Nations Cup Final: Julia Krajewski Leads After Dressage in Boekelo; German Team in a Close Second Place Behind Team GB

Nations Cup Final: Julia Krajewski Leads After Dressage in Boekelo; Team Germany in a Close Second Place

Eventing 02.10.2026

from Jan Tönjes

Julia Krajewski and Ero de Cantraie head into the cross-country course in Boekelo as the leaders after the dressage. Photo: Ashley Claus

It’s shaping up to be a neck-and-neck race at the Eventing Nations Cup Final in Boekelo, the Netherlands. Julia Krajewski is in the lead after the dressage. Three German team riders are among the top 15, and Great Britain is in the lead—but only by a narrow margin.

It can’t be said that the dressage judges at the Eventing Nations Cup in Boekleo were in agreement. The scoring was somewhat reminiscent of what lies ahead tomorrow: the cross-country. While two judges placed Julia Krajewski and Ero de Cantraie in first place, Australian judge Polly Ann Huntington ranked the pair eleventh. She rated Brazilian rider Marcio Cavalho Jorge—who was in third place after the dressage—as having the 23rd-best performance out of the 91 pairs on the start list.

Krajewski Leads in Boekelo After Dressage

Julia Krajewski, with 23.9 penalty points, is 1.5 points ahead of Burghley champion Gemma Stevens, who had been in the lead after the first day of dressage with Chilli Morning IV (25.4). In third place is the aforementioned Brazilian rider Cavalho Jorge (26.0).

Tied for third place with him is the 2022 world champion, Britain’s Yasmin Ingham, who rode the nine-year-old Kinda Corvette around the arena with a score of 26.0. The gelding’s pedigree promises great things. His sire is the Holsteiner Diarado, and his dam is by Jaguar Mail—a meeting of the cream of the crop among celebrity show jumping stallions in his pedigree.

With 26.9 penalty points, Ingrid Klimke and Kallista by Chatman placed eighth, making her the second-best German rider. However, Klimke will not be riding for the team in this Nations Cup Final in Boekelo. Along with Nadine Marzahl and Victoria (27.1/10th), Christoph Wahler and Gainsboourg de Bedon (27.5/12th), as well as Antonia Baumgart with Ris de Talm (27.5/13th) and Arne Bergendahl with Bronco NRW, who stayed under 30 penalty points, (27.7), six Germans are among the top 15.

On-site starting at 9:30 a.m.; Team Germany has early start times

Alongside Julia Krajewski, Christoph Wahler, and Arne Bergendahl, Pauline Knorr is also competing with Aevolet M-A-F for victory in the Nations Cup Final. Under the new format, previous results are irrelevant. Everyone starts from zero. As a result, Germany is just behind the British team (Yasmin Ingham/Kinda Corvette, Katie Magee/Cushlas Indigo, Kirsty Chabert/Classic VI, and Gemma Stevens with her second horse Cooley Park Muze, 78.8 penalty points) in second place with 79.1 penalty points. The U.S. team is in third place with 84.0 penalty points.

The cross-country round begins at 9:30 a.m. The course is 5,700 meters long and features 26 obstacles. Click here for the course map.