German champion dressage rider Isabell Werth caused a stir in the equestrian world this weekend after taking part in a tournament on a horse owned by fellow German rider Lisa Müller and her husband Thomas Müller, the star Bayern Munich footballer.
The Müllers purchased D’avie, a two-time youth world champion Hanoverian dressage horse, in 2020 for several million, but the Danish stallion has since failed to replicate his earlier success.
After a couple of first-place finishes at events with comparatively weak fields, Müller and D’avie recently finished a disappointing sixth at the…