GERMANY won their 26th gold medal at the FEI Dressage European Championship in Crozet (FRA) on Thursday in a tense battle with Britain who had to settle for silver ahead of Denmark in bronze.

Jiva Hill Stables is hosting the championship and it was clear from the off on Wednesday that it would come down to Germany and Britain - two dressage superpowers - battling for the top step on the podium. It all came down to Isabel Werth and Charlotte Fry and, in the end, it was the legendary Werth with Wendy de Fontaine who clinched the gold for Germany.