2013 European Dressage Championships

The 2013 European Dressage Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Blue Hors European Dressage Championship was held between August 21 and August 25, 2013 in Herning, Denmark. It formed part of the 2013 FEI ECCO European Championships; other disciplines included were Showjumping and Para-Dressage.

2013 European Dressage Championship
Host cityHerning, Denmark Denmark
Date(s)21–25 August
LevelSenior, Under 25
Events3
Team, GP Special, GP Freestyle
Records set1
2011
2015

Germany, the historically dominant nation in European and World dressage, regained its European team title, which it had lost to Great Britain in 2011. The Netherlands edged out the British team, for whom Olympic team champion Laura Tomlinson was a late withdrawal, for the silver team medal.

The individual competitions were dominated by the British double Olympic champion Charlotte Dujardin, riding Valegro, winning her first European titles and edging out 2011 double individual champion Adelinde Cornelissen. Dujardin set a new Championship record in the Individual Freestyle or Kr with the second highest score ever recorded in the discipline.

The 2013 event was the 26th edition of the European Dressage Championships. Parallel to the senior European Championships, a Youth Horse Show for riders up to 25 years of age was also held.

Medal summary

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 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

Details

Charlotte Dujardin United Kingdom
riding Valegro
85.699 Helen Langehanenberg Germany
riding Damon Hill
84.330 Adelinde Cornelissen Netherlands
riding Parzival
81.548
Individual GP Freestyle (Kúr)

Details

Charlotte Dujardin United Kingdom
riding Valegro
91.250 CR Helen Langehanenberg Germany
riding Damon Hill
87.286 Adelinde Cornelissen Netherlands
riding Parzival
86.393
  • CR - Championship Record

Medal table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Great Britain 2 0 1 3
2  Germany 1 2 0 3
3  Netherlands 0 1 2 3
Total3339

Minor Competitions

As part of the event, two individual under 25 'junior' competitions were also held. They were both won by Nanna Skodborg Merrald, as hosts Denmark dominated the medals in both disciplines.

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

Competitions

General

Competition was held in the MCH Arena of Herning, in three events; the team event involved three or four horses per nation (the three best scores are counted), 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 Team 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.

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