Moody set to join up with top GB riders at HOYS

Gunthwaite Dressage ace Moody will ride Josie Gyllensward’s eight-year-old chestnut gelding Don Angelo with the pairing competing against Sarah Millis, Emile Faurie, Micheal Eilberg, Spencer Wilton, Dan Greenwood and Alice Oppenheimer.

Charlotte Dujardin will no longer be competing, due to a last-minute sale of the horse she was intending to ride.

The world No 1 and multiple gold medallist will, however, still attend the Horse of the Year Show today to receive a special award during the presentation of the Mount St John Dressage Future Elite Championship Awards.

Dujardin will then return to HOYS on Sunday with fellow 
Olympic dressage team member Carl Hester to help judge the Supreme Horse of the Year and Supreme Pony of the Year Championships.

Today’s competition will provide the perfect opportunity for riders to show their up-and-coming Grand Prix horses and whether they have got what it takes to join the world’s dressage elite.

Moody will enter the event boosted by her recent third in the Intermediate I Freestyle to Music test at the Espayo National Dressage Championships.

That is the same test that each combination will perform in the Andrews Bowen International Arena at HOYS.

The Mount St John Dressage Future Elite Championship marks the exciting recurrence of competitive dressage at HOYS.

The competition will involve three world-renowned judges and 9,500 spectators with inspiring canter pirouettes and flying changes set to empowering music. All seven horses will be working between Advanced Medium and Intermediate 1 level, and aged between seven and 10.

For HOYS show information, including the show timetable, and to book tickets, visit www.hoys.co.uk or call 0844 581 8282.