Medals for Britain, the Olympic champion on peerless form and Paris fever: the stories you mustn’t miss from day three of the dressage Euros

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Charlotte Dujardin and Imhotep clinched the bronze medal in the grand prix special at the European Championships.
Charlotte Dujardin and Imhotep clinched the bronze medal in the grand prix special at the European Championships.
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It was another sweltering day at the European Dressage Championships in Riesenbeck, Germany. Today (8 September), was the turn of the grand prix special, while in the European Para Dressage Championships, the team medals were decided after two days of competition.

There were a few surprises, plenty of British success – and a lot of anticipation ahead of next year’s Olympics. Here are all the stories to bring you up to date with today’s action.

Martha Terry
Martha Terry
Features editor

Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on horses and dogs. Her reporting CV includes the Paris Olympics, European championships, Aachen World Equestrian Festival and World Cup finals. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs. Now, her constant companion is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.