Lottie Fry scores yet another personal best in thrilling European Dressage Championships freestyle finale

European Dressage Championships freestyle Lottie Fry on Everdale
Lotte Fry riding Everdale during the Grand Prix - Team Competition of the Dressage European Championship held at Hagen A.T.W near Osnabrück in Germany between the 7-12th September 2021
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

Great Britain’s Lottie Fry, who is just 25 years old, scored her third personal best in three days in the freestyle at the European Dressage Championships in Hagen this afternoon (11 September).

Drawn last to go, she rode her own and the Van Olsts’ Lord Leatherdale x Negro stallion Everdale to a great score of 84.72% in the European Dressage Championships freestyle competition, having already notched up personal bests in the grand prix and grand prix special earlier this week.

Gemma Redrup
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.