‘You could put an eight-year-old kid on him’: horse defies his hot breeding to take Winter Dressage Championship title *H&H Plus*

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The BD medium gold final at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships is always a hotly-contested class that showcases stars of the future. This year’s title went to Amy Woodhead and the eight-year-old Ampere x Jazz son Ivan Carlos.

The pair scored 74.18% to just secure victory over second-placed Alice Oppenheimer and Headmore Dionysus, who won earlier in the day. Alice scored 73.91%, while Hannah Biggs and Freeman were third on 73.51%.

Gemma Redrup
Gemma Redrup
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.