Mount St John Freestyle wins on first day trip with Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour

Denmark’s Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour and Mount St John Freestyle have made a profitable world debut in combination.

Cathrine and Freestyle loved a sparkling begin to their new partnership once they crowned the Kronenberg CDI3* grand prix with a ranking of 81.20% on 1 December, and tomorrow gained the grand prix particular on 81.40%.

“MSJ Freestyle you’re one in one thousand million, I’m speechless,” mentioned Cathrine.

The contest is the 14-year-old international bronze medal-winning mare’s first world for the reason that Wellington CDI3* in Might 2021, the place she competed underneath Charlotte Dujardin to win the grand prix freestyle. Freestyle was once no longer have compatibility to compete on the Tokyo Olympics that yr, and returned to Emma Blundell’s Mount St John Stud in 2022 to rejoin the stud’s breeding programme.

She returned to the hoop with Emma in June this yr to win a countrywide grand prix at Northallerton Equestrian Centre, 3 months after Emma mentioned it was once “her imaginative and prescient to look at Freestyle again out on the most sensible of the game once more”. In October it was once introduced {that a} half-share of Freestyle have been purchased through the joint corporate international quantity two Cathrine has along with her long-term supporters the Zinglersen circle of relatives, as a Paris 2024 prospect.

Cathrine and Freestyle’s victory within the grand prix particular was once through a margin of just about 10%, with the judges scoring them a variety of 10s for his or her passage and piaffe paintings right through. Lottie Fry and Especial have been 2nd on 71.89%.

“MSJ Freestyle did it once more. I’m truly misplaced for phrases,” mentioned Cathrine.

“The day gone by (1 December) she delivered a mega efficiency and it humbles me to really feel how she lets in me to experience her within the ring; +81% once more, merely extremely smartly educated her entire lifestyles through Charlotte and Emma.”

Cathrine thanked everybody for the “massive give a boost to” she had on the weekend, and mentioned Freestyle will now revel in some downtime within the box.

“A different due to the Zinglersen circle of relatives and Emma Blundell for making this fairytale a truth,” she mentioned. “To my superb groom Ida Trecihler, coaches Kyra Kyrklund and Nathalie Sayn, spouse Rasmine, and my superb house workforce.”

Emma added that the Mount St John workforce are “besotted” with Freestyle.

“We couldn’t be happier to look the queen loving being out acting once more,” she mentioned.

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