Carl Hester and Repute upload recent grand prix win to their report

Carl Hester and Repute have added any other tremendous grand prix win to their report, as variety for the Eu Dressage Championships edges nearer.

Carl and Repute crowned the grand prix on the Hartpury Premier League these days (6 July), with a very good rating of 77.39%.

It gave the impression a very easy and comfortable spherical, with nines awarded for passage and pirouettes, and a ten for his or her ultimate halt.

“When I’ve him comfortable like that he’s a dream to experience,” stated Carl. “He’s proficient however with a skilled mind as smartly and while you put the ones in combination it’s so pretty to experience. 

“He were given somewhat highly spiced at the remaining centre line, as a result of he’s beginning to know the check now and he knew it used to be the remaining line. But it surely used to be undoubtedly considered one of my nicer rides. 

Carl first took over the experience on Fiona Bigwood’s 13-year-old Bordeaux x Rhodium stallion on the finish of 2022, and the pair have loved a large number of good fortune in 2023. Carl has interested by getting him out and about at each Premier Leagues and global presentations, and as a mixture they’re nearly unbeaten, with simply Charlotte Dujardin and Imhotep pipping them at Wellington CDI remaining month.

“Doing a lot of presentations with him this yr and development him up regularly has paid off and he has were given his head round all of it,” stated Carl, who hopes to have each Repute and his different interational grand prix horse En Style decided on for the Eu Dressage Championships later this summer time. “I’m so overjoyed with him.”

Carl rides En Style within the Hartpury CDI3* grand prix the next day (7 July).

Don’t omit our unique Highlight function on Repute, with perception from Carl Hester, groom Lucy Scudamore and pass judgement on Stephen Clarke, on this week’s factor of H&H, dated 6 July. 

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