The FEI World Championships Aachen 2026 are well underway, with the dressage and eventing medals now decided and British riders featuring prominently on the podium.
The Championships, which run in Aachen, Germany, until 23 August, bring together six disciplines: dressage, eventing, jumping, para dressage, driving and vaulting.
Double individual gold for Lottie Fry
Great Britain’s Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Fry and Glamourdale successfully defended both of their individual World Championship dressage titles.
The pair won the Grand Prix Special with 82.295%, ahead of Denmark’s Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour and Mount St John Freestyle on 80.927%. Germany’s Katharina Hemmer and Denoix PCH took bronze with 80.866%.
Fry and Glamourdale followed this with another outstanding performance in the Grand Prix Freestyle, scoring 91.907% to take their second individual gold of the Championships.
Laudrup-Dufour and Mount St John Freestyle again claimed silver with 91.236%, while Germany’s Isabell Werth and Wendy de Fontaine took bronze on 88.650%.
There was also a team medal for Great Britain, who secured silver behind hosts Germany, with Denmark taking bronze.
Another major title for Michael Jung
The eventing produced another remarkable result for Germany’s Michael Jung, who added the 2026 individual World Championship title to an already extraordinary list of achievements.
Jung and fischerChipmunk FRH took individual gold, ahead of Britain’s Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo in silver and Laura Collett and London 52 in bronze.
The victory adds another major championship title to Jung’s remarkable career. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Jung and Chipmunk made history when they won individual eventing gold, making Jung the first rider ever to win the individual Olympic eventing title three times, following his previous victories at London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Jung is also a former World and European Champion, making him one of the most successful event riders in the history of the sport.
There was plenty for British supporters to celebrate in Aachen too. Alongside Canter and Collett taking individual silver and bronze, Great Britain secured the team World Championship title.
Britain took team gold ahead of Germany in silver, with the USA claiming bronze.
More World Championship action to come
Attention now turns to the remaining disciplines, with showjumping beginning on Wednesday 19 August.
The showjumping team medals will be decided on Friday 21 August, before the individual World Championship final on Sunday 23 August.
Para dressage also begins on Wednesday, while the four-in-hand driving World Championship gets underway on Thursday 20 August.
The FEI World Championships Aachen 2026 conclude on Sunday 23 August.
