Olympic Dressage–Horses & Riders Youngest/Oldest, Male/Female, Breeds/Sexes

Olympic Games team medal podium at London in 2012–Germany (left), Great Britain (center) and Netherlands (right). © Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

Forty, or two-thirds of the total of 60 dressage riders at the Olympic Games, will be woman according to the definite entries announced Wednesday by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) that also listed two horses as the oldest at 19 and two as the youngest at nine years old.

KWPN–official Dutch Warmblood–horses will be ridden by 19 competitors, more than twice as many as for the next popular breeds, Oldenburg and Hanoverian both with nine each, as found in an analysis by dressage-news.com.

The total of 60 entries for dressage is the most ever, 10 greater than the 50 that competed in London in 2012.

Of the 11 teams each with four combinations, Australia has the only all-female squad but no nation has an all-male team.

Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the United States each have three women riders while the Netherlands and Spain both have three males on their teams.

The oldest rider is Julie Brougham of New Zealand, an individual aged 62, a year older than Mary Hanna at age 61 across the Tasman Sea in Australia.

The youngest rider is Giovana Prado Pass of Brazil at 18 years of age, two years younger than the next youngest rider, team mate João Victor Marcari Oliva.

The two oldest horses are 19, Parzival ridden by Adelinde Cornelissen to team silver and individual bronze at the 2012 Olympics, and Chablis ridden by Italy's Valentina Truppa.

The two youngest are nine years old, Cosmo ridden by Sönke Rothenberger for Germany and Dante Weltino ridden by Therese Nilshagen for Sweden.

KWPN leads the breed registry with 19 horses followed by Oldenburg and Hanoverian each with nine horses followed by Danish Warmbloods and Lusitanos with five each, three Westfalens, German Sports Horses (DSP) and Swedish Warmbloods two and Belgian, Finnish, Hungarian, Rhinelander and Trakehner with one each.

The entries list 38 geldings, 16 stallions and six mares.

Details of the riders and horses for the 11 teams and 16 individuals:

AUSTRALIA

Kristy Oatley, 37 years old and Du Soleil, a 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding

Mary Hanna, 61 years old and Boogie Woogie, a 10-year-old KWPN gelding

Lyndal Oatley, 35 years old and Sandro Boy, 15-year-old Oldenburg gelding

Kelly Layne, 41 years old and Udon P, 15-year-old KWPN gelding

BRAZIL

Giovana Prado Pass, 18 years old, and Zingaro de Lyw, 12-year-old Lusitano stallion

João Victor Marcari Oliva, 20 years old, and Xamã dos Pinhais, 13-year-old Lusitano stallion

Luiza Tavares de Almeida,  24 years old, and Vendaval 04, 14-year-old Lusitano stallion

Pedro Manuel Tavares de Almeida, 22 years old, and Xaparro do Vouga, 13-year-old Lusitano stallion

DENMARK

Anna Kasprazak, 26 years old and Donnperignon, 17-year-old Finnish Warmblood gelding

Cathrine Dufour, 24 years old, and Cassidy, 13-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding

Agnete Kirk Thinggaard, 33 years old and Jojo AZ, 13-year-old Hungarian Sporthorse gelding

Anders Dahl, 40 years old and Selten, 12-year-old Amerian-bred Hanoverian gelding

FRANCE

Stephanie Brieussel, 42 years old and Amorak, 11-year-old KWPN gelding

Ludovic Henry, 47 years old and After You, 13-year-old German Sport Horse gelding

Karen Tebar, 51 years old and Don Luis, 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding

Pierre Volla, 35 and Badinda Altena, 10-year-old KWPN mare

GERMANY

Kristina Bröring-Sprehe, 29 years old and Desperados FRH, 15-year-old Hanoverian stallion

Dorothee Schneider, 47 years old and Showtime, 10-year-old Hanoverian gelding

Isabell Werth, 47 years old (as of July 21) and Weihegold OLD, 11-year-old Oldenburg mare

Sönke Rothenberger, 21 years old and Cosmo, 9-year-old KWPN gelding

GREAT BRITAIN

Charlotte Dujardin, 31 years old and Valegro, 14-year-old KWPN gelding

Carl Hester, 49 years old, and Nip Tuck, 12-year-old KWPN gelding

Fiona Bigwood, 40 years old, and Orthilia, 11-year-old Oldenburg mare

Spencer Wilton, 43 years old and Super Nova, 13-year-old British-bred Hanoverian gelding

JAPAN

Kiichi Harada, 43 years old and Egistar, 13-year-old KWPN Gelding

Yuko Kitai, 43 years old and Don Lorean, 16-year-old Oldenburg gelding

Akane Kuroki, 37 years old and Toots, 16-year-old KWPN Gelding

Masanao Takahashi, 34 years old and Fabriano, 17-year-old Westfalen stallion

NETHERLANDS

Adelinde Cornelissen, 37 years old and Parzival, 19 year-old KWPN gelding

Edward Gal, 46 years old and Voice, 14-year-old KWPN stallion

Hans Peter Minderhoud, 42 years old and Johnson, 14-year-old KWPN stallion

Diederik van Silfhout, 28 years old and Arlando, 11-year-old KWPN stallion

SPAIN

Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, 50 years old and Delgado, 15-year-old Westfalen gelding

Severo Jurado Lopez, 27 years old and Lorenzo, 10-year-old Oldenburg stallion

José Daniel Martin Dockx, 42 years old and Grandioso, 17-year-old P.R.E. stallion

Claudio Castilla Ruiz, 33 years old and Alcaide, 11-year-old Lusitano stallion

SWEDEN

Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén, 48 years old, and Don Auriello, 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding

Patrik Kittel, 40 years old and Deja, 12-year-old Swedish Warmblood mare

Juliette Ramel, 29 years old, and Buriel K.H., 10-year-old KWPN gelding

Therese Nilshagen, 33 years old, and Dante Weltino, 9-year-old Oldenburg stallion

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Allison Brock, 36 years old and Rosevelt, 14-year-old Hanoverian stallion

Laura Graves, 28 years old and Verdades, 14-year-old KWPN gelding

Kasey Perry Glass, 28 years old and Dublet, 13-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding

Steffen Peters, 51 years old and Legolas, 14-year-old Westfalen gelding

Individuals

AUSTRIA

Victoria Max Theurer, 30 years old and Della Cavaleria, 13-year-old Oldenburg mare

BELGIUM

Jorinde Verwimp, 21 years old and Tiamo, 16-year-old KWPN gelding

CANADA (2)

Belinda Trussell, 44 years old and Anton, 16-year-old German Sport Horse gelding

Megan Lane, 25 years old and Caravella, 15-year-old KWPN mare

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Yvonne Losos de Muñiz, 48 years old and Foco Loco W, 11-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding

IRELAND

Judy Reynolds, 35 years old and Vancouver K, 14-year-old KWPN gelding

ITALY

Valentina Truppa, 30 years old and Chablis, 19-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding

MEXICO

Bernadette Pujals, 48 years old and Rolex, 13-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding

NEW ZEALAND

Julie Brougham, 62 years old and Vom Feinsten, 13-year-old Rhinelander gelding

PALESTINE

Christian Zimmermann, 54 years old and Aramis, 11-year-old KWPN gelding

RUSSIA (2)

Inessa Merkulova, 51 years old and Mister X, 12-year-old Russian-bred Trakehner gelding

Marina Aframeeva, 25 years old, and Vosk, 11-year-old Russian-bred Hanoverian gelding

SOUTH AFRICA

Tanya Seymour, 32 years old and Ramoneur, 14-year-old Oldenburg stallion

SOUTH KOREA

Dongseon Kim, 27 years old and Bukowski, 17-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding

SWITZERLAND

Marcela Krinke Susmelj, 50 years old and Molberg, 15-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding

UKRAINE

Inna Logutenkova, 29 years old and Don Gregorius, 14-year-old Oldenburg stallion