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Day three at the NAF Five Star Winter Championships saw another British team superstar take a title and more first-time winners enjoy their debut moment in the spotlight, whilst Magic Prix St Georges champion Gracie Catling took her second major win of the week.

The Magic Prix St Georges Freestyle class was a sparkling highlight on day two at the NAF Five Star Winter Championships, where Gracie Catling took the big prize, and eight further titles were awarded to very worthy winners.

A true British Dressage great, returning winners and a host of first-time champions made the opening day at the 2026 NAF Five Star Winter Championships one to remember. Read about the action from day one, where the feature class was won by Gareth Hughes on a horse who looks set for big things.

This week’s attention turns to Addington Equestrian in Buckinghamshire for one of the most anticipated events on the British Dressage calendar – the NAF Five Star Winter Championships, incorporating the Petplan Winter Area Festival Championships (15 - 19 April 2025).

Dutch-based Phoebe Peters led the way for Brits taking part in Tolbert CDI (9 – 12 April 2026), achieving two promising young horse victories with the five-year-old McMary.

After a rootin’ tootin’ Grand Prix Freestyle final, Becky Moody became rodeo queen in Fort Worth, Texas, riding to her first FEI World Cup title with her home-bred Jagerbomb.

Becky Moody made an early statement in her Zen Elite FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final debut. The British team superstar and Jagerbomb, her bronze medal-winning partner from Paris 2024, wowed the crowd Thursday night at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, topping the Grand Prix with a score of 76.761%.

Home nation riders produced the goods in the 1* and 3* classes at Hartpury’s Spring Festival of Dressage, with Dannie Morgan, Gareth Hughes and Fiona Bigwood earning national anthem moments for Great Britain (31 March – 3 April 2026).

The United States will lead the way in front of a home crowd Thursday as competition kicks off at the FEI World Cup™ Finals, with the draw complete, it's almost go time in in Fort Worth, Texas.

British Dressage is pleased to recognise the achievement of long-standing judge Andrea Smith, who has been promoted to FEI 3* status.