Father and son win at the Global Dressage Festival with Europe next stop

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Ben Ebeling and Indeed scored a personal best to grand prix freestyle CDIO3*win
European travel plans are on the cards for Ben Ebeling and Indeed.
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Ben Ebeling is planning a campaign across the pond after last weekend’s personal best that brought him a win in the grand prix freestyle CDIO3* at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival with a commanding 78.41%. British Olympic judge Stephen Clarke awarded Ben and Indeed, Vantage Equestrian Group II LLC’s 14-year-old mare by Hofrat, over 80%.

“I knew that coming into this week, I had some difficult competition in this individual final, and I wanted to crank up the difficulty with Indeed,” said California-based Ben, 23, who rode to a freestyle put together by Karen Robinson, initially for his other horse Illuster Van De Kampert. “This is the first time that she [Indeed] had ridden through it. It’s been a long season, but it means a lot to end it off with a win. And I have to thank my coaches; my dad [Jan] and Christoph Koschel.

Sarah Eakin
Sarah Eakin
Freelance journalist

Sarah Eakin is an international equestrian journalist who writes for publications on both sides of the Atlantic, including Horse & Hound, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph in the UK. A former Pony Club team member for dressage, showjumping and eventing, Sarah’s mother trained National Hunt horses and she and her three brothers also played polo. Formerly married to a US professional polo player, Sarah is currently based in Wellington, Florida.