Britain wins team silver medal at European Dressage Championships

The British team of Lottie Fry , Carl Hester , Becky Moody and Andrew Gould have won the silver medal at the European Dressage Championships in Crozet, France.

It went down to the last rotation of riders as a final showdown between Germany and Britain, after Carl’s super test on Fame had put Britain right into contention to defend the title they won in Riesenbeck two years ago.

The match-up between Lottie and Germany’s Isabell Werth would decide the team’s fate as the Germans pushed for their 50th European Dressage Championships gold medal.

When Isabell scored 79.224% on Wendy De Fontaine to slot into second on the leaderboard behind Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour, a massive result from Lottie – Britain’s anchor – would be required.

As Lottie and Glamourdale’s average at grand p