The European Dressage Championships in Rotterdam have finished.



We can be brief: after the Nations Cup Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival won everything. She added some excitement by forgetting a line, but cool headed as she is, she fixed it and won anyway. In the freestyle you can ride your own lines, so she won that too.
Afterwards, I have never seen her embrace so many men before.



The Nations Cup had a remarkable outcome: the British riders have won, with the Germans trailing and the Dutch behind them for bronze.



The established favorites like Holland and Germany have been beaten by a relative newcomer with fantastic horses: Great Britain has, besides Mistral Hjoris, two extra candidates for olympic medals with Valegro and Charlotte Dujardin, and Uthopia and Carl Hester.



That's fantastic news for the sport: now no one can predict the outcome anymore! There are suddenly many horses that, providing they are in shape, can win an olympic medal in London next year.

View our photos of the horses at the European Dressage Championships 2011 here.

We are still adding new images to the database.