Three British freestyle medals including Sir Lee Pearson’s phenomenal 14th Paralympic gold: catch up on Tokyo’s final dressage day

Catch up on all the jaw-dropping action from the final day of dressage action at the Tokyo Paralympic Games...

Individual gold and team silver medal-winners Sanne Voets and Demantur followed up on their Rio freestyle joy to add the Tokyo Paralympics title to their CV, setting the standard for the evening scoring 82.09% to take gold with a six percent margin.

• Find out what Sanne had to say about her test and read about the silver medallist who got back on a horse for the first time two weeks ago after breaking her leg

Sophie Wells was thrilled to finish fourth in the grade V freestyle on her Tokyo Paralympics reserve ride, Don Cara M.

• Read Sophie’s thoughts on her week at the Games and why gold was so special for Belgium’s Michele George

There was one noteable missing combination in tonight’s freestyle, after medal-favourite Rixt van der Horst and Findsley pulled out ahead of the second horse inspection.

• Hear what Rixt had to say about missing the freestyle and what she believes is the most important thing

Natasha Baker and Keystone Dawn Chorus danced their way to grade III silver.

• Read why “Lottie” has exceeded Natasha’s expectations this week

Sir Lee Pearson scooped his third title of the Games and 14th Paralympic gold in total with his grade II freestyle win, while Georgia Wilson stood on the podium next to him with a second Tokyo bronze medal around her neck on her Games debut.

• Hear why Lee thought this was his “least likely” gold medal and how the horseman in him took over

US rider Roxanne Trunnell set a new Paralympics dressage record score when she claimed the gold in the grade I freestyle.

• Check out Rozanne’s record-breaking score with Dolton

And finally, H&H’s Tokyo rider of the day is Philippa Johnson-Dwyer, who went through open heart surgery and chemotherapy in the months ahead of the Games

• Read Philippa’s remarkable story and why she credits the team around her for making it to Tokyo

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Lucy Elder

H&H senior news writer

Lucy is an experienced news journalist, reporter and presenter. Since joining the Horse & Hound team in 2015, Lucy has reported from major global sporting events including the Tokyo Paralympic Games and multiple European Championships, as well as Badminton, Burghley and London, to name a few. She has covered current affairs and sports news across the full spectrum of equestrian disciplines and racing, as well as human and equine welfare, industry news and court cases.