By Tom Goodenough PUBLISHED: 10:10 EST, 7 August 2012 | UPDATED: 13:16 EST, 7 August 2012 Britain's dressage team trotted to a historic victory over Germany today, winning Team GB's 20th gold of the London Olympic Games. And the medal success now means that Britain has surpassed its huge total haul from the Beijing Games four years ago. With Team GB's athletes having broken the landmark number of gold medals in 2008, all eyes are now focused on the velodrome where the gold rush looks set to continue. From left to right, Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer and Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain celebrate with their historic gold medals in dressage
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The gold-medal winning performance this afternoon means that Team GB have now surpassed the 19 gold medals they bagged in Beijing
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This year's Team GB is now the most successful since 1908
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And it is the first time ever that Britain has won gold - or, indeed, any medal at all - in an Olympic dressage competition
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