Reigning champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl on TSF Dalera BB, 16-year-old Trakehner mare . © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.comOMAHA, Nebraska, April 3, 2023–Dressage horses for the World Cup Final worked out in the main arena at the Omaha Convention Center Monday. A selection of photos in and out of the arena.
Isabell Werth of Germany, the champion in Omaha in 2017 on Weihegold OLD, is riding the 13-year-old DSP Quantaz this year . © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.comIngrid Klimke and Jessica von Bredow-Werndl with refreshments before working their horses . © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.comIngrid Klimke and Franziskus, 15-year-old Hanoverian stallion. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.comSteffen Peters on Suppenkasper, his USA team silver medal partner at the Tokyo Olympics and the 2018 World Equestrian Games. Thamar Zweistra on Hexagon’s Ich Weiss, gray 10-year-old NRPS stallion . © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.comUSA’s Anna Buffini on the 16-year-old mare FRH Davinia la Douce, preparing for the second World Cup for the partnership. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.comAlice Tarjan on the American-bred 10-year-old mare Serenade MF. This is the first international championship for the rider. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.comDinja VAN LIERE, 32 & Hermes, KWPN
Holland’s Dinja van Liere on Hermes, the 11-year-old stallion that was Dinja’s medal-earning mount at last year’s world championships. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com Nanna Skodborg Merrald of Denmark on the 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding Blue Hors Zepter . © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com
Morgan BARBANÇON, 30 & Sir Donnerhall II OLD,
Morgan Barbançon on Sir Donnerhall II OLD, 17-year-old Oldenburg stallion. Morgan clinched her World Cup start in Wellington where she spent the winter competing three horses, took time out to go to Doha, Qatar for an event with “Gus,” as she call Sir Donerhall, back to her base in France at the end of March with her horses and now returned to the USA for the World Cup . © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.comIsabell Werth chatting with German team coach Monica Theodorescu and Gotthilf Riexinger, a long time 5* judge and official who still rides dressage . © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com
