Isabell Werth pulls out all the stops in bid for individual Olympic glory

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Isabell Werth and Bella Rose 2 pictured in the Tokyo Olympics grand prix
Isabell Werth ( GER) riding Bella Rose 2 during the Grand Prix - Team and Individual Qualifier for the Olympic Dressage Competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games held at Equestrian Park in Setagaya-ku in Tokyo in Japan between the 23rd July and 8th August 2021
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World number one Isabell Werth pulled out yet another scintillating test with her brilliant partner Bella Rose 2 in the Tokyo Olympic dressage grand prix freestyle, scoring 89.657%. It wasn’t quite enough to overtake her compatriot Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on TSF Dalera to take the individual gold, but the pair certainly gave their all in their quest.

Last night in the grand prix special to decide the team podium, Isabell won a record seventh gold. In the freestyle, she was bidding to add an individual Olympic title to the world and European crowns she already holds with this 17-year-old mare.

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.