Germans win dressage gold over Dutch

HONG KONG (AP) - Germany has won its seventh straight team gold medal in Olympic equestrian grand prix dressage.

The Netherlands has won silver and Denmark the bronze.

Isabell Werth on Satchmo anchored the Germans in Thursday's event and returning gold medalist Anky van Grunsven the Dutch and will continue their head-to-head battle for the individual medals later this week.

The US team was a pre-Olympics medal contender but falls to a close fourth.