Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour on Mount St. John Freestyle. File photo .© Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

FALSTERBO, Sweden, July 11, 2026–Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour on Mount St. John Freestyle led Denmark to an easy victory Saturday in the year’s final Nations Cup while Germany took bronze to claim the trans-Atlantic series for the fourth straight year. The home team of Sweden earned silver.

Results of the team event just a month ahead of the World Championships in Aachen, Germany: 1. Denmark 229.653 points, 2. Sweden 212.609; 3. Germany 211.000, 4. Netherlands 207.457.

This was the sole event in the Nations Cup series of five events in which Denmark participated.

Cathrine on Freestyle, 17-year-old mare, was awarded 83.718% while team mate Daniel Bachmann Andersen on Flash Gordon was second individually on 74.000%.

Sweden’s Patrik Kittel on Touchdown placed third on 73.174% with Therese Nilshagen on Navarro in 4th on 72.065% to lead Sweden to silver.

The series began at the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida in March with a United States win the the first time in four years with Germany claiming silver.

A month later, Germany won in Fontainebleau, France, while Belgium led by world No. 1 Justin Verboomen on Zonik Plus took Lier, Belgium in May. Germany led by Isabell Werth on her Olympic team gold medal mount Wendy de Fontaine created an uncatchable lead with a win at Hagen, Germany early this month.

Germany won the series in which 12 nations took part, Belgium second, Sweden third, Great Britain fourth, Netherlands fifth, Spain sixth, USA 7th and Portugal 8th.

Individual results:

CDIO5* Nations Cup Grand PrixRankCompetitorScoreEHCMB1.

Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour (DEN)

Mount St John Freestyle

83.718%83.37083.69681.95783.58785.9782.

Daniel Bachmann Andersen (DEN)

Flash Gordon 37

74.000%73.69674.67474.67474.89172.0653.

Patrik Kittel (SWE)

Touchdown

73.174%71.95775.10973.58772.06573.1524.

Therese Nilshagen (SWE)

Navarro

72.065%72.60971.52273.04371.52271.6305.

Nadja Aaboe Sloth (DEN)

Favour Gersdorf

71.935%71.95771.41373.26172.50070.5436.

Leonie Richter (GER)

Lord Europe

71.152%71.63072.60970.43569.56571.5227.

Moritz Treffinger (GER)

Fiderdance

70.565%71.30469.67470.87072.28368.6968.

Anna Zibrandtsen (DEN)

Quel Filou

70.174%68.58771.41371.63071.08768.1529.

Robin Bernoski (NED)

Jamaica

69.870%69.67470.21768.80470.87069.78310.

Marie-José Calis (NED)

Limited Edition

69.609%69.56567.93570.10970.87069.56511.

Helen Langehanenberg (GER)

Daniela

69.283%68.69668.91370.10968.58770.10912.

Evelyn Eger (GER)

Global Power OLD

68.522%69.23969.02270.21768.15265.97813.

Tosca Visser van der Meulen (NED)

Jackson

67.978%67.82667.71767.60970.43566.30414.

Beata Söderberg (SWE)

Talento 4

67.370%65.43568.37067.82667.17468.04315.

Marsja Dijkman (NED)

Beaujolais

66.761%68.15266.41365.65266.19667.39116.

Anita Roslund (SWE)

Fontanell

60.826%59.02261.08760.43561.95761.630Find details on Equestrian Hub

 

won the series for the fourth straight year, with the total of ?? points from participation in all five events including two victories.