Edward Gal

Edward Gal

Edward Gal with Totilas
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
Equestrian
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team dressage
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Lexington Team dressage
Gold medal – first place 2010 Lexington Special dressage
Gold medal – first place 2010 Lexington Freestyle dressage
Silver medal – second place 2006 Aachen Team dressage
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Normandy Team dressage
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Windsor Team dressage
Gold medal – first place 2009 Windsor Freestyle dressage
Gold medal – first place 2015 Aachen Team dressage
Silver medal – second place 2005 Hagen Team dressage
Silver medal – second place 2009 Windsor Special dressage
Silver medal – second place 2013 Herning Team dressage
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rotterdam Team dressage
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rotterdam Team dressage
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Den Bosch Individual dressage
Silver medal – second place 2004 Düsseldorf Individual dressage
Silver medal – second place 2005 Las Vegas Individual dressage
Silver medal – second place 2015 Las Vegas Individual dressage
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Lyon Individual dressage

Edward Gal (born 4 March 1970 in Rheden) is a Dutch dressage rider.[1] He and the stallion Totilas (nicknamed "Toto"), were triple gold medalists at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games,[2][3] becoming the first horse-rider partnership ever to sweep the three available dressage gold medals at a single FEI World Games.[2] Going into the 2010 Games, they had amassed multiple world-record scores in international competition, leading one American journalist to call them "rock stars in the horse world".[4] After the World Equestrian Games, Totilas was sold to German trainer Paul Schockemöhle.[5][6] Gal continues to be successful training and competing dressage horses at the international level. Despite the success, he has been criticised to be harsh trainer who creates stressed and fearful horses.

  1. ^ "Edward Gal, Dutch dressage rider". horseandhound.co.uk. 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Gal and Totilas Win the Special in Style – Can They Make It a Hat-Trick of Gold?" (Press release). International Federation for Equestrian Sports. 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Gal and Totilas Make It a Golden Hat-Trick on a Night to Remember" (Press release). International Federation for Equestrian Sports. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  4. ^ Cengel, Katya (26 September 2010). "Dutch pair setting pace for dressage competition at World Equestrian Games". The Courier-Journal. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Totilas Sold to Paul Schockemöhle of Germany". Dressage-News. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Totilas Sold to Paul Schockemohle". Eurodressage. Retrieved 11 August 2023.