Japanese Olympic team rider Shingo Hayashi, 40, got engaged on April 1, 2025, to his fiancée, an amateur dressage rider who shares his passion for horses. Australian Grand Prix rider David Shoobridge did not defend his Australian Young Horse Champion’s title at the 2025 Young Horse Nationals due to a skiing accident that left him with a torn MCL in his right knee. Equestrian Canada and the Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association have partnered in a new program to recognize competition horses, breeders, and registries, with horses registered by the CWHBA receiving Horse Recordings in the EC database.
Matteo Borghesi won the junior individual test on Dantino at the 2025 CDI Sint-Truiden, after the horse was sold by Anna Kasprzak to The Netherlands and then resold to Italy. Former Dutch junior/young rider team rider Marjolein Cho Chia Yuen became a first-time mom to a boy named Yip on February 4, 2025, after representing The Netherlands in European championships. American dressage riders Ben Winger and Ben Albright are leaving Paragon Stables, which is closing its dressage program, to relocate to GoldMark Farm in Ocala, Florida. Jessica Michel Botton’s former Grand Prix horse Daimler de Hus passed away at age 23, having competed internationally under Michel since 2012.
