Laura Tomlinson’s current top ride is the 10-year-old mare Rose Of Bavaria, whom Laura is hoping to campaign for British team selection in 2021.
Rose Of Bavaria, known as Betty, was bred in Bavaria by Rainer and Heidi Heuschmann, and is by Bordeaux out of the Florestan mare Rhapsodie. She was competed up to small tour level in Germany by Rudolf Widmann, and the Bechtolsheimer family purchased her in 2018.
“She found the movements pretty easy when she came but she was very lacking the basics and the strength to do with it. But she is coming along very nicely, especially for such a big horse,” said
Tributes have poured in from across the equestrian community following the death of global dressage star Totilas, at the age of 20.
The Gribaldi son had enormous success under Edward Gal in 2009 and 2010, breaking world records and winning numerous gold medals.
Sharing podiums with Edward and “Toto” on several occasions was Britain’s Laura Tomlinson and Mistral Hojris (Alf), silver medallists at the World Equestrian Games (WEG) in 2010 where Totilas scooped a trio of gold medals.
“I was number two to Edward and Totilas for quite a long time – Alf and I even held the WEG grand prix record for about five minutes in Kentucky, until Totilas entered the arena,” said Laura.