Winter Dressage Championships: roll of honour – find out who triumphed on day one

Jennifer Johnston Harman and Dance With Me Fürst MFS claimed the first freestyle of the week with victory in the Baileys Horse Feeds novice freestyle gold class at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships (28 June – 2 July) at Hartpury College.

• Find out what Jennifer had to say about her test

Andrew Gould and Genie 1 scored 70.44% to win the Magic PSG gold.

• Read what Andrew had to say about this stallion’s character

New Zealand’s Sarah Wilkinson and the six-year-old Koko II took top honours in the Equi-Trek elementary silver on a score of 73.29%.

• Read about Sarah’s journey to the UK and her winning partnership with the “wise” mare

Alice Oppenheimer and the “pocket rocket” Headmore Dionysus topped the Spillers medium gold freestyle by a huge margin.

• Read what Alice had to say about her test and why this win was special

Jessica Williams became the first winner of the KBIS prelim gold Winter Championship with a winning performance on Sir Leonardo (71.95%).

• Find out more about how the hyper competitive first-running of this championship class played out

Petplan Area Festival finals

Five Petplan Area Festival final champions were crowned on the opening day in Hartpury’s atmospheric outdoor arena.

Samantha Dawn Turpitt and Bali Dancer, who is out of the same mare as Jennifer Johnston Harman’s Dance With Me Fürst MFS, claimed the PSG bronze Area Festival final on a score of 68.25%.

• Find out about the story behind Bali Dancer and what Samantha had to say about her talented chestnut mare

Lizzie Bulmer was “totally overwhelmed” following her win in the medium silver Area Festival final with Duke Of Light on 69.75%.

• Find out more about why this win was so special for Lizzie

Rachel Platt said she was “chuffed to pieces” to win the Petplan Equine medium bronze area festival final on Gracia Du Rhona with a mark of 68.24%.

• Find out more about this professional musician and her “feisty little mare”

Shelley Reeve-Smith defended her Petplan Equine PSG silver Area Festival final title with the home-bred mare Sinderella.

• Learn about the successful dynasty founded by a £1,000 colt

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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.