2013 European Dressage Championships

The 2013 European Dressage Championship was held between August 21 and August 25, 2013 in Herning, Denmark. It formed part of the 2013 FEI European Championships; other disciplines included were Showjumping and Para-dressage.

It was the 26th edition of the European Dressage Championships.

Organization

Event and location

Parallel to the European Championships, a Youth Horse Show for riders up to 25 years of age was also held.

Competitions

General

Competition was held in three events, the team event involved four horse per nation, while individuals competed in two individual competitions, Individual Grand Prix Spécial and two days later in the individual Grand Prix Freestyle or Kúr. Unlike in the Olympic Games, scores in the two individual disciplines were not combined, and medals were awarded in each discipline separately.

At this European Championship a record number of participants started the Championship competitions. In the Grand Prix de Dressage 64 riders and 16 teams start. Each nation can start with a team of three or four riders, each rider with one horse.

Germany regained its European team title, which it had lost to Great Britain in 2011. The Netherlands edged out the British team for the silver team medal.

The individual competitions were dominated by Olympic champion Charlotte Dujardin, riding Valegro, winning her first European titles.

Medals

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Team Dressage	Germany Fabienne Lütkemeier riding D´Agostino 5 Isabell Werth riding Don Johnson FRH Kristina Sprehe riding Desperados FRH Helen Langehanenberg riding Damon Hill NRW	234.651	Netherlands Danielle Heijkoop riding Kingsley Siro Hans Peter Minderhoud riding Glock´s Romanov Edward Gal riding Glock´s Undercover Adelinde Cornelissen riding Jerich Parzival	233.967	Great Britain Charlotte Dujardin riding Valegro Carl Hester riding Uthopia Gareth Hughes riding Dv Stenkjers Nadonna Michael Eilberg riding Half Moon Delphi	233.540
Individual GP Special	Charlotte Dujardin riding Valegro	85.699	Helen Langehanenberg riding Damon Hill	84.330	Adelinde Cornelissen riding Parzival	81.548
Individual GP Freestyle (Kúr)	Charlotte Dujardin riding Valegro	91.250	Helen Langehanenberg riding Damon Hill	87.286	Adelinde Cornelissen riding Parzival	86.393

Medal Table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Great Britain	2	0	1	3
2	Germany	1	2	0	3
3	Netherlands	0	1	2	3
Total		3	3	3	9

Minor Competitions

The under 25 junior competitions were both won by Dane Nanna Skodborg Merrald, as Denamrk dominated the medals in both disciplines.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Under 25
Intermediere II	Nanna Skodborg Merrald riding Millibar	74.605	Daniel Bachmann riding Donna Silver	71.184	Nadine Husenbeth riding Florida 94	70.877
Grand Prix	Nanna Skodborg Merrald riding Millibar	73.411	Daniel Bachmann riding Donna Silver	71.628	Nadine Husenbeth riding Florida 94	69.767

External links

• web page of the 2013 European Dressage Championship