Tokyo Tales: Shouldn't Dressage Judges Dare to Think Outside the Box?

Just two days before the Grand Prix class begins at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo - the ultimate competition for elite level dressage riders and sports athletes - I can't help but reflect on David Stickland's article on Eurodressage, in which he discussed the Top 10 highest scoring combinations in dressage, per movement.

A New Wave of Horses

With the Olympics are rapidly approaching and the best of the best competing against each other, it will be up to the judges to set the benchmark for the sport and decide which is the leading dressage pair in the world of the past lustrum. Valegro's retirement, right after the 2016 Rio Olympics, opened the gaits to a new wave of dressage horses that have been dominating the sport these past five years.

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