17/08/2026
WHAT A WEEK! 🌟
We have just witnessed the most incredible week in horse sport at the FEI World Championships! 🤩 And we are celebrating the only way we know how... with a poem 🦓
Six for the Nation: An Aachen Tale
In Aachen town, where chestnuts grow
And crowds pack in for the greatest show,
The world came riding, flags unfurled,
To crown the best from around the world.
But Britain came with more than hope
With horses fit and riders' scope
Sharpened up through years of graft,
Ready now to test their craft.
The eventers rode out all in line,
Canter, Collett steady and fine
McEwen bold and Stevens true,
Eight hearts beating as one in view.
Through dressage tests they held their nerve,
Then cross-country's twisting curve,
Water, ditches, fences tall,
Britain answered, cleared them all.
Sunday came, the final test,
Showjumping fences, do your best
Canter clear on Graffalo's back,
Sealed the gold, no looking back.
The lowest score the sport has seen,
A team performance sharp and clean.
And from that gold, two more medals grew
Canter silver, individual too.
Then Collett, steady, calm and sure,
Took bronze to make the story pure
Three medals from one glorious day,
Eventing's finest hour, some may say.
Meanwhile in the dressage ring,
Hester, Fry, Moody bring
Bigwood too, their squad complete,
Silver waiting at their feet.
Germany claimed the gold that day,
But Britain's silver paved the way,
A podium spot, hard-fought, well-earned,
Then a queen already returned...
For Friday came, and with it, fire
Glamourdale danced ever higher.
The Special title, held since four
Years past, theirs once more.
Then Saturday, the crowd stood tall
As Freestyle music filled the hall.
Ninety-two percent, a perfect blend
Gold again to crown the end.
Two golds for Fry, a silver too,
From dressage's week, so much came true.
So six medals home, the tally's told
Three gleaming golds, two silvers bold,
One bronze to round the story out
A week of pride, a week to shout about.
But let's not close without a nod
To those who ride beneath the stripes of Zebra's trod:
Ros Canter, calm beneath the sky,
Equipe-clad, Uvex gloves close by;
Laura Collett, calm through strife,
Equipe, Mattes, Sprenger, Uvex - full kit for life;
Gemma Stevens, gold in hand,
Veredus boots on German sand;
Carl Hester, decades in the game,
Sprenger's sensogan behind his name;
Becky Moody, silver earned,
Sprenger trusted, lesson learned;
And Lottie Fry, the brightest light,
Sprenger steering her to flight.
Six riders wearing Zebra's stripe,
Six medals of every colour and type
Proud partners standing close behind
Every clear round, every mind
That rode for Britain, rode for gold,
And gave us this week's tale, retold.
📸 © FEI/Leanjo de Koster
📸 Hannah Cole Photography
📸 © FEI/Lukasz Kowalski
Equipe Saddles
Veredus Horse Riding Equipment
E.A. Mattes GmbH
uvex equestrian
Laura Collett Eventing
Ros Canter Eventing
Tom McEwen
Gemma Stevens
Moody Dressage
Charlotte Fry
Carl Hester
Fiona Bigwood
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