Simply put, it was the greatest night of dressage action in the history of the sport on American soil.

It came down to a dashing Dutchman, a young English woman and the superstar American rider – all who continually broke and set records in a week that saw the world turn its attention to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY.

For the Americans, it was a double-dose of new heights achieved in the sport. Steffen Peters and his incredible partner, Ravel, earned two hard-fought Bronze medals in a battle royale against two of the sport's biggest hitters at this World Championships – Edward Gal and his magical Moorlands Totilas and Laura Bechtolsheimer and Mistral Hojris. Gal absolutely shattered scores and pulled off the ultimate hat trick by taking Team Gold, Grand Prix Gold and the Gold medal in the Grand Prix Freestyle. His opponent from Great Britain took home three Silver medals in her own right. It was an incredible spectacle for dressage fans, and it won't likely be seen again for a very long time.

Eleven nations made the cut to compete in the Freestyle – Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany (three riders), Great Britain (two riders), The Netherlands (two riders), Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the United States. But it was the Dutch, English and Americans who truly came away from these Games with all the glory