History History As we slowly rolled into 2021 I went back into my archive for a second, fun photo gallery with pictures from the recent past. Eurodressage originally started in 1997 as Belgian Junior Riders Online, but the actual Eurodressage website was launched in 2000. I began photographing for the website as of 2003 and over time built up a huge archive of photos from the most important dressage events on the globe. Nothing more fun to dive into the archive and unearth some treasures. Recognize these horses and riders? German based Portuguese rider Helder Carvalho on Herbert Kruse's 3-year old Hanoverian stallion Chapeau Claque (by Connery x Davignon). This horse vanished after competing at the 2005 Hanoverian Young horse champs in Verden Danish Bettina Laisbo was a regular at the World Young Horse Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2005 (here with Donatella). Since then she has been active on the national Danish young horse show circuit French Bertrand Lebarbier on Welfenrat (by Wolkentanz x Grafenfels) at the 2005 WCYH. The horse went on to briefly compete at national GP level. Lebarbier hasn't been seen in the CDI ring since 2013. Blue Hors Matine, Andreas Helgstrand's career making horse. she had the most spectacular rise and fall in recent dressage history. Won bronze and silver at the 2006 World Equestrian Games and half a year later did her last show in her career. Portuguese Nuno Vicente on Nostradamus do Top. Rode at the 2005 European Champs and 2006 WEG. Vicente's last international start was in 2009 on Xangai Dombai, the horse with the longest international career ever. Showed at the 2005 EDC as a 12-yo and stayed in the CDI ring until he was 23!!! His riders were Svetlana Yevshchik, Viktoryia Papova, Volha Kresava, Iulianiya Vostrokrylova, Aliaksandra Sazonava, Alyna Berezinskaya, and Anastasiya Dudkova Recognize these Grand Prix riders when they were pony kids? Nanna Skodborg Merrald on Centrum Recognize these Grand Prix riders when they were pony kids? Anne Meulendijks on Boticelli Recognize these Grand Prix riders when they were pony kids? Sönke Rothenberger on Deinhard B Dorothee Schneider and her husband Jobst Krumhoff watching the 2008 World Young Horse Championships Recognize these Grand Prix riders when they were pony kids? Jorinde Verwimp on Tonkawa SD Recognize these Grand Prix riders when they were pony kids? Nicolas Wagner on Lordy Anatoliy Bocharov on Don Gregorius. This horse went on to become Ukrainian Inna Logutenkova's number one Grand Prix ride Danish Sabine Petersen on Atterupgaards Cassidy at the 2008 World Young Horse Championships, before he sold to Cathrine Dufour
