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Carl started his dressage career in style, winning the 1985 National Young Rider Championship just 18 months after taking up dressage, he went on to represent Britain as a Young Rider in 1988.
In his competition career as a senior, Carl has amassed a record 44 national dressage titles and has been British Dressage National Champion five times. He has competed in three Olympics, one World Equestrian Games, four European Championships and has reached one World Cup Dressage Final.
Carl and Escapado were the highest-placed British combination at the 2004 Athens Olympics as well as the 2005 European Championships, where they finished sixth with a personal record-score. He was selected for the 2007 European Championships with Lecantos, but had to withdraw due to his ride injuring himself a couple of weeks before the competition.
In 2008, Carl’s bad luck continued. He had two horses in contention for the Olympics, Dolendo and Lecantos, but both ended up out of the running due to injuries.
2009 continued with great success in the UK for Carl, his new recent ride of Uthopia achieved results of 76.11% at Premier League PSG and CDI Inter 1 winning with 76.66%. TMovistar also continued to impress in 2009 with a win at the Saumur CDI Inter 1 with 77.55%.
For more information about Carl, please visit his website
www.carlhester.co.uk