Blenheim Palace is to host the 2025 Agria FEI European Eventing Championships on 8-12 September. The venue previously held these championships in 2005, when Britain’s Zara Tindall won individual and team gold medals with Toytown.
The event will run its regular CCI4*-S for eight- and nine-year-old horses alongside the Europeans, but the CCI4*-L class will take a break this year.
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The 2025 Agria FEI European Eventing Championships will take place on 8-12 September at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England.
Who will be the Blenheim Europeans course-designer?
Capt Mark Phillips has been named as the course designer for the 2025 Agria European Eventing Championships. Assistant course designers will be Blenheim’s long-standing designer David Evans, as well as Helen West and Jay Hambly from the US.
The event will be organised by the Stable Events team, which has been running Blenheim Horse Trials since 2023.
Who won medals at the 2023 eventing Europeans?
The FEI European Eventing Championships are held every other year, in the off years between the world championships and the Olympics. The 2023 Europeans were held at Haras Du Pin in France.
Team medals
Gold: Great Britain
Silver: Germany
Bronze: France
Individual medals
Gold: Ros Canter on Lordships Graffalo GBR
Silver: Kitty King on Vendredi Biats GBR
Bronze: Sandra Auffarth on Viamant Du Matz GER
History of Blenheim Horse Trials
Blenheim Palace has held international eventing on site since 1990, when Lucinda Fredericks (née Murray) on Just Jeremy won the inaurgural CCI4*-L (then a CCI3*).
The young horse CCI4*-S (formerly CIC3*) was added in 2009, with Piggy French’s ride Flying Machine taking the title in that first year. This class has become a strong pointer to stars of the future, with former victors including Mark Todd’s ride NZB Land Vision, who went on to win Badminton, and London 52, who won Pau two years after his Blenheim triumph with Laura Collett before going on to multi-Olympic medal glory.
Blenheim hosted the young rider European Championships in 1994 and the senior Europeans in 2005, when Britain took the team title and Zara Tindall (née Phillips) was the individual gold medallist on Toytown.
About Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace is the seat of the Duke of Marlborough. It is the birthplace of one of Britain’s most famous leaders, Sir Winston Churchill and remains in the Churchill family’s ownership. Built in 1705 and designed by Vanbrugh in the Baroque style, the Oxfordshire estate received UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 1987. The Palace is set in 2,100 acres (850 hectares) of Capability Brown-landscaped parkland. It is open to the public and hosts numerous events throughout the year.
