FEI European Championships 2017

FEI European Championships 2017
Sports:	Dressage show jumping Para-dressage four -in-hand driving
Venue:	Gothenburg , Sweden
Venues:	Ullevi , Heden, Slottsskogen
Internet:	gothenburg2017.com

The FEI European Championships 2017 (Longines FEI EM i ridsport Göteborg 2017) were held in Gothenburg from 21 to 27 August 2017 . As part of the event, the individual and team European champions in show jumping , dressage , para-dressage and four- in-hand driving were determined.

organization

Award

In June 2014 the World Equestrian Federation FEI awarded the European Championships in four equestrian disciplines for 2017 to Gothenburg. An experienced organizer was awarded the contract: Every year, Got Event AB organizes the Gothenborg Horse Show indoor riding tournament , which has already hosted several World Cup finals. After Herning in 2013 and Aachen in 2015 , it was the third time in a row that one or more other disciplines hosted their championships at the European Dressage and Show Jumping Championships.

Sports facilities

All the sports facilities for the European Championships were in a central location in Gothenburg. The main stadium was the Ullevi Stadium, which normally had a seating capacity of over 40,000 and was divided into a tournament area and a (smaller) warm-up area. In addition to the opening ceremony, the dressage and show jumping competitions were held here. South of the arena, on the Valhalla sports field and in the Scandinavium (the venue for the annual Gothenborg Horse Show), was the stable area.

The second sports facility that was accessible to visitors free of charge was the “Heden Arena”. On this area, 500 meters from Ullevi, which is otherwise used as a sports facility for the Gothia Cup , for example , the competitions in para-dressage riding as well as dressage and obstacle driving for the four-in-hand were on the program. The four-in-hand cross-country driving started at the Heden Arena, ran through the parks along the moat and then mostly took place in the Slottsskogen city park, three kilometers away.

Sponsors and media

The European Championships in Gothenburg also benefited from extensive equestrian sponsorship from Longines , which was the title sponsor here. Other main sponsors were the insurance companies Agria Djurförsäkring AB and Länsförsäkringar, SAAB , Stihl and H&M .

The pan-European television broadcaster Eurosport 1 broadcast a one to two hour summary of exams from the European championships every day from August 24th to 27th. In Switzerland, the SRF broadcast the decisive round in the Nations Cup and the individual finals from show jumping via an internet livestream. ZDF also broadcast about 45 minutes of the show jumping singles final as part of ZDF SPORTextra.

The World Equestrian Federation showed live broadcasts from all disciplines on its paid live stream portal FEI TV. For its premium members in Germany, the IPTV broadcaster ClipMyHorse also showed the dressage and show jumping tests live.

Competitions

Time schedule

The opening ceremony was on the evening of August 21st. In terms of sport, the first tests of the para dressage riders start a few hours earlier, the last test of which will take place on 23 August. The dressage championship starts on August 22nd, one day later in show jumping. The last discipline is the four-in-hand driving on August 25th. After the final decision of the show jumpers, there will be a short closing ceremony in the late afternoon of August 26th.

	21 Aug	22 Aug	23 Aug	24 Aug	25 Aug	26 Aug	27 Aug
Ceremonies	opening celebration						acquisition celebration
Para-dressage	E.	E / T	E.
dressage		E / M	E / M		E.	E.
Leap			E / M	E / M	E / M		E.
Driving four in hand					E / M	E / M	E / M
Framework audits				Dre./Spr.	Spr.	Dre./Spr.	Spr.

Legend:

• The blue fields represent days with exams, the gold fields the day of the respective decision. Purple fields indicate frame checks.
• E: Examination of the individual evaluation
• M: Examination of the team ranking
• Dre .: General tests for dressage riders up to 25 years of age (CDIU25)
• Spr .: further general tests show jumping, u. a. for show jumpers up to 25 years of age (CSIU25-A)

Dressage for riders with disabilities (para-dressage)

The program of the para-dressage riders consisted of three tests, in each of which medals were awarded. A total of eleven sets of medals were awarded, including the team test.

On the first day from 9:00 am, the championship tests for all five grades took place. In these tests, the decisions were made about the individual evaluation, the medals are awarded per grade. Gothenburg was the first international championship for para-dressage riders since the naming of all competition classes (grades) was changed at the beginning of the year.

On the second day of the tournament (August 22nd) the team test was held, which served as a decision on the team ranking. In the team test, too, specific, fixed tasks were ridden for each grade. The championship ended for the para-dressage riders one day later with the freestyle, in which the individual European champions were determined in the freestyle of the individual degrees. In the freestyle, the riders put together the prescribed lessons individually for an examination.

Individual ratings: championship test

Grade I.

Victory in the Grade I championship test went to a 2016 Paralympics winner under saddle: The 10-year-old mare Athene Lindebjerg had won gold in the then Grade Ia (now Grade I) championship test with Sophie Christiansen a year earlier. With her new rider Julie Payne, she won the gold medal again in 2017. Payne had previously competed in distance rides as a rider, but was diagnosed with multiple system atrophy in 2013 . 16 riders were at the start in the test.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Julie Payne	Athena Lindebjerg	77.642%
2	GER Elke Philipp	Regaliz	73.428%
3	LAT Rihards Snikus	King of the Dance	73.321%
4th	ITA Sara Morganti	Royal Delight	72.250%
5	SWE Anita Johnsson	Dear Friend	70.214%
	...
12	AUT Julia Sciancalepore	Pommery	66.392%
	...
14th	AUT Michael Martin Knauder	Contessa	64.535%

Grade II

In the classification of Grade II, where seven riders competed with their horses, Pepo Puch won by one percent.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	AUT Pepo Puch	Fontainenoir	73.382%
2	NED Nicole the Dulk	Wallace	72.382%
3	DEN Stinna Tange Kaastrup	Smarties	72.029%
4th	FIN Jaana Kivimäki	Bellilene	69,500%
5	GER Alina Rosenberg	Nea's Daboun	68.470%

Grade III

In the championship test of Grade III in Gothenburg, none of the medal winners of this test from the Summer Paralympics 2016 (then still Grade II) competed. Of the 11 participants, the ride of the Briton Suzanna Hext convinced the judges the most, she won with 71.588 percent. The 27-year-old rider, who rode the Bavarian warmblood gelding Abira , used to be an eventing rider. As a result of a fall in 2012, her left foot and ankle are paralyzed.

Places two to five were close together in this test, the other participants achieved results well below 70 percent.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Suzanna Hext	Abira	71.588%
2	GER Claudia Schmidt	Romeo Royal	70.617%
3	GBR Erin Frances Orford	Dior	70.382%
4th	GER Steffen Zeibig	Feel good	70.352%
5	DEN Tobias Thorning Jørgensen	Caribian	70.294%

Grade IV

The Paralypics winner of grade III (now grade IV) in the championship test, Ann Cathrin Lübbe, only came 12th out of 16 starters with her new horse. Instead, gold went to Sanne Voets, who with Demantur last year with fourth place just missed an individual medal. Again a bronze medal went to Louise Etzner Jakobsson and Zernard . The starting field consisted of 16 riders and their horses.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	NED Sanne Voets	Demantur	72.353%
2	BEL Manon Claeys	San Dior	71.560%
3	SWE Louise Etzner Jakobsson	Zernard	70.268%
4th	FRA Jose Letartre	Swing Royal	70.243%
5	DEN Susanne Jensby Sunesen	Que faire	69.975%
	...
9	AUT Bernd Brugger	Bellagio	67.219%
	...
11	SUI Celine van Till	Amanta	65,951%

Grade V

In grade V, the victory in the championship test went to Frank Hosmar and Alphaville , who had won the bronze medal in Rio de Janeiro last year. The winner there, Sophie Wells, now with Fatal Attraction , came silver. Bronze went to Switzerland: Nicole Geiger, who is already 54 years old, contested her second championship in para dressage here after 2016. A fall in 1988 left a partial paralysis of the left side and decreased sensitivity in the feet. Nevertheless, for a long time she refrained from starting in para-dressage. For Switzerland, Geiger's bronze medal was the first ever medal at an international championship in this discipline. A total of ten riders competed in this competition class in Gothenburg.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	NED Frank Hosmar	Alphaville	72.428%
2	GBR Sophie Wells	Fatal Attraction	71.785%
3	SUI Nicole Geiger	Phal de Lafayette	68.619%
4th	ITA Alessio Corradini	Levinia	68.547%
5	BEL Michèle George	Fusion OLD	67.595%

Team ranking

In contrast to the Summer Paralympics, at the European Championships in Gothenburg only the result of the team test was included in the team ranking. The teams consisted of three or four riders each, each nation was allowed to send a maximum of two riders from one grade to this competition.

Before the last rider from each nation, Denmark was in the lead. But the last British rider, Julie Payne, got over 78 percent with her ride. The 68.853 percent of Erin Frances Orford could thus be deleted, Great Britain won the team gold medal in para-dressage again. With a gap of over nine percent to Great Britain, Germany missed a medal. While Elke Philipp achieved one of the best individual results, Alina Rosenberg was unhappy: Her gelding Nea's Daboun was frightened in the team test. As a result, Rosenberg, who had been plagued by a flu-like infection since the flight to Gothenburg, lost himself. She came to a result of 67.348 percent, which was the deletion result of the German team.

While Switzerland only started with two parade riders in Gothenburg and therefore did not have a team, Austria came in sixth place.

space	country	Riders and horses	percent
1	Great Britain		223.776
		Sophie Wells (Grade V) Fatal Attraction	73,581
		Erin Frances Orford (Grade III) Dior	(68,853)
		Suzanna Hext (Grade III) Abira	72.088
		Julie Payne (Grade I) Athene Lindebjerg	78.107
2	Denmark		220.351
		Stinna Tange Kaastrup (Grade II) Smarties	74,000
		Annika Lykke Dalskov Risum (Grade IV) Aros a Fenris	(71,350)
		Tobias Thorning Jørgensen (Grade III) Caribian	72.176
		Susanne Jensby Sunesen (Grade IV) Que Faire	74.175
3	Netherlands		216.965
		Frank Hosmar (Grade V) Alphaville	73,360
		Nicole the Dulk (Grade II) Wallace	73.030
		Lotte Krijnsen (Grade IV) Rosenstolz	(67.825)
		Sanne Voets (Grade IV) Demantur	70.575
4th	Germany		214.536
		Alina Rosenberg (Grade II) Nea's Daboun	(67,348)
		Steffen Zeibig (Grade III) Feel Good	70.911
		Claudia Schmidt (Grade III) Romeo Royal	68.911
		Elke Philipp (Grade I) Regaliz	74.714
5	Italy		209.866
		Alessio Corradini (Grade IV) Levinia	67.674
		Francesca Salvade (Grade III) Muggle	67.764
		Federico Lunghi (Grade IV) Laudario	(60.275)
		Sara Morganti (Grade I) Royal Delight	74.428
6th	Austria		209.782
		Pepo Puch (Grade II) Fontainenoir	73.818
		Bernd Brugger (Grade IV) Bellagio	68,250
		Julia Sciancalepore (Grade I) Pommery	(66,107)
		Michael Martin Knauder (Grade I) Contessa	67.714
7th	Belgium		209.728
8th	Sweden		206.845
9	Finland		204.882
10	France		204.683
11	Norway		203.683
12	Russia		196.984
13	Poland		188.533

Individual ratings: Freestyle

In the freestyle there were eight riders per grade.

Grade I.

Despite marks of only around 6.5 for the serpentine lines, Julie Payne achieved over 80 percent and thus won the gold medal again with Athene Lindebjerg . In the other medal ranks, Elke Philipp and Rihards Snikus swapped places compared to the championship test.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Julie Payne	Athena Lindebjerg	80.393%
2	LAT Rihards Snikus	King of the Dance	77.360%
3	GER Elke Philipp	Regaliz	76.433%
4th	ITA Sara Morganti	Royal Delight	75.380%
5	FIN Katja Karjalainen	Dr. Doolittle	73.200%

Grade II

Irregularities in the corridor meant that Fontainenoir did not pass the constitutional examination before the freestyle. Pepo Puch was unable to take the exam. Gold went to third place in the championship test, Stinna Kaastrup, with a narrow lead from Nicole den Dulk. Alina Rosenberg won the bronze medal, but already more than five percent behind silver.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	DEN Stinna Tange Kaastrup	Smarties	77.060%
2	NED Nicole the Dulk	Wallace	76.720%
3	GER Alina Rosenberg	Nea's Daboun	71.413%
4th	FIN Jaana Kivimäki	Bellilene	69.907%
5	FRA Celine Gerny	Landiro	69.867%

Grade III

In the Grade III freestyle, the decision about the medals was tight: Suzanna Hext secured the top position as in the championship test. Steffen Zeibig followed with 0.234 percentage points. Claudia Schmidt, on the other hand, who had won silver two days earlier, only came in sixth.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Suzanna Hext	Abira	76.407%
2	GER Steffen Zeibig	Feel good	76.173%
3	DEN Tobias Thorning Jørgensen	Caribian	76.127%
4th	GBR Erin Frances Orford	Dior	73.060%
5	SWE Felicia Grimmenhag	Tarot E	72.407%
6th	GER Claudia Schmidt	Romeo Royal	71.793%

Grade IV

The clear winner in the Grade IV freestyle was Susanne Jensby Sunesen with a 2.7 percent lead. The other ranks were also completely swapped compared to the championship test, the winner there Sanne Voets now came third with Demantur .

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	DEN Susanne Jensby Sunesen	Que faire	72.353%
2	SWE Louise Etzner Jakobsson	Zernard	71.560%
3	NED Sanne Voets	Demantur	70.268%
4th	BEL Manon Claeys	San Dior	70.243%
5	DEN Annika Lykke Dalskov Risum	Aros A Fenris	71.700%

Grade V

In Grade V, the gold and silver medal winners were reversed compared to the ranking of the championship test, Sophie Wells and Fatal Attraction won gold. The bronze medal went again to the Swiss Nicole Geiger.

Bottom line:

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	GBR Sophie Wells	Fatal Attraction	78.350%
2	NED Frank Hosmar	Alphaville	76.955%
3	SUI Nicole Geiger	Phal de Lafayette	71.310%
4th	ITA Alessio Corradini	Levinia	69.065%
5	SWE Lena Malmström	Hotdream Que	68.150%

dressage

For all dressage riders participating in the European Championships, the first test on the program was the Grand Prix de Dressage . This was organized over two days on August 22nd and 23rd. All nations that had qualified a team could send four dressage riders each with one horse to Gothenburg. Each team comprised three or four riders from one nation, of which the three best results were used in the team ranking. The team medals were awarded based on this team ranking.

In addition to the team classification, the Grand Prix de Dressage also served as a qualification test for the individual classification. In the next championship test for dressage riders, the Grand Prix Spécial on August 25th, the 30 best participants in the Grand Prix de Dressage are allowed to start. In this test, the first three individual medals in dressage are awarded.

The riders who come in first to 15th in the individual ranking of the Grand Prix Spécial qualify for the Grand Prix Freestyle on Saturday (August 26th). If more than three riders from one or more nations make it into the top 15 of the Grand Prix Spécial, the lowest placed (fourth) rider of the respective nation is not allowed to take part in the Grand Prix Freestyle. For this purpose, another rider would move up after the Grand Prix Spécial has been placed. The individual medals of the Grand Prix Freestyle are awarded solely on the basis of the results of this test.

Team ranking

The Netherlands and Great Britain, usually medal favorites in dressage sport, entered the European Championships weakened: a week before the start of the competitions, Johnson , the stallion of Hans Peter Minderhoud , got rid of a horseshoe and sustained an injury. For him, Emmelie Scholtens and Apache were initially intended to replace him , but here too the horse was injured. In her place, Patrick van der Meer and Uzzo came to Gothenburg. While the Dutch could still muster a full four-rider team, Great Britain did not. While Emile Faurie was able to fall back on his second Grand Prix horse Lollipop due to an injury in good time before the start of the European Championships , Gareth Hughes' horse was only found to be injured in Gothenburg.

Germany was drawn for the last place on the grid for the Grand Prix. Helen Langehanenberg confirmed the nomination for her first championship since 2014 and achieved almost 75 percent with Damsey FRH - clearly the best result of the first riders of each team. Dorothee Schneider and Sammy Davis Jr. finished the first day of the Grand Prix with 74.586 percent, with which the German riders were clearly in the lead after the first day.

On the second day of the Grand Prix, the stronger pairs from the other nations also started. Therese Nilshagen, the third Swedish rider, showed with Dante Weltino OLD at her first international championship a performance that was rewarded with 74.429 percent and meanwhile brought her third place. Sönke Rothenberger and Cosmo start the exam with very high grades. The interim result was over 80 percent when Cosmo was frightened shortly before stopping and reversing . Otherwise, only one mistake in the single substitutions pushed the grade again, 78.343 percent meant the clear lead.

While no Dutch rider made it into the top ten, Great Britain succeeded with their strongest pair in dressage at the time: Carl Hester had suffered a sudden hearing loss a few days earlier. Nevertheless, the world number three , Hester and Nip Tuck , still achieved 74.900 percent, placing them between Schneider and Langehanenberg. But even this result could no longer get the British on course for medals. Instead, there were Scandinavian teams on this: Patrik Kittel as the third from last starter brought Sweden briefly to second place. Cathrine Dufour followed him. The 25-year-old Dane had already achieved one of the best Grand Prix results in the starting field at the Nations Cup in Aachen this season, and she also achieved this in Gothenburg: With Cassidy , she came over 78 percent for the first time in an international Grand Prix and thus secured Denmark the silver medal. The team ranking was decided, and after just three riders, Germany was unassailable in the lead. Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD as the last starters were able to increase this result in terms of value marks, with a lead of over five percent they clearly delivered the best result of the day.

Switzerland and Austria each sent four riders to the dressage nation award. The second Swiss starter, Charlotte Lenherr, was ringed during her ride because blood was found on her horse's mouth. Even if there was no active bleeding, this resulted in exclusion. Nevertheless, the results of their team colleagues were enough for eighth place. Just behind in ninth place came the four representatives from Austria.

space	country	Riders and horses	percent
1	Germany		237,072
		Helen Langehanenberg with Damsey FRH	74.986
		Dorothee Schneider with Sammy Davis Jr.	(74,586)
		Sönke Rothenberger with Cosmo	78,343
		Isabell Werth with Weihegold OLD	83.743
2	Denmark		224.643
		Agnete Kirk Thinggaard with Jojo	(70,629)
		Anna Zibrandtsen with Arlando	72,957
		Anna Kasprzak with Donnperignon	73.386
		Cathrine Dufour with Cassidy	78,300
3	Sweden		221.143
		Rose Mathisen with Zuidenwind	(69,914)
		Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén with Paridon Magi	72.857
		Therese Nilshagen with Dante Weltino OLD	74.429
		Patrik Kittel with Delaunay	73.857
4th	Great Britain		219.272
		Emile Faurie with lollipop	72.286
		Spencer Wilton with Super Nova II	72.086
		Carl Hester with Nip Tuck	74,900
5	Netherlands		216.628
		Patrick van der Meer with Zippo	(71,114)
		Diederik van Silfhout with Four Seasons	72.528
		Madeleine Witte-Vrees with Cennin	71.643
		Edward Gal with voice	72.457
6th	Portugal		210.656
		Vasco Mira Godinho with Bariloche	(66,357)
		Boaventura Freire with Sai Baba Plus	67.214
		Maria Caetano with Coroado	70.842
		Daniel Pinto with Santurion de Massa	72,600
7th	Spain		210.185
		Cristóbal Belmonte Roldán with Diavolo II	(65,443)
		Jordi Domingo Coll with Mango Statesman	68,571
		Claudio Castilla Ruiz with Alcaide	69.228
		Severo Jurado López with Deep Impact	72.386
8th	Switzerland		205.199
		Anna-Mengia Aerne with Raffaelo v. Bene	68.671
		Charlotte Lenherr with Darko of de Niro	(retired)
		Antonella Joannou with Dandy de la Roche	67.671
		Marcela Krinke Susmelj with Molberg	68.857
9	Austria		204,942
		Christian Schumach with Picardo	(66,957)
		Astrid Neumayer with Rodriguez	67.071
		Belinda Weinbauer with his son Brilliant	70.328
		Victoria Max-Theurer with a blind date	67.543
10	France		204.127
11	Russia		200.185
12	Poland		198.413
13	Finland		195.514
14th	Hungary		195.014
15th	Ukraine		190.129
16	Belarus		189.213

Individual classification: Grand Prix Spécial

Spencer Wilton started his test with a strong trot tour with the Supa Nova II . Gallop pirouette and single change did not go as desired and hit the mark, but the overall result of 76.078 percent initially put him clearly in the lead. Madeleine Witte-Vrees and the now 10-year-old Cennin were able to convince in the winter season. In Gothenburg in the Grand Prix Spécial they made an expensive mistake at the assembled canter, the stallion galloped on the wrong hand (all riders gave a 4.0 for the lesson). Otherwise there were mostly grades in the range of 7.5 or 8.0, final grade 74.636 percent.

The Swede Therese Nilshagen, who trains with Klaus Balkenhol , was able to convince the judges with Dante Weltino with a faultless ride: Consistently grades of 7.5 and 8.0, but also the first nines in the lesson and several times the 9.0 in the final grades now she is clearly in the lead with 78.585 percent. More expensive mistakes crept in with Dorothee Schneider and Sammy Davis Jr. towards the end of the test: The canter pirouette only got grades between 3.0 and 5.0, coordination problems showed up in the last piaffe, the final score was 73.249 percent. Unexpectedly after this mark, however, they did not become the worst rated German couple: Helen Langehanenberg's horse Damsey did not piaffe when this was first required in the task. When he used more spurs, the stallion kicked backwards. By the time the two got back together, the piaffe passage tour was over, the intermediate grade had meanwhile dropped to 63 percent. Langehanenberg was able to work their way up to 70.756 percent by the time they reached the final score, but they were far from qualifying for the Grand Prix Freestyle.

Next up were the favorites to win, Isabell Werth and Weihegold OLD . They met expectations, the result was 83.613 percent. Cathrine Dufour and Cassidy also showed a top performance . Four years after their joint victory at the European Young Rider Championships, they only missed 80 percent in Gothenburg. This should be third place in the end, Sönke Rothenberger and Cosmo pushed ahead of them . After initially there were only grades around 7.0 in the step tour, the pair of judges was able to elicit the grade 10.0 several times in the single and double changes. Only one mistake in the strong trot interrupted the highly rated lessons. 82.479 percent brought Rothenberger the silver medal, the chief judge at C had even seen him with over 85 percent before Isabell Werth.

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	Isabell Werth	Weihegold OLD	83.613%
2	Sönke Rothenberger	Cosmo	82.479%
3	Cathrine Dufour	Cassidy	79.762%
4th	Therese Nilshagen	Dante Weltino OLD	78.585%
5	Carl Hester	Nip tuck	76.723%
6th	Spencer Wilton	Super Nova II	76.078%
7th	Patrik Kittel	Delaunay	75.490%
8th	Anna Kasprzak	Donnperignon	74.986%
9	Madeleine Witte-Vrees	Cennin	74.636%
10	Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén	Paridon Magi	74.230%
11	Anna Zibrandtsen	Arlando	73.333%
12	Dorothee Schneider	Sammy Davis Jr.	73.249%
	...
17th	Belinda winemaker	Son brilliant	74.232%
	...
21st	Helen Langehanenberg	Damsey FRH	70.756%
	...
26th	Marcela Krinke Susmelj	Molberg	68.882%
	...
-	Anna-Mengia Aerne	Raffaelo v. Bene	eliminated

Individual ranking: Grand Prix Freestyle

Due to their results in the Grand Prix Spécial, two nations qualified four riders for the final test of the best 15 riders: Sweden and Denmark. Because of the rules, Rose Mathisen and Agnete Kirk Thinggaard, the lowest placed riders in their nation, could not start, Severo Jesus Jurado Lopez and Belinda Weinbauer moved up into the starting field.

Before the last five riders in the freestyle, the leaders so far were close together: only 0.479 percent was between first place Anna Zibrandtsen and Patrik Kittel in fourth place. These four riders each received marks in the 77 percent range. For the next starter, Therese Nilshagen, and for her stallion Dante Weltino, the freestyle in Gothenburg was only the third Grand Prix Freestyle in their careers. They mastered this with flying colors, the judges gave just over 80 percent for this.

This was followed by Carl Hester and Nip Tuck's freestyle . Hester started with a very difficult middle line: First he rode piaffes and passages including a piaffe pirouette, then switched to gallop to ride a double canter pirouette on the middle line. Only when he was at a strong trot did he get moderate marks, the overall result was 80.614 percent. With Cassidy, Cathrine Dufour increased the level of performance again: No lesson with a grade below a seven and B grades between 85 and 90 percent resulted in an overall rating of 84.561 percent.

While Sönke Rothenberger and Cosmo had only been the lowest-placed German couple in the Grand Prix Special at the Olympic Games a good twelve months earlier and were therefore not allowed to start in the freestyle, they were now favorites after winning the silver medal the day before. They were able to withstand this claim: the judges gave the top grade ten multiple times, both in the A grade and the B grade. A mistake was made during the single changes when Cosmo did not jump once at the end, but this was only slightly reflected in the lesson grade. In the end, the final result was 90.614 percent - for the first time, Rothenberger broke the 90 percent mark at Grand Prix level.

Isabell Werth was now under pressure: She too had to come within the range of her individual best result with Weihegold OLD in order to win gold. The highlight of the ride were the piaffe passage tours, in these lessons and the associated transitions no judge gave less than a nine as a grade, a few times a ten was also given. The decision was extremely tight: two of the judges saw Rothenberger in front, five gave Werth the preference. The difference in the overall result was 0.368 percent, Isabell Werth won her first gold medal at a European championship.

rank	equestrian	horse	percent
1	Isabell Werth	Weihegold OLD	90.982%
2	Sönke Rothenberger	Cosmo	90.614%
3	Cathrine Dufour	Cassidy	84.561%
4th	Carl Hester	Nip tuck	80.614%
5	Therese Nilshagen	Dante Weltino OLD	80.411%
6th	Anna Zibrandtsen	Arlando	77.829%
7th	Anna Kasprzak	Donnperignon	77.696%
8th	Madeleine Witte-Vrees	Cennin	77.511%
9	Patrik Kittel	Delaunay	77.350%
10	Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén	Paridon Magi	76.789%
11	Dorothee Schneider	Sammy Davis Jr.	76.289%
12	Severo Jurado López	Deep impact	75.675%
13	Spencer Wilton	Super Nova II	75.443%
14th	Belinda winemaker	Son brilliant	74.232%
15th	Diederik van Silfhout	Four Seasons	72.657%

Leap

The national contingent could consist of five show jumpers each with one horse, with one pair serving as a reserve and (if no other rider or horse from his nation was canceled before the start of the time competition) did not take part in the competitions. Nations that did not send a team were able to start individual riders.

As is usual in show jumping championships, the first test in show jumping was a time competition . This test on August 23rd served as the first evaluation test for the individual and team classification. The winners of the time jumping were awarded zero penalty points after the test. The time difference between the winner and the other riders was multiplied by 0.5 and thus resulted in their number of penalty points.

The next day the first round of the Nations Cup took place, the second round followed on the evening of August 25th. The Nations Cup was held as a jumping competition with two rounds . The converted result of the time jumping test was included in the evaluation. The second round of the test will be carried out on a modified course. Only the ten best teams in the overall ranking are allowed to start, as are other riders who are still among the top 50 in the individual ranking. Here the decision of the team ranking is made (addition of the time jumping test and both rounds of the Nations Cup). If two or more teams were tied for first place after the second round, a jump-off would be necessary for the award of the gold medal.

The starting field is reduced again before the third, final test of the individual classification (a jumping competition with two rounds): Only the 25 best pairs of participants are allowed to start here. The previous penalty points are retained. The overall ranking of the individual ranking includes all three championship tests with a total of five rides per rider. Here, too, if several riders are tied for first place in the overall ranking after the final test, a jump-off for gold may be necessary.

Intermediate result after the time jump

Belgium had to make use of its fifth rider: During the training jumping on the day before the start of the show jumping competitions, Olivier Philippaerts fell when his horse was refused . Philippaerts held on to the reins, his mare leapt backwards and dislocated his shoulder. Jérôme Guery moved up for him in the team.

The time jumping started before 9 a.m., as the stadium was used again for the dressage Nations Cup in the afternoon. When the first riders started, the sun was low, cast long shadows and dazzled in the moat. Under these difficult conditions, Maurice Tebbel was the first German rider to lack the necessary luck, with eight penalty points for him and Chacco's Son . A comparable result by Laura Klaphake resulted in 11.52 penalty points for the German team, which meant seventh place. Austria came one place in front with rather slow rides, but only two drops in total. At the head of the field were Sweden, France and Switzerland in the lead. Between the three teams there were only about two penalty points.

In the individual standings, the individual silver medalists of the 2016 Olympic Games, Peder Fredricson and All In , were in the lead. Marcus Ehning was a little over a second slower with Pret A Tout and was thus in second place in the intermediate ranking.

Intermediate result after the second round

The starting field on the first day of the Nations Cup (second evaluation test, team evaluation) was divided into three parts: First the individual riders competed, then the teams placed 11th to 17th followed, before the ten best teams competed against each other. The Dutch, who were still European champions in 2015, were only twelfth after the time jump with the equivalent of 14.53 penalty points. In this second round they were clearly the best team in the first team group. Of the other nations in this group, not a single rider was without faults.

From the second team group, Portugal was also unable to meet the demands of the jumping course, with the exception of Luciana Diniz, who was also promising in the individual evaluation. Portugal lost its place in the top ten after this test, while the Netherlands qualified for the third round of the top ten teams on the following day. For Austria, Roland Englbrecht finished the second round with 38 penalty points. But his result remained the deletion result, with ninth place you also qualified for the following day. France slipped from second to eighth due to 18 penalty points. Germany had two clear rounds from Marcus Ehning and Laura Klaphake, supplemented by four penalty points from Philipp Weishaupt, they found themselves in sixth place. The Swiss lost their lead to Sweden, but stayed ahead of the Irish who were now third. Their second rider, Bertram Allen, had little luck: his horse Hector van d'Abdijhoeve initially refused an oxer, but jumped over it on the second attempt, but so unhappy that Allen fell from his horse and was eliminated.

After the second lap, Peder Fredricson was still in the lead ahead of Marcus Ehning. An obstacle error caused Steve Guerdat and Bianca to drop from fourth to 20th place.

Team ranking

After 15 individual riders, the riders of the remaining teams went into the final round for the team decision on Friday evening. This circuit took place under floodlights. The course no longer contained a moat. The time allowed was tight at 84 seconds and the jumping course was also championship format. The Austrian team was only able to cope with this claim to a limited extent: For Roland Englbrecht as the first rider, this round did not go well either, he gave up. Julia Houtzager-Kayser with Cayetano Z had so far also been promising in the individual standings, but 20 penalty points ruined the remaining hopes for a good result. Christian Rhomberg and Max Kühner showed good rides, but with over 50 penalty points from three rounds Austria only came in last of the ten places this evening.

The Dutch took their chance and worked their way up to sixth place in this round. In return, Italy had to score ten and nine penalty points for its first two riders. Alberto Zorzi did not make any mistakes, but Lorenzo de Luca did not go well either: After eight penalty points he saw no point in continuing the course and gave up. The German team benefited from this: After four, five and eight penalty points, the last hopes for a medal were gone and they were now in sixth place. De Lucas's task and a faultless lap for Philipp Weishaupt led to the final result: fifth place.

At the front of the field, missing results made every mistake decisive: Ireland was only three at the start after Bertram Allen fell, Sweden's second rider Malin Baryard-Johnsson gave up her ride in this lap. Another eight penalty points from Douglas Lindelöw even let Sweden slip out of the medal ranks. Switzerland also gave away the chance for the gold medal with drops from Nadja Peter Steiner and Romain Duguet. So Ireland was now in the lead.

The last riders brought the decision: Gregory Wathelet got four penalty points for Belgium, so only Pieter Devos was without mistakes in this round for Belgium. Cian O'Connor could have made an obstacle error, but like Shane Sweetnam and Denis Lynch, he was without a mistake before. With that, the second European championship team gold after 2001 was certain for the Irish. Steve Guerdat had four penalty points with Bianca , which meant that Switzerland slipped into third place. Peder Fredricson also crossed the finish line in the third round with all in without penalty points, so Sweden took silver in front of the home crowd.

space	country	Riders and horses	Penalty points
			Time jumping	Nations Cup 1st round	Nations Cup 2nd round	total
1	Ireland		8.11	4th	0	12.11
		Shane Sweetnam with Chaqui Z	2.10	0	0
		Bertram Allen with Hector van d'Abdijhoeve	(7.85)	(retired)	(not started)
		Denis Lynch with All Star	3.76	4th	0
		Cian O'Connor with Good Luck	2.25	0	0
2	Sweden		7.21	1	10	18.21
		Henrik von Eckermann with Mary Lou	(9.19)	1	1
		Malin Baryard-Johnsson with Cue Channa	5.05	0	(given up)
		Douglas Lindelöw with Zacramento	2.16	(4)	9
		Peder Fredricson with All In	0.00	0	0
3	Switzerland		5.15	6th	9	20.15
		Nadja Peter Steiner with Saura de Fondcombe	(7.87)	(13)	5
		Romain Duguet with Twentytwo des Biches	2.28	1	(8th)
		Martin Fuchs with Clooney	2.03	0	0
		Steve Guerdat with Bianca	0.84	5	4th
4th	Belgium		12.11	0	9	21.11
		Pieter Devos with Espoir	4.05	(0)	0
		Niels Bruynseels with Cas de Liberte	3.84	0	5
		Jérôme Guery with Grand Cru van de Rozenberg	4.22	0	(5)
		Gregory Wathelet with Coree	(4.65)	0	4th
5	Germany		11.52	4th	9	24.52
		Marcus Ehning with Pret A Tout	0.59	0	4th
		Laura Klaphake with Catch Me If You Can	(9.20)	0	5
		Maurice Tebbel with Chaccos' Son	8.20	(12)	(8th)
		Philipp Weishaupt with Convall	2.73	4th	0
6th	Netherlands		14.53	11	5	30.53
		Harrie Smolders with Don Z	4.52	1	0
		Ruben Romp with Teavanta II CZ	(8.73)	(14)	(5)
		Marc Houtzager with Calimero	6.35	5	5
		Jur Vrieling with Glasgow v. Merelsnest	3.66	5	0
7th	France		6.78	18th	7th	31.78
		Mathieu Billot with Shiva d'Amaury	(4.29)	9	2
		Kevin Staut with Reveur de Hurtebise	0.91	0	(12)
		Roger-Yves Bost with Sangria du Coty	2.39	9	0
		Pénélope Leprevost with Vagabond de la Pomme	3.48	(9)	5
8th	Italy		13.25	2	9	34.25
		Luca Marziani with Tokyo du Soleil	(7.23)	2	10
		Emilio Bicocchi with Ares	4.69	(4)	9
		Alberto Zorzi with Cornetto K	2.82	0	0
		Lorenzo de Luca with Armitages Boy	5.74	0	(given up)
9	Spain		8.85	15th	18th	41.85
		Gerardo Menendez Mieres with Cassino	3.33	5	9
		Manuel Fernandez Saro with U Watch	(3.77)	5	(21)
		Sergio Álvarez Moya with Arrayan	1.86	5	0
		Eduardo Álvarez Aznar with Rokfeller de Pleville	3.66	(8th)	9
10	Austria		10.90	14th	26th	50.90
		Roland Englbrecht with Chambery	(9.39)	(38)	(given up)
		Julia Houtzager-Kayser with Cayetano Z	3.11	1	20th
		Christian Rhomberg with Saphyr des Lacs	5.03	4th	5
		Max Kühner with Chardonnay	2.76	9	1
11	Portugal		13.41	22nd		35.41
12	Czech Republic		18.83	19th		37.83
13	Norway		13.44	30th		43.44
14th	Denmark		25.30	27		52.30
15th	Russia		18.38	36		54.38
16	Ukraine		23.64	33		56.64
17th	Hungary		20.11	44		64.11

Individual evaluation

The obstacle error in the second round of the Nations Cup threw Marcus Ehning back to ninth place. Eight penalty points for Luciana Diniz dashed her medal hopes, from third place she fell to 15th place. Danielle Goldstein drew attention from the circle of the individual riders: In both rounds of the Nations Cup she remained flawless and thus worked her way up to seventh place in the individual ranking. The six riders lying in front of her managed to do the same with their horses, above all Peder Fredricson with All In .

On Sunday there were still two laps: the first for the best 25, the second only for the best 12 riders. Roger-Yves Bost, Kevin Staut and Luciana Diniz did not start on Sunday. As a result, Christian Weier, among others, moved up into the starting field on Sunday, he was the first participant to start. The Luxembourger had , among other things, a refusal with Global , his result increased by 20 penalty points to 40.25. Laura Klaphake, the fourth starter, was the first to overcome the course without an obstacle error. With Catch Me If You Can she only got one time penalty point, in the end result the 17th place. Things went a little better for the next starter: Christian Rhomberg managed a clear round, with 16th place in the end he was the best Austrian. His compatriot Max Kühner had to accept five penalty points.

For the remaining Swiss, this first round of Sunday did not go well: Romain Duguet gave up after Twentytwo des Biches had collected eight penalty points. Steve Guerdat did not have his tournament either, since the time competition he had not been without mistakes in any round with Bianca and also received four penalty points. Martin Fuchs was in a promising position for an individual medal with Clooney before this lap , but eight penalty points let him drop from second to 13th. So he did not qualify for the second round of the final day either.

In the second lap of Sunday, Belgium and Ireland, each with three riders, made up half of the starting field. It was Marcus Ehning who, as starter number three, brought the first clear round to the finish. After another mistake in the first round of the day, Ehning was able to end the tournament well with Pret A Tout . Several of the following starters also contributed to this, due to the mistakes of Danielle Goldstein and Denis Lynch, Ehning climbed further up the ranking. While Pieter Devos and Alberto Zorzi had no obstacle errors, Philipp Weishaupt and Convall's ride was unhappy. Before the ride, not too far from the medal ranks, twelve penalty points were added after a refusal in front of the second obstacle. Shane Sweetnam, fourth from last, also missed a faultless lap.

Harrie Smolders and his Zangersheider stallion Don had it in hand to secure a medal, which he did with a clear round. Cian O'Connor, so far without a fault, made a goalkeeper throw with Good Luck in this last lap, the four penalty points threw him back behind Smolders. This meant that a comfortable gap had grown backwards for Peder Fredricson, he could afford an obstacle error and a time penalty. Exactly these five penalty points were incurred with All In , but it was enough to win the individual gold medal in front of his home audience.

rank	equestrian	horse	converted points	Penalty points				Overall result
				2nd partial examination		3rd partial examination
			1st partial examination	1st round	2nd round	1st round	2nd round
1	Peder Fredricson	All in	0.00	0	0	0	5	5.00
2	Harrie Smolders	Don Z	4.52	1	0	0	0	5.52
3	Cian O'Connor	good luck	2.25	0	0	0	4th	6.25
4th	Alberto Zorzi	Cornetto K	2.82	0	0	4th	1	7.82
5	Pieter Devos	Espoir	4.05	0	0	4th	0	8.05
6th	Marcus Ehning	Pret A Tout	0.59	0	4th	4th	0	8.59
7th	Niels Bruynseels	Cas de Liberte	3.84	0	5	0	1	9.84
8th	Shane Sweetnam	Chaqui Z	2.10	0	0	4th	4th	10.10
9	Danielle Goldstein	Lizziemary	4.49	0	0	4th	4th	12.49
10	Denis Lynch	All star	3.76	4th	0	0	5	12.76
11	Jérôme Guery	Grand Cru van de Rozenberg	4.22	0	5	0	5	14.22
12	Philipp Weishaupt	Convall	2.73	4th	0	0	16	22.73
13	Martin Fuchs	Clooney	2.03	0	0	8th		10.03
14th	Sergio Álvarez Moya	Arrayan	1.86	5	0	4th		10.86
15th	Steve Guerdat	Bianca	0.84	5	4th	4th		13.84
16	Christian Rhomberg	Saphyr des Lacs	5.03	4th	5	0		14.03
17th	Laura Klaphake	Catch Me If You Can	9.20	0	5	1		15.20
	...
20th	Max Kühner	Chardonnay	2.76	9	1	5		17.76
	...
24	Christian Weier	Global	4.25	10	6th	20th		40.25
25th	Romain Duguet	Twentytwo des Biches	2.28	1	8th	UP		-
	...
41	Julia Houtzager-Kayser	Cayetano Z	3.11	1	20th			24.11
	...
47	René Tebbel	Cosun	5.30	10	18th			33.30
	...
57	Maurice Tebbel	Chaccos' Son	8.20	12				20.20
	...
59	Nadja Peter Steiner	Saura de Fondcombe	7.87	13				20.87
	...
62	Marcel Ewen	Excenel V	8.25	13				21.25
	...
67	Ulrich Kirchhoff	Ferrero van Overis	8.06	17th				25.06
	...
72	Roland Englbrecht	Chambery	9.39	38				47.39

Driving four in hand

The driving sport represented at the European Championships in Gothenburg was the four-in-hand driver. The drivers contested three partial tests: on Friday (August 25th) all teams started in the driving dressage. One day later the off-road driving (marathon driving) followed, on the last day of the tournament the obstacle driving was organized as the third partial test. The individual and team scores resulted from adding up the results of the three sub-tests.

Nations that made up a team could take part in the driving competitions with three drivers and their teams. Each team consisted of four horses plus one other horse for exchange. The teams each consisted of two or three drivers. The results of two drivers per nation were counted for the team classification, but the deletion result in the individual partial tests could come from different drivers.

Intermediate results

After the dressage the always favored Dutch were in the team standings and with two drivers also in the individual ones. But the European Championships got off to a good start for Germany too: the team was in second place. In the singles the only lady in the starting field of the drivers, Mareike Harm, came fourth. Christoph Sandmann and Georg von Stein lined up in fifth and seventh place.

The off-road course was initially judged to be not particularly technically demanding. However, the ground conditions turned out to be challenging: After the first section of the marathon ride through the city, the ground in Slottsskogen got deeper with each team, and in the park and also in the obstacles it was often up and downhill. The Swiss Jérome Voutaz, who started as the second driver, mastered the off-road course best. In the team standings, the German team was only able to narrow the gap to the Netherlands minimally. In the individual, IJsbrand Chardon was now ahead, Edouard Simonet and Christoph Sandmann followed in second and third.

Individual evaluation

After the individual European champion from 2015, Michael Brauchle, had renounced a nomination for Gothenburg due to a lack of performance (among other things his lead horse Jamaica had died in winter ), it was certain that there would be a new European champion.

Jérome Voutaz and his team also achieved the best result in obstacle driving. Since he was only 20th in dressage, it wasn't enough for a top place in the overall ranking, he came in ninth. At the top, the obstacle course brought no more changes: Theo Timmerman just missed a medal, Christoph Sandmann secured bronze. Silver and gold went to Edouard Simonet and IJsbrand Chardon.

rank	driver	Horses	Minus points
			dressage	Marathon driving	Obstacle driving	Bottom line
1	IJsbrand Chardon	Baldun , Eddy , Senator , Danbrozie and Darco	44.01	103.36	3.00	150.37
2	Edouard Simonet	Bouke , Dark Dream , El Fiero van de Vemmekeshoeve , Bauke and Sanne	45.42	106.08	0.30	151.80
3	Christoph Sandmann	Amico , Bo Liberator , Fredie U , Wanita and Wierd	47.19	104.63	1.51	153.33
4th	Theo Timmerman	Balero , Boy , Dakota , Esprit and Mister	41.82	113.91	0.68	156.41
5	Georg von Stein	Despardo , Fax , Mokka , Playboy and Zindgraaf	48.37	108.07	1.41	157.85
6th	Koos de Ronde	Alino , Cupido , Palero , Ulano and Zimon	48.02	109.86	0.00	157.88
7th	Benjamin Aillaud	Beene van de Dubelsile , Doeke de la Pourcaud , Sybren P , Tiemen and Yse	48.37	112.39	0.12	160.88
8th	József Dobrovitz Jr.	Conversano Bajnok , Dante , Exclusive , Jatek and Reno	55.98	106.50	0.08	162.56
9	Jérome Voutaz	Belle du Peupe CH , Eva III CH , Flore CH , Folie des Moulins CH and Leon	62.36	102.88	0.00	165.24
10	Axel Olin	Amigo , Bolero , Pamino , Revolt and Wittstein	55.04	115.16	0.00	170.20
11	Jiri Nesvacil Jr.	Generale Pastorella XLIX , Amiga XXXIV , Represa XXXIV , Rudolfo Ecrasita II and Sacramoso Aversa XI	52.38	118.55	0.00	170.93
12	Mareike Harm	Amicello , Luxus Boy , Racciano , Sunfire and Zazou	46.13	121.92	3.16	171.21
	...
19th	Martin Wagner	Cato V , Finity , Korina , Lucky XIX CH and Ninjo CH	56.46	131.40	8.48	196.34
20th	Andreas Ruschitzka	Cavalla , Concordia , Generale Extracta XLIX , Generalissimus Colyria and Siglavy Capriola Sába	60.05	138.00	19.07	217.12

Team ranking

In the decision for the team medals, the Dutch once again proved their favorite position: In obstacle driving, less than one point (0.68 points) was added to their result, which was clearly the gold medal. Belgium and France scored even fewer points. The German contingent received 2.92 points, but had enough advantage to win the silver medal.

space	country	driver	Points
			dressage	Marathon driving	Obstacle driving	Bottom line
1	Netherlands		85.83	213.22	0.68	299.73
		Koos de Ronde	(48.02)	109.86	0.00
		IJsbrand Chardon	44.01	103.36	3.00
		Theo Timmerman	41.82	(113.91)	0.68
2	Germany		93.32	212.70	2.92	308.94
		Mareike Harm	46.13	(121.92)	(3.16)
		Georg von Stein	(48.37)	108.07	1.41
		Christoph Sandmann	47.19	104.63	1.51
3	Belgium		95.86	223.88	0.30	320.04
		Edouard Simonet	45.42	106.08	0.30
		Dries Degrieck	(59.82)	(120.56)	0.00
		Glenn Geerts	50.44	117.80	(4.86)
4th	France		108.25	224.73	0.12	333.10
		Anthony Horde	(63.71)	(115.31)	0.00
		Benjamin Aillaud	48.37	110.39	0.12
		Thibault Coudry	59.88	114.34	(3.05)
5	Sweden		106.36	232.54	7.54	346.44
6th	Hungary		109.84	235.57	11.11	356.52
7th	Switzerland		118.82	234.28	8.48	361.58
		Jérome Voutaz	62.36	102.88	0.00
		Martin Wagner	56.46	131.40	8.48

Framework audits

The framework tests of the European Championships comprised three tours: dressage tests for riders up to 25 years of age, jumping tests for riders up to 25 years of age and other jumping tests.

U25 dressage: Grand Prix Freestyle

The Lövsta Future Challenge International U 25 Dressage consisted of two tests: an FEI Grand Prix U25 on Thursday morning and a Grand Prix Freestyle on Saturday afternoon. Eleven horse-rider pairs competed in both tests. The dominant rider was Juan Matute Guimon, who won both tests with Quantico . Matute Guimon had already been the European Junior Champion in 2015 and has already represented Spain twice in the Nations Cup series of dressage riders .

Result Grand Prix Freestyle (U25):

	equestrian	horse	Result
1	Juan Matute Guimon	Quantico	78.200%
2	Lina Dolk	Biggles	74.400%
3	Jill Huybregts	Zamacho Z	73.100%

(Places one to three out of a total of 11 participants)

U25 jumping

The Lövsta Future Challenge International U 25 Jumping offered two tests for show jumpers up to 25 years of age . On Saturday morning, the riders started in two teams in a team competition, which was organized as a jumping competition with two rounds (up to 1.45 m). Here the Swedish team won in front of a mixed team (with the Swiss Emilie Stampfi). The German riders Justine Tebbel and Vanessa Borgmann came third.

The main test on Sunday morning was a jumping competition with jump-off . This test included obstacles up to 1.50 m. Here eight riders qualified for the jump-off, including Vanessa Borgmann with Caspar IV (fourth place) and Justine Tebbel with Light Star (sixth place). The victory went to 25-year-old Irishman Richard Howley.

Result jumping competition with jump-off (U25):

	equestrian	horse	1st round	Sting
				Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Richard Howley	Chinook	0	0	45.89
2	Karin Martinsen	Quantos	0	0	46.06
3	Irma Karlsson	Ida van de Bisschop	0	0	46.57

(Places one to three out of a total of 19 participants)

Grand Prix

For other riders, in particular for the reserve riders of the championship teams and for additional horses of the championship riders, three more jumping competitions were offered in the supporting program in Gothenburg. The Grand Prix on Saturday evening was a jumping competition with jump-offs with obstacles up to 1.55 m high.

The dominant couple of these framework tests were the German champions 2017, Simone Blum and Alice . The reserve pair of the German team finished eleventh in the first test and won both the second test and the Grand Prize endowed with 55,000 euros.

	equestrian	horse	1st round	Sting
				Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Simone Blum	DSP Alice	0	0	35.63
2	Vladimir Tuganov	Suspens Floreval	0	0	36.39
3	Danielle Goldstein	Caspar	0	0	36.77

(Places one to three out of a total of 38 participants)

Web links

• European Championships website
• Schedule, start and result lists

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Host of the FEI tournament highlights announced until 2017 , St. Georg , June 11, 2014
2. ↑ Arenas ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , gothenburg2017.com  
3. ↑ About the event ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Map of the European Championships  
4. ↑ Partners , gothenburg2017.com
5. ↑ TV program Eurosport 1 from August 24th to 27th , tvinfo.de
6. ↑ Team bronze for Swiss riders, EM gold to Ireland - broadcast reference: livestream on srf.ch/sport
7. ↑ No Swiss in the final - Fuchs awards EM medal in Gothenburg - broadcast reference: srf.ch/sport, livestream, August 27, 2017, 1:55 p.m.
8. ↑ Sensational news: ClipMyHorse is broadcasting the European Championships from Strzegom and Gothenburg! , Dominique Wehrmann / St. Georg, August 16, 2017
9. ↑ Schedule of the FEI European Championships 2017 ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , gothenburg2017.com  
10. ↑ European Para-Dressage Championships in Gothenburg on the website of the German Equestrian Association (pferd-aktuell.de)
11. ↑ Julie Payne: Biography ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , equestrianteamgbr.co.uk, accessed August 21, 2017 
12. ↑ Individual evaluation Championshiptest Grade I (PDF)
13. ↑ Individual evaluation Championshiptest Grade II (PDF)
14. ↑ Meet Suzanna Hext: H & H's new blogger , Suzanna Hext / Horse & Hound , March 28, 2014
15. ↑ Individual evaluation Championshiptest Grade III (PDF)
16. ↑ Individual evaluation Championshiptest Grade IV (PDF)
17. ↑ Nicole Geiger proves: Dressage riding is also possible with a handicap , regional journal Aargau Solothurn on Swiss radio and television , July 31, 2016
18. ^ Another bronze for Nicole Geiger , Horse Week, 23 August 2017
19. ↑ Individual evaluation Championshiptest Grade V (PDF)
20. ↑ EM Göteborg: Para-Reiter somewhat unlucky fourth , Reiter Revue International, 22 August 2017
21. ↑ German Para-Team just past the medal , St. Georg, August 22, 2017
22. ↑ Final result of the team ranking (PDF)
23. ↑ Individual evaluation Freestyle Grade I
24. ↑ EM shock: No freestyle for Pepo Puch and Fontainenoir! , pferderevue.at, 23 August 2017
25. ↑ Individual evaluation Freestyle Grade II
26. ↑ Individual evaluation freestyle grade III
27. ↑ Individual evaluation Freestyle Grade IV (PDF)
28. ↑ Individual evaluation Freestyle Grade V (PDF)
29. ↑ European Dressage Championships in Gothenburg on the website of the German Equestrian Association (pferd-aktuell.de)
30. ↑ Apache injured - but no EM for Emmelie Scholtens , St. Georg, August 17, 2017
31. ↑ EM Gothenburg: British dressage team has to reschedule , Dominique Wehrmann / St. Georg, August 21, 2017
32. ↑ EM Göteborg: Respect for “the machine”, a sudden hearing loss that blocks a top couple and anger about missing transmissions - MIT BILDERGALERIE , Reiter Revue International, 24 August 2017
33. ^ FEI Athlete Performance: Cathrine Dufour
34. ↑ EM Dressage: "Tiggy" Lenherr excluded , Horse Week, August 22, 2017
35. ↑ Dressage, team competition (PDF)
36. ↑ Live Ticker European Championships Gothenburg: Dressage - Grand Prix Special , Jan Tönjes / St. Georg, August 25, 2017
37. ↑ Dressage: Result Grand Prix Spécial with individual marks
38. ↑ European Championships Gothenburg: Live Ticker Dressage - Freestyle , Jan Tönjes / St. Georg, August 26th 2017
39. ↑ Dressage: Result of the Grand Prix Freestyle with individual marks
40. ↑ European Jumping Championships in Gothenburg on the website of the German Equestrian Association (pferd-aktuell.de)
41. ↑ EM Gothenburg: Belgian show jumping team has to reschedule , Reiter Revue International, 22 August 2017
42. ↑ EM Göteborg: Maurice Tebbels start with two drops , Reiter Revue International, 23 August 2017
43. ↑ Show jumping, intermediate result of the team ranking after the time jumping (PDF)
44. ↑ ^{a b} Show jumping, intermediate standings after the time jumping (PDF)
45. ↑ EM Göteborg: Sweden leads in the Nations Cup jumping, Germany currently sixth , Reiter Revue International, August 24, 2017
46. ↑ Show jumping: Intermediate result of the team ranking after two rounds (PDF)
47. ↑ Show jumping: Intermediate standings after two rounds (PDF)
48. ↑ Show jumping: final result of team ranking (PDF)
49. ↑ Show jumping: starting order third round
50. ↑ Show jumping, final result of the team ranking (PDF)
51. ↑ Show jumping: Intermediate standings after three rounds (PDF)
52. ↑ EM Show jumping Gothenburg: No medals in the singles , live ticker by Laura Schwabbauer / German Equestrian Association, August 27, 2017
53. ↑ Show jumping: final result, individual evaluation
54. ↑ European Driving Championships in Gothenburg , website of the German Equestrian Association (pferd-aktuell.de)
55. ↑ Four-in-hand driving: team evaluation after dressage (PDF)
56. ↑ Driving four in hand: Individual evaluation after dressage (PDF)
57. ^ EM Göteborg: Marathon through the city, Germans on medal course , St. Georg, August 26, 2017
58. ↑ Four-in-hand driving: team ranking after off-road driving (PDF)
59. ↑ Four-in-hand driving: individual evaluation after the off-road driving (PDF)
60. ↑ Michael Brauchle waives EM nomination , reiterjournal.com, July 23, 2017
61. ↑ Difficult times for Brauchle: When the horse simply says "No" , Tyrone Schwark / Aachener Zeitung , July 19, 2017
62. ↑ Four-in-hand driving: final standings individual ranking
63. ↑ Four-in-hand driving: final result of team ranking (PDF)
64. ↑ Result of the Grand Prix Freestyle (U25)
65. ↑ Result jumping competition with jump-off (U25)
66. ↑ Gothenburg: Simone Blum in top form wins the next frame competition , Dominique Wehrmann / St. Georg, August 27, 2017
67. ↑ result Int. jumping competition with jump-off (1.55 m)