DESSAGE: MATTHIAS ALEXANDER RATH WINS WITH TOTILAS

Considered one of the world’s finest dressage horses, 11 year old Totilas, ridden by German rider Matthias Alexander Rath, showed once again all her out standing ability and admirable elegance with an unbelievable points total of 82.149 on Thursday 14 July at the CDIO Grand Prix, leaving behind English rider Laura Bechtolsheimer and Mistral Hojris who finished with 80.596 just ahead of German Isabel Werth riding El Santo NRW who came in third with 77.830. Italian rider Valentina Truppa in the saddle of Eremo del Castegno came in at 15th place with a points total of 68.723.