Germany may have clinched team gold, with Britain taking silver and Denmark bronze in the grand prix, but the focus now shifts to the individual medals at the 2025 European Dressage Championships in Crozet. Tomorrow (29 August), the grand prix special will decide the first set of individual podium places – and it looks set to be another close fought contest.

The special is open to the top 30 combinations from the grand prix, with no further vet inspection required. Breaking into that cut-off has been noticeably easier this year: in 2023 the threshold was 71.21%, while in Crozet it dropped to 68.88%, the mark earned by Luxembourg’s Nicolas Wagner Ehlinger and Quater Back Junior FRH.

So why are the scores lower? Judge at C, Hans-Christian Matthiesen, explained: “Maybe the scores are a li

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