Sashes galore: roll call of champions from day two of the Winter Dressage Championships

Charlotte Dujardin topped the Prestige Italia novice gold championship on Times Kismet with an impressive score of 79.01%.

• Find out more about what made this class so exciting

Alice Oppenheimer and Headmore Bella Ruby were victorious in the Magic PSG freestyle gold winter championship on 73.17%.

• Find out about the incredible legacy left by Headmore Bella Ruby’s dam

Sarah Colborn won her first national title – the Nupafeed advanced medium freestyle silver championships – aboard Furst Love.

• Read why this was a “dream come true” for Sarah

Sara-Jane Lanning and Hawtins Lirica scored 74.94% to win the PDS Saddles elementary freestyle gold championship

• Find out why Sara-Jane’s joy was doubled with the results of this class

Charlotte Lutener also scored a first national championship success in the Charles Owen advanced medium silver winter final with AB Barroco on 69.30%.

• Read more about this quirky star

Petplan Area Festival finals

Gill Peckham and her former driving horse, Hero (Huroos), claimed their second national title with elementary bronze area festival final victory on a mark of 69.22%.

• Read what Gill had to say about why retraining a driving horse was the route she chose to go down when looking for a dressage partner

Charlotte Tuckwell claimed her first national championship title with DHI Alligatorin the inter I bronze Area Festival final on 69.65%.

• Read why this win meant so much to Charlotte’s boss, Nathalie Kayal

Paramedic Nicky Heale topped an exceptional week with victory in the inter I silver Area Festival final with her Welsh dection D, Retenach REquest, on 68.86%.

• Read more about Nicky and what makes this horse’s achievements remarkable

Rachel Platt and Gracia Du Rhona pulled off their second win in two days with victory in the elementary silver Area Festival finals on 70.83%

• Read more about professional musician Rachel and how she claimed her first win of the week

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Lucy Elder

H&H senior news writer

Lucy is an experienced news journalist, reporter and presenter. Since joining the Horse & Hound team in 2015, Lucy has reported from major global sporting events including the Tokyo Paralympic Games and multiple European Championships, as well as Badminton, Burghley and London, to name a few. She has covered current affairs and sports news across the full spectrum of equestrian disciplines and racing, as well as human and equine welfare, industry news and court cases.