Charlotte Dujardin took the highest spot for a 2d night time in a row within the London Global Horse Display freestyle dressage effects this night (14 December).
Driving Carl Hester and Coral Ingham’s thrilling 10-year-old Imhotep (Pete), Charlotte wowed the judges to attain 89.465% to a medley from the movie Madagascar.
“It’s Pete’s first indoor display and to accomplish how he has finished, I couldn’t ask any further,” mentioned Charlotte, who crowned a British one-two-three within the London Global freestyle dressage effects, with Lottie Fry (Everdale) and Becky Moody (Jaegerbomb) in 2d and 3rd respectively. “Pass Nice Britain, I say! The possibility of the Paris Olympics subsequent yr couldn’t be extra thrilling. What an honour it’s to be British.
“I’ve an actual partnership with Pete that I completely love. To me, that’s what it’s all about – when you’ll reassure them, grasp his hand and say it’s OK. He has such a lot power and not stops – he simply assists in keeping going and going and I like that – it’s me all over the place.”
Charlotte ignored using finally yr’s London Global Horse Display as she was once pregnant.
“I used to be so unhappy to leave out final yr, however to be again using right here this yr makes me so proud and using in entrance of a house crowd is fantastic – it’s a dream to trip right here,” defined Charlotte. “It makes me so emotional to assume what I’ve completed this yr. I in truth didn’t assume I’d be using having had my daughter Isabella in March. It’s been unbelievable, the most productive yr ever – I will be able to’t thank Carl [Hester] sufficient for what he’s finished for me and placing me the place I’m these days.”
Charlotte’s technicality ratings for her freestyle ranged between 79.25% and 87%, with pass judgement on at C, Andrew Ralph Gardner, awarding her 87%. Her inventive ratings ratings ranged between 94% and 98.6%, with the latter coming from Jacques van Daele at M.
Imhotep’s private best possible in grand prix freestyle ranking got here on the Ecu Championships in Riesenbeck in September, the place he scored 91.396%, however his London ranking this night is an in depth 2d.
This night’s London Global freestyle dressage effects added to Charlotte’s victory within the FEI Global Cup qualifier, introduced through Bret Willson Dressage Global Ltd and supported through Horse & Hound, aboard Imhotep with a ranking of 81.76%. FEI dressage Global Cup freestyle the day prior to this.
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