Olympic eventing champion Julia Krajewski has been confirmed as Germany’s alternate for the Paris Olympics, with Nickel 21. Julia, who won gold in Tokyo with the now-retired Amanda De B’Neville, and the 10-year-old were originally in the third group of combinations on the German longlist but have been named as alternates after their CHIO Aachen win last week. They will join Sandra Auffarth with Viamant Du Matz, Michael Jung with FischerChipmunk FRH and Christoph Wahler with Carjatan S in Paris.
Olympic showjumping champion Ben Maher took a prestigious win in Aachen with a “full dressage horse”. Ben and Exit Remo, whom he has been riding since 2022, won the Alianz Prize ahead of Richard Vogel and Cydello. The 15-year-old gelding Exit Remo is by dressage stallion San Remo, out of a mare by Ferro, the grandsire of Uthopia and Valegro. “He’s a full dressage horse, or so I’ve been told!” said Ben. “I’m not sure if we went to the other side of the street, we’d be winning but it makes him a bit more of a character; he’s got high head carriage and you can see similarities.”
The City of London Police’s newest equine recruit has completed his training and been officially renamed. Andy, now known as Police Horse Thomson, is a 14-year-old Clydesdale who loves a good scratch and whose fabulous feathers have been left in their full glory, which the force said is unique for a police horse. “Andy has made great progress, is now in the peak of health and has just completed his training and is a fully fledged police horse,” a spokesperson said.
Horse & Hound magazine, out every Thursday, is packed with all the latest news and reports, as well as interviews, specials, nostalgia, vet and training advice. Subscribe today and enjoy the magazine delivered to your door every week, plus unlimited website access and digital versions of the magazine dating back to September 2012.
Horse & Hound Newsletter
Never miss out on the latest happenings in the equestrian world
Stay in touch with all the news in the run-up to and throughout the major shows and events during 2026 and beyond with a Horse & Hound subscription. Subscribe today for all you need to know ahead of these major events, plus online reports on the action as it happens from our expert team of reporters and in-depth analysis in our special commemorative magazines. Have a subscription already? Set up your unlimited website access now
Eleanor is an experienced journalist who spent over eight years working for local and national newspapers before joining H&H as news editor in March 2016. Passionate about equine welfare and exposing the truth, Eleanor has reported on all aspects of the industry, from Brexit to anti-bullying campaigns, and from dressage rules to mules. Her sport of choice is showjumping, in which she competes her own horses, and she also enjoys reporting at local jumping shows through to international championships.
