European Dressage Championships team gold to go down to the wire

It’s all coming down to the anchor riders in the battle for team gold at the European Dressage Championships in Crozet – Lottie Fry and Glamourdale versus Isabell Werth and Wendy De Fontaine.

Britain holds the slimmest of leads on 150.916, with Germany close behind on 150.42. The advantage came courtesy of Carl Hester and Fame , who, despite a couple of nervous early moments, recovered well to score 76.09%.

Germany’s Frederic Wandres and Bluetooth OLD could only post 74.21% – lower than Becky Moody and Jagerbomb’s 74.83% yesterday . That means both Carl and Becky have beaten their direct German rivals head-to-head, giving Lottie and Glamourdale a 0.49% cushion over Isabell.

The equation is simple: if Lottie outscores Isabell or finishes within 0.48% of her, Britain takes gold.

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