“She was jumping incredible, felt really good," Brash said. "She does pull me a bit and snatch at me a little bit; she is just eager to please and get on with the job. After the green oxer, I don’t know what really happened, she snatched, and I just lost the rein."

"To be fair, she didn’t really know she was going to the triple, and it was a tough triple as it was," Brash said. "I just managed to grab the reins in the right time, but, yes, I was very deep coming in and then just asked her to jump and she responded so well. What was nice was that obviously that line didn’t feel great, but she settled down and jumped the rest home very good. I think that shows how confident she is with me – we have a great partnership. Hopefully, we will be in a better place tomorrow.”

“She is green, and it gets tougher and bigger each day, but I must say she warmed up fantastic, started off good and finished well; there are a lot of positives to take,” Brash continued. Here the two clear the upright after the triple combination, which in itself was challenging even when getting 8abc just right.

“The team has been fantastic. It was unfortunate for Matt, but he will bounce back tomorrow and we will support him all we can. We are all there for one another and we will be fighting tomorrow, but there is still a lot to do,” the 2024 Olympic team champion shared about his thoughts on Friday’s medal deciding round as the Brits sit in the lead by only 0.23 penalty points.

After a rough start on Wednesday, Sweden bounced back to secure themselves the last of ten tickets in Friday's team final on 23.93 penalty points overall. Here Erika Lickhammer-Van Helmond thanks her home-bred I. Comme Tessa VHL after a clear round.

Wilma Hellström and Cicci BJN jumped their second clear of the championship for Sweden, helping the team into the final.

Portugal's Mario Wilson Fernandes thanks Krachtpatser for a clear round, good enough to make them move on individually on Friday.

In 2023, the Austrian riders earned themselves a team bronze in Milan. This year they will not be participating in the team final, after racking up too many faults through the first two rounds. However, Katharina Rhomberg and Cuma 5 are among the 50 best horse-and-rider combinations overall which means they will continue on individually sitting 24th coming into Friday's round.

Norway's Johan-Sebastian Gulliksen has impressed and continues on without the team, sitting 14th individually with Equine America Harwich VDL after jumping two clear rounds.

With a clear from their pathfinders Denis Lynch and Vistogrand, things were brightening up for Ireland that were 12th on the team standings going into Thursday's round.

Switzerland's Nadja Peter-Steiner has struck up a fantastic partnership with Mila in a very short amount of time. They two sit 6th with the team, and 11th individually, going into Friday's round.

Little did they know... Matt Sampson and Scott Brash blissfully unaware of what was about to come.

Belgium was sitting third on a score of 4.61 coming into Thursday's round, and kept their position on the standing after three clears, one of them from the ultra-consistent Nicola Philippaerts and Katanga vh Dingeshof.

One of four clears for the Germans: Marcus Ehning and Coolio 42.

As pathfinders for the Brits, Ben Maher did what he does best: Deliver. Here, he and Dallas Vegas Batilly stretch over the upright at no. 10, on their way to a clear round.

Better believe it: Clear for a second day in a row. Denmark's Caroline Rehoff Pedersen and Golden Eye have impressed at the 2025 Europeans, and now sit 9th with the team as well as 20th individually.

These two are giving us all the feels! Ireland's Seamus Hughes Kennedy is the youngest and so far the best on the Irish team with ESI Rocky, a horse he has produced to championship level all by himself. The pair sits 12th on the individual standings, best of the Irish.

After a little hick-up on Wednesday, Sophie Hinners came back in flying form on Thursday to jump one of four clear rounds for Germany with Iron Dames My Prins.

Where it all went wrong for Matt Sampson and Medoc de Toxandria. The triple combination at 8abc caught out many, even some of the best. Sampson could not get out over 8c on the first attempt, and was eliminated on his second try to mount pressure on Donald Whitaker and Scott Brash.

Picture perfect! Belgium, third overnight, kept on their score of 4.61 – as three of their four riders jumped clear, with Thibeau Spits being deserving of a style award after his absolutely immaculate round on Impress-K van’t Kattenheye Z – which without a doubt was the most beautiful and harmonious of the class.

It's safe to say that Christian Kukuk was p... with himself after his round aboard Just Be Gentle. The German Olympic champion had what he referred to as a ' bad blackout' on the line from no. 4-5-6, and said it was a miracle that his mare stayed clear. "That was really embarrassing, I really can not remember when I rode such a bad round the last time," Kukuk said without filter. Nevertheless, the two stayed clear.

"I hope she did not lose too much of her trust in me," Kukuk said. "I hope I will give her a better ride tomorrow."

After Sampson's elimination for the British team, the pressure was on their remaining two riders to perform. Donald Whitaker did not disappoint, and jumped a clear round with his wonderful, wonderful, Millfield Colette. The pair sits 2nd on the individual standings, on a score of 0.67, and lead the way with the team.

"A bit relieved, yeah," Whitaker said after his clear round. "She was amazing, she felt incredible, she tried her absolute best there so I'm delighted!"

With another clear round, Kim Emmen and Imagine N.O.P. helped the Dutch move on to the last round of the team competition and now sit 26th on the individual standings.

Not as tidy as we are used to seeing him, but nevertheless clear for Ireland to help them up to 4th on the team standings ahead of today's medal-deciding round – 4.43 penalty points behind the leading Brits: Darragh Kenny with Eddy Blue.

Reigning European champion Steve Guerdat completes the current top five individually with Albführen’s Iashin Sitte as best of the Swiss on a score of 1.19 penalty points.

After Paolo Paini and Casal Dorato suffered a bad fall in round one, the Italians were left with the hard task of qualifying for the last round of the team final with only three horse-and-rider combinations...

...but as anchor for the team, Piergiorgio Bucci delivered a clear round aboard Hantano to put the Italians in the last round as 8th on the current standings.

A job well done. Julien Epaillard and Donatello d'Auge jumped one of two clear rounds for the French yesterday, and the team now sits fifth on the current standings only 5.73 penalty points off the lead. Individually the pair is ranked third, on 0.89 penalty points.

Susana Epaillard, wife of Julien and breeder of Donatello, with Donatello's groom Caroline Belouet.

Nicola Philippaerts also brought in support, with his girlfriend Jessica Springsteen being in A Coruña.

The only one we need in our lives: Ermitage Kalone. With another spectacular clear round, Gilles Thomas and his fabulous stallion kept Belgium on their overnight score of 4.61 and in third position ahead of today's podium-decider. Individually, the two sit 7th on 1.37 penalty points.

Another picture perfect round came from this pair: Germany's Richard Vogel and United Touch S, who now hold the lead individually.

“I try to not have that in mind at all, to be honest,” Vogel said about his individual lead moving on to day three. “It is a very long journey still in the individual finals, we are only thinking about the team now as we are currently second in the team rankings and it is very close: Very close behind the Brits, and very close in front of Belgium. We have to keep the focus and do the best we can with the team. It looks promising because all the horses jumped really well.”

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A bit about today: The best 50 horse-and-rider combinations, plus those tied for 50th place, after Wednesday and Thursday's competitions are allowed to participate in Friday's class which will decide the podium for the teams. Friday's competition is open only to the ten best placed teams and those teams equal on penalties for tenth place. The teams carry their penalties forward from Wednesday and Thursday's competitions. The teams start in reverse order of their penalties, with the team on the best score going last. Great Britain is in the lead on 3.96 penalty points, followed by Germany on 4.19, Belgium on 4.61, Ireland on 8.39, France on 9.69, Switzerland on 11.10, Netherlands on 14.19, Italy on 17.93, Denmark on 21.72 and defending champions Sweden on 23.93. The competition starts at 16.15 CET. Click on the photo for our full guide in case you need to know more about the format of the Europeans, as we gear up for the medals to be decided! Good luck Folie&Co!!