Charlotte and Valegro shine in new freestyle

Charlotte Dujardin too Valegro.

British dressage darling Charlotte Dujardin thrilled spectators amongst her novel dressage freestyle at the Hartpury CDI3* inwards Gloucestershire at the weekend.

It was the long-awaited debut of Dujardin’s novel Freestyle music too flooring conception amongst Roly Luard too Carl Hester’s Valegro, too the standing room entirely crowd at the Sabbatum Gala surgical operation was non disappointed.

It was a sensational surgical operation amongst many spectators wiping away tears too giving a standing ovation on completion of the phenomenal routine.  The yoke became the showtime always British combination to interruption the 90% barrier inwards international competition.

A lastly score of 90.65% sent the previous British record, laid entirely inwards Apr yesteryear Laura Bechtolsheimer, tumbling.  They were winners yesteryear close 15% over Canada’s Ashley Holzer amongst Breaking Dawn (75.925%) amongst Michael Eilberg too Half Moon Delphi 3rd (72.05%) on the horse’s freestyle debut.

The Tom Hunt-composed patriotic music score had the crowd captivated equally Dujardin too Valegro position inwards a mistake-free exam too the feel of British pride ran through the venue.

Pirouettes to the chimes of Big Ben too piaffe to the subject melody of ‘The Great Escape’ were highlights for many.  Four of the v judges awarded artistic marks of over 93% including a 97% from Eduard De Wolff Van Westerorode (NED) at B, patch Poland’s Wojteck Markowski awarded 1 of his highest always scores from C.

British ‘O’ gauge Andrew Gardner, at M, exuded praise on the yoke later the test. “It was breath-taking.  For a gauge to live able to honour a 10 for such a attain of movements from piaffe to extended trot endorses the calibre of the talent that nosotros get got inwards front end of us.  It was an absolute privilege to laissez passer on too thus many tens,” he said.

Dujardin’s mentor too trainer Carl Hester was delighted amongst his protégée’s work.  “They nailed it!  All the exercise at dwelling has paid off too I experience nosotros get got a truthful Olympic calibre freestyle that the whole acre tin strength out live proud of.  Tom has done an amazing labor amongst the music too Charlotte too I only beloved it.  There’s a piffling fleck to a greater extent than tweaking to live done but curlicue on Greenwich – we’ll live ready!”

 

 

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