Gareth Hughes, riding DV Stenkjers Nadonna (owned by Mrs Jane Brewin) scored 69.714%.
He told the press: “I’m very pleased, she was hot in there. She’s had a really good year leading up to the Games; we were obviously out for the Test Event, but that obviously doesn’t have the same kind of atmosphere you get in there. I’m really proud of her, she was nervous on the centre line and the first halt; it was a couple of per cent lower than what we’ve been scoring but from a horsemanship point of view I couldn’t have been prouder. You don’t know what you’re going to get once you go in there and sometimes you can’t ride the test you planned in your head.”
When asked about GBR dressage two years on from London; “We’ve shown we’re still medal contenders after losing two horses since London; it’s achieved through the great backing from UK Sport and the National Lottery, as well as our fantastic home teams and the support we receive from them.”
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