for more news and features.
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Ruby Hughes and Classic Bee Gee winning at medium at the Winter Dressage Championships 2021
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Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.