European Para Dressage Championships 2025 at Ermelo, Netherlands

European Para Dressage Championships 2025

This year’s European Para Dressage Championships will be held at Ermelo in the Netherlands. Europe’s best riders will be heading there to compete for 11 sets of championships medals.

Our expert reporters will be bringing you all the headlines in the run up to the championships (3-7 September), as well as big name interviews, analysis of the action and beautiful photography throughout every day of competition at the Dutch National Equestrian Centre.

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Horse & Hound’s full preview of the para dressage Europeans will be in Thursday 28 August issue of the magazine.

European Para Dressage Championships dates

Where are the 2025 European Para Dressage Championships?

European Para Dressage Championship format

The European Para Dressage Championships is split into three tests. On day one, every rider will complete the grand prix A test in their respective grade, with individual medals awarded in each grade. Next comes the grand prix B test, which will be ridden by all members of the team, with the best three scores from this test only to determine the team medals.

The best eight riders from the individual grand prix A test in each grade will then go on to contest the freestyle competition, which has its own set of medals. There are 11 sets of medals up for grabs in total.

Each nation can enter either a maximum of two individuals, or one team of three or four. Every para rider is classified according to their disability and the degree to which it affects their riding. Grade I is for the most severely impaired athletes, and grade V is for the least. Every team must field at least one rider from grade I, II or III, and no more than two from the same grade.