Falsterbo victory puts exclamation mark on dominant FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ season for Germany

Germany finished the 2025 FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ season the same way they began it: with a victory. The German team secured its third consecutive series victory Saturday at Falsterbo (SWE), recording their fourth victory of the year in five starts.

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The Hartmut Lemmers-led squad, which consisted of Tessa Frank (Lavaletta), Evelyn Eger (Tabledance 3), and Svenja Kämper-Meyer (Amanyara M Frh), put an exclamation mark on the season with a winning total of 204.087. The Netherlands finished second (197.978), narrowly followed by Sweden (197.283).

Germany's four victories this season—which were earned at Wellington (USA), Compiegne (FRA), and Aachen (GER) in addition to Falsterbo—have come with a wide variety of combinations, putting the country's depth in the sport on full display. Saturday's squad was among its least experienced at the level, but the young group rose to the occasion.

"We have three quite young riders from Germany [here]. They have a lot of experience, national and international, but to ride in a Nations Cup is something special.

-Hartmut Lemmers (GER)

"We in Germany are very lucky to have a lot of good riders who can participate in a Nations Cup, so it was not always the same three or four riders that were riding," he added. "We were very happy to win with so many different riders, because that is what is good for the sport in the future. We can build up from very different riders—not just from our Olympic team."

The last rider to enter the arena, Kämper-Meyer produced the highest marks of the day in the CDIO4* Grand Prix test, earning a score of 69.609% aboard Amanyara M Frh.

"I was a little bit nervous today, because being the last rider always brings a little bit more pressure," said Kämper-Meyer, who was the leadoff rider for Germany at Lier (GER). "My horse was very concentrated today...I could ride from point to point, and this is what makes her really good, because when she gets into the test, she knows what she has to do."

Eger, a part of Germany's winning effort in the season's opening leg at Wellington, delivered a 67.391% score. The 27-year-old has developed her partner Tabledance 3, now 10, for five years, their journey beginning in the U25 division. Now, they are proving their consistency at the senior Grand Prix level.

"For me, this horse is super special. She has the kindest heart," Eger said. "I started with her in the U25 series and then I switched over to the Young Horse Grand Prix series, so it was a big step for us to grow in the Grand Prix sport, and now we are here. It's a deep relationship between us."

Frank was just three-tenths of a point behind with Lavaletta (67.087%), who had only shown at the FEI Grand Prix level once before. Germany was the only team to have all three of its riders score above 77 percent.

"It's an absolute honor for me to represent Germany in the Nations Cup on this world [stage]. It is overwhelming for us," she said. "We had some little mistakes in the canter work, but I'm so happy with the horse, because she really tries, and the both of us are not very experienced in the Grand Prix. I'm just so happy to be here and happy to be on the team with these amazing people."

Germany comfortably cliched the series title for the third year in a row, finishing with 52 points. The Netherlands earned second honors with 45 points, followed by Belgium (43 points). According to Lemmers, his country's consistent excellence in the FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ series is a reflection of the federation's commitment to both winning in the present and building for the future.

"[The Nations Cup series] is very good for our head trainer, Monica Theodorescu. She can have an overview of how the horses and riders are developing. Then you always have three or four good riders together [on a team], and that is very good for the future," Lemmers said. "You are not only looking for Olympic teams, but also for other teams—what maybe in four years are Olympic teams.

"Today we had nice riding without pushing and stretching horses too deep," he added. "I'm very happy with this, how they performed."

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