Two Days of European Championships Grand Prix Kicks Off Wednesday But Team Medalists Likely Not Clear Until Late Thursday

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Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour on Mount St. John Freestyle preparing for the European Championships at Jiva Hill in Crozet, France below the Jura Mountains. © 2025 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

By KENNETH J. BRADDICK

CROZET, France, Aug. 26, 2025–Spain on Wednesday will kick off two days of Grand Prix but the three medal nations are unlikely to be clear until late Thursday when the top combinations from favorites Denmark, Germany and Great Britain perform at the magnificent Jiva Hill Stables below the Jura Mountains.

Foureen teams will vie for medals from a total of 62 horses from 21 nations that were presented and passed the veterinary inspection Tuesday.

Spain will lead off the team competition Wednesday with most countries fielding four rider and horse combinations though only the top three scores count.

Among the top pairs Wednesday are Becky Moody on her home-bred Jagerbomb that helped Britain to bronze at the Olympics in Paris last year. The Paris Games were the first senior championships for Becky.

Carl Hester, British team mate, coaching Becky Moody on Jagerbomb at the Europeans. © 2025 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

Katharina Hemmer on the U.S.-owned Denoix PCH, 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding, is competing for Germany in the rider’s first international championship. The duo were on Germany’s Nations Cup gold medal team at Aachen last month.

Katharina Hemmer on Denoix PCH, the American-owned gelding that is on Germany’s European Championships team. © 2025 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

The final standings of the teams are likely to come down to Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour of Denmark on Mount St. John Freestyle, Isabell Werth of Germany on Wendy de Fontaine and Charlotte “Lottie” Fry of Great Britain on Glamourdale, all riding within a period of about 70 minutes Thursday.

Cathrine and Freestyle, that led Denmark to silver at the Paris Games but the pair have competed in only one CDI this year, in February. However, Cathrine and the mare, now 16, have appeared relaxed but confident and in top condition in training sessions here.

Isabell, the most successful equestrian in history, and the 11-year-old Wendy were on Germany’s gold medal team in Paris and have placed first or second in seven starts since.

Lottie Fry and Glamourdale, at 14 and three years on from becoming world champion in 2022, comes into these championships with team and individual bronze in Paris and a string of nine straight victories in six months to late June.

In between these three will be Justin Verboomen on Zonik Plus who became the first pair from Belgium to become champion of Aachen, Germany’s World Equestrian Festival last month.

(CORRECTION: Fourteen teams will compete in the European Championships. An earlier version stating 13 team was incorrect. Spain will kick off the team competition.)

European Championships Start List

Day 1 Wednesday (Central European Time/US Eastern Time 6 hours earlier)

OrderNumRider

Owner / Breeder
Horse

SB/Color/Year/Sire X Dam X Sire Of Dam
Time
1
715
Fransisco BENITEZ SANCHEZ * Wiro BAKKER, Esther BAKKER-LAPLOOI, Kirsten BECKER
flag
LORD PLATINUM KWPN/Gelding/Chestnut/2016/by FERGUSON x HOW PRETTY PLATINUM by BRETTON WOODS
10:00:00
2
748
Susanne KROHN * Dressurstall Krohn, Susanne KROHN
flag
TITOLAS HANN/Stallion/Black/2012/by TOTILAS x STERNENROSE by STEDINGER
10:09:30
3
755
Delia EGGENBERGER * Isabelle ROS
flag
SANTA MARIA
10:19:00
4
714
Nadja Aaboe SLOTH * Nadja Aaboe SLOTH
flag
FAVOUR GERSDORF DWB/Gelding/Black/2013/by FOUNDATION 2 x VIRKELYST BENIDA by LEANDRO
10:28:30
5
763
Rotem Jale IBRAHIMZADEH Ilay IBRAHIMZADEH, Ishak IBRAHIMZADEH, Rotem Jale
flag
HEXAGON’S DOUBLE DUTCH KWPN/Stallion/Chestnut/2008/by JOHNSON TN x USHIMANDA by HEXAGON’S RUBIQUIL
10:38:00
6
726
Anne Sophie SERRE * S.A.R.L. SERRE DRESSAGE, Mathilde JUGLARET
flag
JIBRALTAR DE MASSA PSH/Stallion/Other/2014/by SAN AMOUR I x RIVIERA DE LA FONT by HOHENSTEIN 4
10:47:30
7
753
Nuno PALMA SANTOS * Nuno PALMA SANTOS, Barbara WELDING
flag
FORTUNITY S FRH HANN/Gelding/Chestnut/2015/by FRANZISKUS FRH x WALENTINA by WELTMEYER
10:57:00
8
705
Charlotte DEFALQUE * Charlotte DEFALQUE, Marie-France DEFALQUE-SCOHIER
flag
BOTTICELLI KWPN/Stallion/Chestnut/2006/by VIVALDI x VALINJA by KOSS
11:06:30
BREAK
9
732
Ingrid KLIMKE * Rudolf SPIEKERMANN
flag
VAYRON NRW WESTF/Stallion/Bay/2011/by VITALIS x GLORIA by GLOSTER
11:30:00
10
744
Rowena WEGGELAAR * Nelly WEGGELAAR
flag
DON QUICHOT KWPN/Gelding/Bay/2008/by UNITED x PARONA by I.P.S. GRIBALDI
11:39:30
11
728
Andrew GOULD * Tatiana SKILLMAN, Max SKILLMAN
flag
INDIGRO KWPN/Stallion/Black/2013/by NEGRO x PRALINA by JAZZ
11:49:00
12
760
Sofie LEXNER * Christinelund Dressage
flag
INORALINE W KWPN/Mare/Chestnut/2013/by JOHNSON TN x NORALINE by AMIRAL
11:58:30
13
718
Teia HERNANDEZ VILA * PRE HORSES SERVICES SL
flag
ROMERO DE TRUJILLO PRE/Stallion/Grey/2011/by ENGANOSO VI x BEODA I by CANTAOR
12:08:00
14
737
Berill SZOKE TÓTH * Berill SZOKE TÓTH
flag
VELASCO 7
12:17:30
15
741
Nicolas WAGNER EHLINGER Soc.Hippique et d’Elevage S.A., Nicolas WAGNER EHL
flag
QUATER BACK JUNIOR FRH HANN/Gelding/Chestnut/2009/by QUATERBACK x BONITA by BONHEUR
12:27:00
BREAK
16
749
Katarzyna MILCZAREK * Katarzyna MILCZAREK
flag
GUAPO PSH/Stallion/Bay/2011/by XARME x VALSA by QUEBEC
14:00:00
17
722
Jenni Matilda SCHMECHEL * Anna HOMOLOVA FORSTINGEROVA
flag
ZAGAL AZORES PRE/Stallion/Grey/2013/by GNIDIUM x NOBLE AZORES by MORBO
14:09:30
18
702
Bettina KENDLBACHER * Broadmoar KG
flag
BROADMOARS DON ALFREDO AWO AWÖ/Gelding/Chestnut/2013/by DESTANO x WATONGA by HIS HIGHNESS 2
14:19:00
19
756
Charlotte LENHERR * Caroline VAN MOURIK, Rob VAN RUITENBEEK
flag
DETTORI OLDBG/Stallion/Black/2013/by DESPERADO x DIAMOND EYE by DE NIRO 6
14:28:30
20
711
Rikke DUPONT * Gert BUCHHAVE, Allan HANSEN
flag
GRAND GALIANO DWB/Gelding/Black/2015/by GRAND GALAXY WIN x DO IT by BLUE HORS DON SCHUFRO
14:38:00
21
725
Bertrand LIEGARD * Annabel MOREAU, S.A.R.L. ECURIE CHAUCHARD
flag
GINGER KWPN/Mare/Bay/2011/by TANGO x WILLOW’S BLOSSOM by DON PRIMAIRE
14:47:30
22
754
João Miguel TORRAO * SOCIEDADE AGRICOLA SANTANA DO CAMPO, MURALHA DOS S
flag
LIRIO MVL LUSIT/Stallion/Grey/2015/by ZEUS DO LIS x QUIRA by EL-NEGRO
14:57:00
BREAK
23
706
Domien MICHIELS * Marc STEENO
flag
INTERMEZZO VAN HET MEERDAALHOF BWP/Gelding/Black/2008/by I.P.S. GRIBALDI x PRINCESSE by BALZFLUG
15:21:00
24
731
Katharina HEMMER * Nancy GOODING, Hubertus SCHMIDT
flag
DENOIX PCH OLDBG/Gelding/Chestnut/2012/by DESTANO x PRINCESS by PIK NOIR
15:30:30
25
709
Gabriele H.-KIEFER Gabriele H.-KIEFER
flag
CYPRUS OPHELIA DWB/Mare/Bay/2010/by BLUE HORS ROSOFF x OLINA by RAGAZZO
15:40:00
26
745
Thamar ZWEISTRA * Stal Hexagon B.V., Thamar ZWEISTRA
flag
HEXAGONS LUXURIOUZZ N.O.P.T. KWPN/Gelding/Chestnut/2016/by JOHNSON TN x WALIDA V/D WAALSEHOEVE by SAN REMO
15:49:30
27
730
Becky MOODY * Becky MOODY, Jo COOPER
flag
JAGERBOMB KWPN/Gelding/Bay/2014/by DANTE WELTINO OLD x UDYSEE by JAZZ
15:59:00
28
739
Dalia KATINAITE-PRANCKEVICIENE Dalia KATINAITE-PRANCKEVICIENE
flag
AMICA HANN/Mare/Bay/2014/by AMPERE x RODIWA by ROHDIAMANT
16:08:30
29
761
Tinne VILHELMSON SILFVÉN * Lövsta Stuteri AB
flag
HYATT KWPN/Mare/Chestnut/2012/by APACHE x DORETTA FUGA by SANDREO
16:18:00
Day 2 Thursday
30
710
Maria KLEMENTIEVA Maria KLEMENTIEVA
flag
GAMMELENGGARDS ZAPPA DWB/Gelding/Bay/2012/by ZONIK N.O.P. x APARTE FOLDAGER by AKINOS
10:00:00
31
717
Beatriz FERRER-SALAT * DELIBER S.L
flag
ELEGANCE KWPN/Gelding/Bay/2009/by NEGRO x REINA by MONACO
10:09:30
32
736
Anikó KOMJÁTHY-LOSONCZY * Okura Co. Ltd.
flag
DIOR S KWPN/Gelding/Grey/2008/by SPIELBERG x WOLIVIA L by FLORESTAN I
10:19:00
33
719
Grete AYACHE Alexandre AYACHE, Abdulkarim BARAKE
flag
VERTIGO OLDBG/Gelding/Other/2012/by VIVALDI x MA FLEUR by FLORESTAN I
10:28:30
34
746
Isabel FREESE Oivind BACHE, Lone BOEGH-HENRIKSEN, Paul SCHOCKEMÖ
flag
TOTAL HOPE OLD OLDBG/Stallion/Black/2012/by TOTILAS x WEIHEGOLD OLD by BLUE HORS DON SCHUFRO
10:38:00
35
747
Ilona JANAS * Kamil IWICKI
flag
DARK KNIGHT HANN/Gelding/Black/2014/by DANCIANO x SHAKIRA by SANDRO HIT
10:47:30
36
720
Joanna ROBINSON * Joanna ROBINSON
flag
GLAMOURALINE KWPN/Mare/Bay/2011/by JOHNSON TN x ANORALINE by SAMBA HIT
10:57:00
37
703
Stefan LEHFELLNER * Victoria MAX-THEURER
flag
ROBERTO CARLOS MT OLDBG/Gelding/Black/2010/by ROSANDRO x WEINBLUETE by DE NIRO 6
11:06:30
38
757
Jessica NEUHAUSER * Hildegard Magdalena RIEDMAIER
flag
ROCKSON DWB/Stallion/Bay/2011/by BLUE HORS ROCKEFELLER x LA LUNA by SORENTO
11:16:00
BREAK
39
712
Andreas HELGSTRAND * HELGSTRAND DRESSAGE A/S, Patrik KITTEL
flag
JOVIAN KWPN/Stallion/Other/2014/by APACHE x ZINITH by TANGO
11:40:00
40
723
Alexandre AYACHE * Alexandre AYACHE
flag
RULING OLIVIA OLDBG/Mare/Bay/2014/by OLIVI x RULING ALETTA by ALETTO
11:49:30
41
751
Maria CAETANO * Maria CAETANO
flag
HIT PLUS PSH/Gelding/Bay/2012/by BRETTON WOODS x PLATINA PLUS by PERALTA PINHA
11:59:00
42
738
Nathalie WAHLUND Julia HARRISON-LEE, Nathalie WAHLUND
flag
GORKLINTGARDS SCORPION DWB/Gelding/Other/2014/by GORKLINTGARDS SANTOS x GOERKLINTGAARDS GRENDA by BLUE HORS DON SCHUFRO
12:08:30
43
707
Larissa PAULUIS * Caroline LEPAGE, Emmanuel LEPAGE, Jean PAULUIS, Ma
flag
FLAMBEAU KWPN/Gelding/Bay/2010/by AMPERE x LAKARLA by ZEOLIET
12:18:00
44
733
Frederic WANDRES * Hof Kasselmann
flag
BLUETOOTH OLD OLDBG/Gelding/Other/2010/by BORDEAUX 28 x LORENA by GB RICCIONE
12:27:30
45
742
Marieke VAN DER PUTTEN * Jacques LEMMENS, Saskia LEMMENS-REIJNEN
flag
ZANTANA RS2 OLD OLDBG/Mare/Bay/2014/by ZONIK N.O.P. x SONDRA by SIR DONNERHALL
12:37:00
46
729
Carl HESTER * Fiona BIGWOOD, Mette DAHL, Carl HESTER
flag
FAME KWPN/Stallion/Bay/2010/by BORDEAUX 28 x BONAVENTURA by RHODIUM
12:46:30
BREAK
47
762
Maria VON ESSEN * Alexanders Hovslageri & Häst AB
flag
INVOICE OLDBG/Gelding/Black/2012/by JAZZ x ROXANNE by OLYMPIC FERRO
14:00:00
48
716
Borja CARRASCOSA * Alexander BRENNINKMEIJER, Borja CARRASCOSA
flag
FRIZZANTINO FRH HANN/Stallion/Other/2015/by FINEST x QUALITY CHOICE by QUATERBACK
14:09:30
49
735
Máté GARAI * Joachim ARL
flag
VITUS 95 WESTF/Gelding/Other/2013/by VITALIS x BELLA DONNA by BRENTANO II
14:19:00
50
750
Sandra SYSOJEVA * Sandra SYSOJEVA, Dominika KRASKO BIALEK, Piet LENS
flag
MAXIMA BELLA OLDBG/Mare/Black/2016/by MILLENNIUM x CIAO BELLA HRH by CHRIST 3
14:28:30
51
721
Henri RUOSTE * Equeco GmbH, Henri RUOSTE, Victoria Marie SCHÖNHOF
flag
TIFFANYS DIAMOND DWB/Mare/Bay/2012/by TAILORMADE TEMPTATION x HIGH TEK by HIS HIGHNESS 2
14:38:00
52
701
Florian BACHER * Verena BACHER
flag
FIDERTRAUM OLD OLDBG/Gelding/Bay/2009/by FIDERTANZ 2 x NO TIME by RUBINSTEIN 46
14:47:30
53
758
Charlotta ROGERSON * Charlotta ROGERSON, James ROGERSON
flag
BONHEUR DE LA VIE KWPN/Gelding/Bay/2012/by BORDEAUX 28 x ANKIE by BLUE HORS ZACK
14:57:00
54
713
Cathrine LAUDRUP-DUFOUR * LAUDRUP-DUFOUR & ZINGLERSEN ApS, Mount St John Equ
flag
MOUNT ST JOHN FREESTYLE HANN/Mare/Bay/2009/by FIDERMARK x DONNA GRACIA by DONNERHALL 11
15:06:30
BREAK
55
724
Pauline BASQUIN * INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU CHEVAL ET DE L’EQUITATION
flag
SERTORIUS DE RIMA Z IFCE ZANG/Gelding/Other/2010/by SANDRO HIT x SIOLITA by VOLTAIRE
15:30:00
56
752
João Pedro MOREIRA * Roberto Pedrosa HARAS DO DROSA, Joao MOREIRA
flag
DROSA FUERST KENNEDY OLD OLDBG/Stallion/Black/2015/by FUERSTEN-LOOK x FIODORA by DON KENNEDY
15:39:30
57
708
Justin VERBOOMEN * Justin VERBOOMEN
flag
ZONIK PLUS HANN/Stallion/Black/2016/by ZONIK N.O.P. x HEIDEBLUME by HOHENSTEIN 4
15:49:00
58
734
Isabell WERTH * CHATEAU DE FONTAINE, Madeleine WINTER-SCHULZE
flag
WENDY DE FONTAINE DWB/Mare/Black/2014/by SEZUAN 2 x SKOVENS VANILLA by BLUE HORS SOPRANO
15:58:30
59
743
Dinja VAN LIERE * Joop VAN UYTERT
flag
HERMES KWPN/Stallion/Bay/2012/by EASY GAME x BUKKIE by FLEMMINGH
16:08:00
60
727
Charlotte FRY * Charlotte FRY, VAN OLST HORSES
flag
GLAMOURDALE KWPN/Stallion/Black/2011/by LORD LEATHERDALE x THUJA by NEGRO
16:17:30
61
759
Patrik KITTEL * Sommarkvarn AB
flag
TOUCHDOWN SWB/Gelding/Bay/2012/by QUATERBACK x LA MOUR by SACK
16:27:00
62
740
Fie Christine SKARSOE Manon ACKERMANN
flag
IMPERADOR DOS CEDROS LUSIT/Stallion/Grey/2013/by RUBI x CORTICA by HOSTIL
16:36:30