Under 25 rider Sophia Ludvigsen and senior Grand Prix rider Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour became the winners of the 2025 Danish Dressage Championships for Grand prix level riders on 23 – 25 May 2025.

Photo – Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour wins her eighth GP title at the 2025 Danish Dressage Championships (© Ridehesten)

The Danish National Dressage Championships used to be held in Broholm but relocated to Helgstrand Academy in Uggerhalne in 2019. After the turmoil at Helgstrand Dressage the Nationals found a new home in Vallensbaek in 2024, but this year Obel/Fisker Dressage Academy came forward and won the bid to stage the event in Randbøl at the old Blue Hors premises.

Seniors: Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour On Repeat

The key competition of the weekend was the senior Grand Prix championship which was for the second consecutive year by Cathrine Dufour aboard the 16-year old Hanoverian mare Mount St. John Freestyle (by Fidermark x Donnerhal), owned by the rider, the Zinglersen family and Emma Blundell. This is her eighth senior title in her career.

The Grand Prix championship kicked off with 24 combinations riding round one, the Grand Prix, in the pouring rain. Five riders scored over 70%, three riders got eliminated, and two Olympians were absent from the event: Nanna Skodborg Merrald and Daniel Bachmann Andersen. This year’s championship might not have had the strongest field and despite Dufour’s top winning scores, Denmark gives a weakened impression after sensational achievements of team gold at the 2022 World Championships and 2024 Olympics. It will be interesting to see what team Denmark will muster for the Europeans in Crozet in August.

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