{"id":48770,"date":"2025-08-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ehorses.com\/magazine\/?post_type=news&#038;p=48770"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T10:23:37","slug":"germany-clinches-26th-european-team-gold-in-crozet-thriller","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ehorses.com\/magazine\/news\/germany-clinches-26th-european-team-gold-in-crozet-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Clinches 26th European Team Gold in Crozet Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"48770\" class=\"elementor elementor-48770\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-157340b1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"157340b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct    elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b128435\" data-id=\"7b128435\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78b94736 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78b94736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In a nail-biting final showdown at the 2025 FEI European Dressage Championships in Crozet, Isabell Werth\u2019s flawless performance sealed Germany\u2019s historic 26th team title.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Tense Team Showdown in Crozet<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Jiva Hill Stables in Crozet, France, the team dressage competition came down to the wire. From the opening day, Germany and Great Britain were locked in a fierce duel for the top spot, with every ride adding pressure and drama. It was ultimately Isabell Werth aboard Wendy de Fontaine who <strong>clinched the victory for Germany<\/strong> with a near-perfect, tension-filled performance, securing their 26th team gold in European Championship history.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Werth Delivers Flawless Final Ride<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All <strong>eyes were on the final riders<\/strong>: Werth on Wendy de Fontaine, and Charlotte Fry on Glamourdale for Great Britain. Werth rode with poise and precision, earning 79.224%, the second-highest mark of the day. Fry pushed hard but mistakes in extensions, piaffes, and a pirouette led to a score of 75.869%\u2014still strong, but not enough to unseat Germany.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Germany Celebrates, Denmark Impressive on Bronze<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany\u2019s <strong>total team score reached 229.644%<\/strong>, edging out Great Britain for the gold. Team members included Werth, Katharina Hemmer (Denoix PCH), Frederic Wandres (Bluetooth OLD), and Ingrid Klimke (Vayron NRW). Denmark\u2019s Cathrine Laudrup\u2011Dufour delivered the highest Grand Prix score of the day\u2014an impressive 80.823%\u2014earning team bronze with a total of 223.385%.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.fei.org\/media-updates\/germany-snatch-26th-team-gold-crozet-thriller\">fei.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a nail-biting final showdown at the 2025 FEI European Dressage Championships in Crozet, Isabell&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":48659,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48770","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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