New elite dressage competiton in Stockholm: Saab Top Ten Dressage

The Saab Top 10 Dressage will take place at the CDI5*-W Stockholm the first weekend in December and will involve the best 10 dressage riders in the world. Along with European defending champion Isabell Werth and Sweden’s rising start Therese Nilshagen, three more big names have been included into the starting list of this exclusive competition.
The event at the Friends Arena will also feature Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg, Spain’s Severo Jesus Jurado Lopez and Russia’s Inessa Markulova. Top Swedish rider Patrik Kittel is the driving force behind the new competition, which will also include Denmark promising star Cathrine Dufour (bronze medal in the last European Championship). The aim of the Saab Top 10 Dressage is to create a new exclusive competition for the best riders in the world. It brings at the same time a new and exciting format to the dressage sport.  In the Saab Top 10 Dressage, the riders compete for more than 158.000,00 euros plus a Volkswagen car. An unusually high price within the dressage world that may be even increased next season. www.swedeninternationalhorseshow.se photo: Helen Langehanenberg SWE credits Ronald Thunholm press release