It was Great Britain’s Lottie Fry and Glamourdale to take the first win of the FEI Dressage World Cup Final in Basel, Switzerland, Friday, capturing a 77.152% score in the World Cup Grand Prix Friday to best a field of 17 international competitors.

Fry, technically the youngest rider to compete in the Finals at age 29, rode the 15-year-old stallion to their career 33rd win in Basel. Their long list of highlights include being European Championship gold medalists and of course defending their reigning world champion title. In last year’s World Cup Final appearance with Everdale, Fry also won the Grand Prix of the first day of competition, but was eliminated by the blood rule before the Freestyle.

The Freestyle competition scheduled for Saturday will decide the 2025 winner.

Dressage’s most decorated rider, Germany’s Isabell Werth, was hot on Fry’s heels for a second place finish with DSP Quantaz, a 15-year-old gelding, on a 74.848%. Werth, 55, is a five-time World Cup Final champion and is competing for the 26th time this year.

Isabel Freeze from Norway riding the 13-year-old Total Hope OLD was third with a 74.415%.

Adrienne Lyle was the only American rider to crack the top 10 rankings with a 72.565% on Helix, her Paris Olympics partner, to place 9th. Kevin Kohmann rode Dünensee to a 69.130% to place 14th.

The FEI World Cup Dressage and Jumping Finals competition is being streamed from Switzerland on FEI.tv. Stay turned to horsenetwork.com for updates from the championship event.

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