Edward Gal

Edward Gal is a Dutch dressage rider, born on 4 March 1970 in Rheden. He began riding as a jumper at age 14 and switched to dressage when he found his horse did not like jumping. Partnered with the black Dutch Warmblood stallion Totilas from 2008, he set world record scores in the Grand Prix Freestyle, including 92.30 percent at London Olympia in December 2009, and won the 2010 FEI World Cup Final. At the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, Gal and Totilas became the first horse and rider partnership to sweep all three dressage gold medals at a single World Games. He later rode Glock's Undercover to Olympic team bronze at London 2012 and won European team gold in 2015. He has also been criticised for his training methods.