Top dressage riders at Royal Festival of the Horse on Friday
Visitors to the Royal Festival of the Horse on Friday will get the chance to see top British dressage riders Carl Hester and Laura Bechtolscheimer in action in the Pro-Am Challenge dressage competition, and Edward Gal and Interfloor Next One performing a masterclass.
Six amateur riders will perform a medium level test on their own horse before passing their mount on to their professional teammate who will perform the same test.
The team with the highest accumulation of marks across the two tests is the winner.
The pairings, which were drawn out of a hat, are:
- Carl Hester and Mandy Day
- Laura Bechtolsheimer and Sharon Boyd
- Rebecca Hughes and Lara Dyson
- Charlotte Du Jardin and Danielle Steed
- Paul Hayler and Sally Thorndale
- Jodie Lister and Kaye Chapman
- For tickets to the Royal Festival of the Horse, log on to www.festivalofthehorse.co.uk or ring 0844 5811400.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.