Germany are back on top in Turin
Germany's Isabell Werth beats Anky van Grunsven to European individual gold, while Anna Ross-Davies is best of the British
Isabell Werth
Isabell Werth, born on 21 July 1969, is one of the world’s most prolific dressage riders.
The five-time German Olympian is the world’s most decorated equestrian and holds the record for the most Olympic medals won by any rider.
Isabell won team gold with Germany in 1992 (Barcelona), 1996 (Atlanta), 2000 (Sydney), 2008 (Hong Kong), 2016 (Rio) and at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Games, held in 2021 due to Covid-19. She has won gold at every Olympic Games she has ridden at, also clinching individual gold in 1996 with Gigolo and individual silver in Tokyo with Bella Rose 2.
Isabell Werth and Bella Rose at the 2019 European Championships in Rotterdam.
She also has nine World Championship and 17 European Championship medals to her name.
Her current top horses are 17-year-old Belissimo M mare Bella Rose 2, the 16-year-old reigning world champion whom Isabell describes as her “dream horse”, and Weihegold OLD, a 16-year-old daughter of Don Schufro, with whom Isabell has won the World Cup three years in a row.
Isabell Werth is also the president of the International Dressage Riders’ Club, having been elected in December 2020.
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Britain qualifies for 2008 Olympic dressage
Holland have beaten Germany to European gold as Britain finish in fifth place to qualify for the Olympic Games
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Aachen CHIO dressage
Isabell Werth proves unbeatable in Aachen, as the British riders have a depressing time
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Isabell Werth wins World Cup dressage final
Isabell Werth and Warum Nicht FRH proved unbeatable at the Rolex FEI World Cup dressage final
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Lee Pearson heads new FEI athletes' committee
British Paralympic rider Lee Pearson will chair the FEI's new athletes’ committee, which also boasts Olympians Isabel Werth and Andrew Hoy
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FEI World Cup Dressage Finals
Isabell Werth wins the opening dressage grand prix at the joint FEI World Cup Jumping and Dressage Finals in Las Vegas
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Laura B fourth in Neumünster World Cup
Laura Bechtolsheimer and Douglas Dorsey finished fourth in the FEI World Cup Qualifier in Neumünster, Germany and joined Isabell Werth by secured a personal best
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Isabell Werth wins Olympia dressage grand prix
Isabell Werth won the opening international dressage competition at the London International Horse Show, with Spencer Wilton the highest placed British rider
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Isabell Werth beats Anky van Grunsven to gold
Isabell Werth beats Anky van Grunsven to the gold medal as a new dressage star blossoms in Aachen
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Isabell Werth sets new world record score
Isabell Werth produced a stunning performance at Stuttgart to set a new world record and come close to breaking the impenetrable 80% barrier
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Isabell Werth out of World Cup final
The German champion has withdrawn her horse, Antony FHR, after a vet check indicated that he may have strained a suspensory ligament
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Ride of my life: Isabell Werth
With so many great memories of fabulous rides, Isabell Werth recalls one of her four best moments
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Isabell Werth welcomes back Gigolo
Gigolo FRH, Germany's most successful dressage horse ever, has been reunited with his rider Isabell Werth to enjoy his retirement
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Isabell Werth on the move
Olympic gold medallist Isabell Werth is moving her training base in Germany after more than 13 years
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Isabell Werth's schooling solutions
Isabell Werth, the Olympic, World and European Champion, talks about training her young horses Satchmo, Ferrara and Welcome have made
