Individual dressage at the 2025 European Dressage Championships
The individual dressage at the 2025 FEI European Dressage Championships in Crozet, France was held at Jiva Hill Stables from 26 to 31 August.[1]
Belgium's Justin Verboomen won the gold medal both in the Grand Prix Special and the Grand Prix Freestyle, becoming the first Belgian rider to win an individual medal in dressage and also the first ever Belgian to win a golden medal in a dressage Championship in general.[2] Cathrine Dufour representing Denmark won a silver medal in the Grand Prix Special and the Grand Prix Freestyle. Isabell Werth of Germany won a bronze in both the Special and Freestyle.
Competition format
The team and individual dressage competitions used the same results. Dressage had three phases. The first phase was the Grand Prix. Top 30 individuals advanced to the second phase, the Grand Prix Special where the first individual medals were awarded. The last set of medals at the 2025 European Dressage Championships was awarded after the third phase, the Grand Prix Freestyle where top 18 combinations competed. Only three riders per country are allowed to compete in the final Freestyle. If a country has four riders qualified for the Freestyle, only the best three are able to ride the Freestyle, and the remaining place(s) moves to the next combination(s) in line.[3]
Officials
The Ground Jury during the 2025 European Dressage Championships was nominated as followed;[4]
- Raphaël Saleh (Ground Jury President)
- Janet Foy (Ground Jury Member)
- Katrina Wüt (Ground Jury Member)
- Hans-Christian Matthiesen (Ground Jury Member)
- Peter Storr (Ground Jury Member)
- Maarten Van Der Heijden (Ground Jury Member)
- Christof Umbach (Ground Jury Member)
- Carlos Lopes (Technical Delegate)
Schedule
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 27 August 2025 | 10:00 | Grand Prix (Day 1) |
| Thursday, 28 August 2025 | 14:00 | Grand Prix (Day 2) |
| Friday, 29 August 2025 | 10:00 | Grand Prix Special |
| Sunday, 31 August 2025 | 11:00 | Grand Prix Freestyle |
Results
| Rider | Nation | Horse | GP score | Rank | GPS score | Rank | GPF score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour | Denmark | Freestyle | 80.823 | 1 Q | 81.687 | Q | 89.821 | |
| Isabell Werth | Germany | Wendy de Fontaine | 79.224 | 2 Q | 79.027 | Q | 88.046 | |
| Justin Verboomen | Belgium | Zonik Plus | 79.084 | 3 Q | 82.371 | Q | 89.964 | |
| Dinja van Liere | Netherlands | Hermes | 76.941 | 4 Q | 75.486 | 8 Q | 77.782 | 13 |
| Carl Hester | Great Britain | Fame | 76.087 | 5 Q | 76.383 | 6 Q | 81.029 | 7 |
| Charlotte Fry | Great Britain | Glamourdale | 75.869 | 6 Q | 75.289 | 9 Q | 79.579 | 10 |
| Katharina Hemmer | Germany | Denoix PCH | 75.699 | 7 Q | 78.678 | 4 Q | 78.882 | 11 |
| Becky Moody | Great Britain | Jagerbomb | 74.829 | 8 Q | 77.796 | 5 Q | 86.982 | 4 |
| Frederic Wandres | Germany | Bluetooth OLD | 74.721 | 9 Q | 75.942 | 7 Q | 81.771 | 5 |
| Isabel Freese | Norway | Total Hope OLD | 74.146 | 10 Q | 74.316 | 10 Q | 80.593 | 8 |
| Maria von Essen | Sweden | Invoice | 73.804 | 11 Q | 72.720 | 14 Q | 80.193 | 9 |
| Patrik Kittel | Sweden | Touchdown | 73.758 | 12 Q | 72.553 | 15 Q | 81.139 | 6 |
| João Pedro Moreira | Portugal | Drosa Fierst Kennedy OLD | 72.578 | 13 Q | 71.277 | 17 Q | 75.521 | 16 |
| Sandra Sysojeva | Poland | Maxima Bella | 72.453 | 14 Q | 72.811 | 12 Q | 77.257 | 15 |
| Larissa Pauluis | Belgium | Flambeau | 72.329 | 15 Q | 73.283 | 11 Q | 77.768 | 14 |
| Henri Ruoste | Finland | Tiffany's Diamond | 72.127 | 16 Q | 69.772 | 25 | ||
| Andreas Helgstrand | Denmark | Jovian | 71.335 | 17 Q | 69.666 | 26 | ||
| Nadja Aaboe Sloth | Denmark | Favour Gersdorf | 71.227 | 18 Q | 72.811 | 12 Q | 77.829 | 12 |
| Thamar Zweistra | Netherlands | Luxuriouzz NOPT | 70.932 | 19 Q | 70.532 | 20 | ||
| Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven | Sweden | Hyatt | 70.373 | 20 Q | 70.821 | 18 Q | 74.704 | 17 |
| Marieke van der Putten | Netherlands | Zantana OLD | 70.264 | 21 Q | 70.395 | 21 | ||
| Beatriz Ferrer Salat | Spain | Elegance | 70.077 | 22 Q | 70.319 | 22 | ||
| Sofie Lexner | Sweden | Inoraline | 70.000 | 23 Q | 69.565 | 27 | ||
| Rikke Dupont | Denmark | Grand Galiano | 70.000 | 23 Q | 69.787 | 24 | ||
| Maria Caetano | Portugal | Hit Plus | 69.985 | 25 Q | 70.167 | 23 | ||
| Fie Christine Skarsoe | Luxembourg | Imperador Dos Cedros | 69.922 | 25 Q | 68.982 | 29 | ||
| Borja Carrascosa | Spain | Frizzantino FRH | 69.736 | 25 Q | 68.404 | 30 | ||
| Ingrid Klimke | Germany | Vayron NRW | 69.348 | 28 Q | 71.389 | 16 | ||
| João Miguel Torrao | Portugal | Lirio MVL | 69.053 | 29 Q | 69.073 | 28 | ||
| Nicolas Wagner | Luxembourg | Quater Back Junior FRH | 68.882 | 30 Q | 70.562 | 19 Q | 73.839 | 18 |
| Rowena Weggelaar | Netherlands | Don Quichot | 68.835 | 31 | ||||
| Katarzyna Milczarek | Poland | Guapo | 68.817 | 32 | ||||
| Charlotta Rogerson | Switzerland | Bonheur De La Vie | 68.680 | 33 | ||||
| Domien Michiels | Belgium | Intermezzo Van Het Meerdaalhof | 68.649 | 34 | ||||
| Pauline Basquin | France | Sertorius de Rima Z IFCE | 68.587 | 35 | ||||
| Bettina Kendlbacher | Austria | Don Alfredo AWO | 68.478 | 36 | ||||
| Charlotte Defalque | Belgium | Botticelli | 68.478 | 36 | ||||
| Stefan Lehfellner | Austria | Roberto Carlos MT | 68.385 | 38 | ||||
| Máté Garai | Hungary | Vitus 95 | 68.323 | 39 | ||||
| Alexandre Ayache | France | Ruling Olivia | 68.152 | 40 | ||||
| Nathalie Wahlund | Italy | Gorglintgards Scorpion | 67.857 | 41 | ||||
| Jessica Neuhauser | Switzerland | Rockson | 67.453 | 42 | ||||
| Anne-Sophie Serre | France | Jibraltar De Massa | 67.407 | 43 | ||||
| Maria Klementieva | Cyprus | Gammelengards Zappa | 67.267 | 44 | ||||
| Delia Eggenberger | Switzerland | Santa Maria | 66.351 | 45 | ||||
| Bertrand Liegard | France | Ginger | 66.227 | 46 | ||||
| Teia Hernandez Vila | Spain | Romero De Trujillo | 66.196 | 47 | ||||
| Ilona Janas | Poland | Dark Knight | 65.699 | 48 | ||||
| Jenni Matilda Schmechel | Finland | Zagal Azores | 65.497 | 49 | ||||
| Gabriele H. Kiefer | Cyprus | Ophelia | 65.450 | 50 | ||||
| Rotem Jale Ibrahimzadeh | Turkey | Double Dutch | 65.109 | 51 | ||||
| Susanne Krohn | Poland | Titolas | 65.078 | 52 | ||||
| Grete Ayache | Estonia | Vertigo | 64.922 | 53 | ||||
| Nuno Palma Santos | Portugal | Fortunity S FRH | 64.472 | 54 | ||||
| Joanna Robinson | Finland | Glamouraline | 64.131 | 55 | ||||
| Charlotte Lenherr | Switzerland | Dettori | 63.882 | 56 | ||||
| Berill Szoke Tóth | Hungary | Velasco 7 | 63.432 | 57 | ||||
| Fransisco Benitez Sanchez | Spain | Lord Platinum | 63.276 | 58 | ||||
| Dalia Katinaite-Pranckeviciene | Lithuania | Amica | 61.988 | 59 | ||||
| Andrew Gould | Great Britain | Indigro | EL | - | ||||
| Florian Bacher | Austria | Fidertraum OLD | EL | - | ||||
| Anikó Komjáthy-Losonczy | Hungary | Dior S | WD | - |
Team ranking
| Country | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 229.644 | |
| Great Britain | 226.785 | |
| Denmark | 223.385 | |
| Belgium | 220.062 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 218.137 | 5 |
| Sweden | 217.935 | 6 |
| Portugal | 211.616 | 7 |
| Poland | 206.969 | 8 |
| Spain | 206.009 | 9 |
| France | 204.146 | 10 |
| Switzerland | 202.484 | 11 |
| Finland | 201.755 | 12 |
| Hungary | EL | - |
| Austria | EL | - |
References
- ^ "FEI Dressage European Championship 2025 Start Lists & Results". World Sport Timing. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ Goulding, Grace (2 September 2025). "2025 FEI Dressage European Championship: Justin Verboomen's golden debut and Germany's team triumph in Crozet". Olympics.org.
- ^ Williams, Oscar (22 August 2025). "How many medals are given, how are they decided, and more European Dressage Championships questions answered". Horse and Hound.
- ^ "Ground Jury Appointed for 2025 European Dressage Championships". Eurodressage.com. 8 January 2025.