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2025 LeMieux Nationals Highlights
- Written By: British Dressage
- Published: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:33
Relive the highlights from four days of exciting competition at the LeMieux National Dressage Championships, where we crowned the 70th National Champion and some worthy winners across the levels.
What a week at Somerford Park, delightful dressage defied downpours as we celebrated high quality sport with four days of competition, 623 tests, and 32 memorable prize givings. Whether you joined us in person, or followed from home, here's how you can catch up with the show's best bits.
Read
Read the complete show reports from each day at the Championships, including comments from every class winner following their moment in the prize giving spotlight. From Sadie Smith and Swanmore Dantina's National Championship winning dance under a rainbow, to newcomers to the top step of the podium, enjoy every moment in writing here.
You can also enjoy our detailed account of the KBIS Young Dressage Horse Championship, where we captured the comments from international judges Sasha Schulz and Eva-Maria Vint-Warmington, trainer judge Spencer Wilton and rider judge Phoebe Peters.
Meet the winners
Listen to our winners talk through what made their ride a winning the one, learn more about the horses taking the titles and find out about each rider's journey to the Nationals and what’s next in store for them. Enjoy all winner interviews on the BD Youtube channel here.
Radio Nationals
Kim Ratcliffe and John Bowen returned to present Radio Nationals, providing expert commentary, interviews with some top names and plenty of dressage banter from their spot overlooking the main LeMieux Arena. Click the button below to listen back to some of the highlights from their week in the Radio Nationals commentary box.
Watch with H&C
Want to relive the action? You can watch the dressage from the LeMieux Arena on demand with Horse & Country including the Kudos Grand Prix Freestyle!
We also brought you four days of live interviews on the BD Fan Zone, and you can catch up with these on demand with our partners Horse & Country. With four topics from para dressage and horse welfare, to european success and young horses, enjoy our highlights from the Fan Zone, hosted by Sam Gerrard-May, on the H&C platform.
Remember, you also get 15% off your annual H&C+ membership as a BD member!
Social spotlights
Throughout the week, our Marketing Communications team were busy were keeping you up to date across the BD social media channels, providing live coverage, test clips and behind the scenes content from an inspiring week. From TikTok to X, catch up via your social media channel of choice using the links below.
Share your story
Do you have a Nationals tale to tell? We love to hear inspiring member stories, whether you were attending your first ever major BD Championship or returning as a Somerford veteran, get in touch with us for a chance for your story to feature on our feeds. Let's share our stories and inspire the next generation of National Championship competitors.
British Dressage media team: Camille Peters, Lydia Wesley, Ellie Mayner and Sophie Barnett
Photo by Adam Fanthorpe
