The inaugural FEI Eventing World Championship for U25 has wrapped up in Millstreet, Ireland, with both Australian combinations producing solid performances on the world stage.
Lamoza Velisha and 15-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Call Me Cooley (by Passion out of Shalara) produced a solid jumping performance to complete their first major championship, dropping just the two rails to add 8 penalties to their total. The duo finished on 55.7 for 12th place, a remarkable effort at their first international event outside of Australia – and only their third-ever international level four-star competition. At nineteen years of age, Lamoza was also the youngest rider in the field at Millstreet.
Brooke Dougall and 18-year-old Hanoverian x Thoroughbred gelding My Locky also successfully completed their first major championship. The combination had three rails down and a fraction of a time fault, adding 12.4 penalties to their final score of 78.7 to finish 19th – a terrific effort to finish inside the top twenty at a World Championship. By Domingo (Daktylus) out of a Thoroughbred broodmare named No Questions Asked, My Locky was bred by Brooke’s mother in Australia and has been produced to four-star level by Brooke and her family.
The Australian riders were supported in Millstreet by chef d’équipe Sammi Birch.
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New Zealand’s Charlotte Penny added 4.8 jump faults to her total with Carousel, finishing on 83.7 and in 23rd place.
Full results can be found here.
Re-watch the action from the FEI Eventing World Championships for U25 here via ClipMyHorse.TV.
Germany’s Calvin Böckmann crowned first-ever FEI Eventing U25 World Champion
Germany’s Calvin Böckmann and 16-year-old Selle Francais mare Altair de la Cense wrote their names into the history books by becoming the first individual champions at the FEI Eventing U25 World Championship in Millstreet.
Great Britain claimed team gold, while Cerys Macaulay (Great Britain) and Kananaskis secured individual silver ahead of the USA’s Olivia Dutton and Jewelent in a thrilling conclusion to the first edition.
The championship brought together 40 athletes from 14 nations for the first global title at Under 25 level, bridging the gap between Young Rider and senior championship competition. After two days of dressage and an influential cross-country test designed by Great Britain’s Mike Etherington-Smith, Sunday’s final jumping test decided both the individual and team titles.
Calvin Böckmann arrived in Millstreet as the FEI Eventing U25 world number one and one of the pre-championship favourites, but still faced a tense final day. Starting Sunday’s final jumping test in third place, the German rider seized his opportunity when the pressure mounted on the leading combinations, producing the clear round required aboard Altair de la Cense to secure the historic victory. The title crowned a remarkable ten-year partnership that has taken horse and rider from the Junior ranks to senior championship level.
“I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun at a championship. We are very lucky to have this new competition and this venue at Millstreet. The gap between Young Riders and seniors can be big and you can get lost,” Böckmann said.
“I don’t normally get nervous, but I did feel the pressure. The cross-country was tough and quite different to anything we have seen in central Europe, but it will prepare us well for the future. My horse showed that she fights and wants to do her best; she grows 10cm. For her to have this result means the world to me.”
Böckmann delivers under pressure
Böckmann had set the early benchmark by leading after dressage, but 12.4 time penalties on Mike Etherington-Smith’s demanding cross-country track dropped him to third heading into the final jumping test.
The championship remained undecided until the final rider. Overnight leader Tom Nestor (Ireland), who had moved into pole position after cross-country, entered the arena knowing a clear round would secure the individual title in front of the home crowd. Instead, four rails fell, dropping him and Cooley Diamond Dancer to eighth place overall and opening the door for Böckmann to claim the historic title.
Great Britain’s Cerys Macaulay produced one of the performances of the day aboard the experienced Kananaskis to climb from seventh after cross-country and secure the silver medal. Olivia Dutton completed the podium with Jewelent, the Irish Sport Horse previously campaigned by her father, multiple Olympian Phillip Dutton, earning the United States its only medal of the championship.
“I had hoped to be up there on the scoreboard and contribute a counting team score, but I never expected an individual medal,” Macaulay admitted.
Great Britain overcomes setback
The team competition unfolded differently. Great Britain suffered a major setback before competition resumed on Sunday morning when overnight individual leader Alice Casburn and Topspin were withdrawn ahead of the final horse inspection. Despite losing the combination that had headed the standings after cross-country, the British squad responded with consistent performances to secure team gold on 149.7 penalties.
“He was very angry not to be jumping this morning, but I felt he wasn’t 100%. It was very hard but my teammates have been brilliant and he will now have a happy retirement,” Casburn explained.
Jasmine Underwood finished fourth individually and Tom Bird 11th, while Germany claimed team silver on 168.6 penalties and host nation Ireland completed the podium with bronze on 180.0.
About the medallists:
CALVIN BOCKMANN (GER) – GOLD
Calvin, 25, currently holds the world number one spot in the U25 rankings. He has already represented Germany at senior level, finishing 4th individually in the 2025 Europeans, and has competed at CCI5*-L and been an Olympic reserve. He is a former Pony European champion and has represented Germany at Junior and Young Rider level with the 16-year-old Selle Francais mare Altair de la Cense and at senior level on Phantom of the Opera (4th at the Europeans last year). He rides for the military as a sports soldier. His parents, Roger and Simone, both competed to a high level in eventing.
CERYS MACAULAY (GBR) – SILVER
This is a first team squad call-up for Cerys, 25, who started riding the Irish-bred Kananaskis in 2024. The pair contested their first CCI4* last year and this year were 20th at Kronenberg and 15th at Bramham, both CCI4*-S. The horse was previously competed by Cerys’s partner, British rider Richard Coney, who owns him. Cerys works as a trainer of horses and riders and as an equestrian photographer. She has a degree in exercise science and rehabilitation from Keele University.
OLIVIA DUTTON (USA) – BRONZE
Olivia, 25, is from West Grove, Pennsylvania, and is the daughter of multiple Olympic rider Phillip Dutton. This will be her third trip to Europe – last year she was a member of the second-placed Nations Cup team at Bicton. Jewelent, is an Irish Sport Horse also previously competed by Phillip as well as by Ireland’s Clare Abbott, who was twice placed on him at Millstreet. This spring, Olivia was 6th at Mill Spring CCI4*-L and 7th at Elkton CCI4*-S on Jewelent. She is no 25 on the FEI Eventing U25 World Rankings. With her father, she spends the winter on the Florida circuit.
Source: Event press release / FEI press by Emelie Samuelsson, edited by Equestrian Life
