Britain rebuilt and restored to the para medal podium

The British team came back from finishing out of the top three at last year's World Championships to take bronze

-  LUCY ELDER

BRITAIN’S para team capped a rebuilding year with a return to the podium at the European Para Dressage Championships in Riesenbeck, Germany (5–9 September).

The World Championships in Herning a year ago was the first time Britain had finished off the team podium, although the squad still collected seven individual medals.

One year on – and with less than 12 months until the Paris 2024 Paralympics – a relatively green British squad put the Union flag back on the team podium by scooping bronze (report, p66).

British Equestrian para dressage performance manager Georgina Sharples told H&H she is “absolutely thrilled”.

“The competition, as ever, just gets hotter and hotter as we can see now across all grades,” she said.

“We’ve had a development year. We brought two championship debutantes, we’ve got a super new young horse, and we couldn’t be more pleased.”