Valegro dances to gold for Charlotte Dujardin
Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin has ridden Valegro to Dressage Grand Prix Special gilt at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games inward Normandy, heading off 2 in-form German linguistic communication riders.
It wasn’t a flawless surgical operation from the dynamic British duo, amongst mistakes that Dujardin afterwards described equally “silly”, but such was the lineament of the ease of the operate she produced amongst her extraordinary gelding that she silent headed silvery medallist Helen Langehanenberg amongst Damon Hill NRW, whose German linguistic communication team-mate, Kristina Sprehe, earned bronze amongst Desperados FRH.
“We made 3 expensive mistakes as well as I idea ‘Oh it’s toll me the medal!’, as well as so I knew after each 1 that I had to learn for a chip to a greater extent than to assay as well as choose grip of upwards on what I had already lost,” she said afterwards. “But he’s such a fantastic horse, he’s got a pump of gold. If I ask to learn for a chip to a greater extent than he tries to learn for a chip more, he never says ‘no I can’t hit it’,” said the passenger who at nowadays holds the Grand Prix Special championship at Olympic, European as well as World Championship level.
They virtually barbarous victim to their ain enormous popularity however, equally Dujardin constitute the enthusiasm of the spectators inward the D’Ornano Stadium quite distracting throughout her test.
“It was actually hard amongst the crowd,” she said, “probably that was the hardest matter because when y'all were doing proficient as well as bad y'all could remove heed “ooooh” or y'all could remove heed people talking. I wanted to plow circular as well as tell ‘shut up!’,” she said.
It was her beau countryman, Michael Eilberg, who held the atomic number 82 inward the early on stages of the contest after showing much ameliorate shape amongst his grayness mare, Half Moon Delphi, when 7th of the xxx starters inward the morning. On the get-go solar daytime of the squad contest on Mon their surgical operation was below par, but on Midweek they produced their best e'er Grand Prix Special grade as well as Eilberg was pleased.
“I had to laid upwards every displace to learn her upwards a chip more,” he explained. “I knew what to await after yesterday, as well as how to suit my riding. She was to a greater extent than on her hind legs, to a greater extent than upwards as well as positive, specially inward the passage as well as piaffe. I could learn her to a greater extent than balanced, as well as also got to a greater extent than extension inward the trot. Half Moon is entirely 12 years old, as well as getting ameliorate every year.”
He was overtaken for the atomic number 82 yesteryear beau Briton, Carl Hester, also a fellow member of the team silvery medal winning side, as well as whose gelding, Nip Tuck, is growing inward confidence every fourth dimension he comes into the ring. “He was nervous after the prizegiving yesterday as well as so it merely shows the genuine side of this horse. He is as well as so desperately trying to delight me all the fourth dimension as well as today I had a personal best amongst him as well as so I’d nearly similar to halt at nowadays as well as non hit anymore!” Hester said, having posted 75.532.
“It’s hard when a Equus caballus is that sensitive to learn your leg on him, y'all can’t displace on him, he’s silent as well as so inexperienced, but it’s all going the correct way. It volition accept 1 to a greater extent than twelvemonth to create him inward the band the means he is at home,” said the 47-year-old whose ain surgical operation today was nil curt of a master-class inward the fine art of Equus caballus production.
The scores later kept growing however, amongst the USA’s Laura Graves continuing her spectacular run to caput the leaderboard on a score of 77.157 earlier the terminal tranche of riders took their turn. The 27-year-old passenger as well as her lovely 12-year-old gelding Verdades seemed to live inward a footing of their ain equally they executed each displace amongst repose precision. Graves’ stillness inward the saddle as well as Verdades’ attending to her every teaching suggests an unusually powerful bond inward this partnership that has lasted virtually the entire length of the horse’s lifetime.
She finished 2 places ahead of her considerably to a greater extent than experienced team-mate, Steffen Peters amongst Legolas, when slotting into 8th identify at the terminate of the day.
The excitement built to a crescendo equally the terminal grouping took their turn, amongst Sweden’s Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven as well as Don Auriello re-setting the target at 78.235 entirely for Germany’s Kristina Sprehe as well as Desperados FRH to learn farther ahead when posting 79.762 2 horses later.
The crowd went wild equally Dujardin as well as Valegro followed them into the ring, as well as the pure unloose energy of the surgical operation this duet produced had everyone sitting on the edges of their seats. Big scores for extended trot as well as half-pass were followed yesteryear a distracted minute when a telephone telephone of nature meant Valegro was unable to at 1 time reply to his rider’s aids inward the get-go piaffe. But non fifty-fifty a error inward the two-tempi changes could forestall the judges from awarding them 86.120 which proved an unbeatable score despite a super endeavor from Langehanenberg as well as Damon Hill.
“I won’t surrender (trying to rhythm out Dujardin as well as Valegro),” Langehanenberg said afterwards. “I believe inward Dami as well as I’m real pleased amongst him today.”
There was tension inward the Dutch campsite equally the scores for Adelinde Cornelissen as well as Jerich Parzival, in conclusion to learn inward the competition, were finally calculated. It seemed quite possible that they powerfulness accept the bronze, but inward the terminate their grade of 79.328 left them less than 0.5 behind Sprehe to lady friend a podium placing.
Dujardin admitted she had large plans when going into the arena amongst Valegro. “I was going out in that location for a footing record, that’s what I was aiming to do. I knew it was possible because he felt as well as so good, it was merely a compassion because without those mistakes it could receive got been a footing record.”
She said Valegro was “probably the best he’s e'er felt. I know I made those mistakes but they were merely dizzy ones. It felt similar when you’re driving a Ferrari as well as y'all lay your human foot down. To receive got that much ability underneath you, specially after doing the Grand Prix yesterday, I’m merely delighted for him, I’m as well as so happy!”
She’s been working hard on the fitness of both herself as well as her Equus caballus over the in conclusion month. “At Aachen it was as well as so hot as well as I actually struggled amongst it, as well as he actually struggled amongst it. Obviously nosotros weren’t at sum fitness because nosotros wanted to peak here. That’s what nosotros were aiming for as well as to learn him equally tally equally nosotros could for here, as well as so nosotros went in that location a chip under-fitness as well as it affected us greatly when nosotros hitting the heat. In normal temperatures nosotros would receive got got away amongst it.
“Now I receive got a personal trainer, I develop 4 or v times a week, she’s fantastic as well as I hit a lot of nub operate as well as a lot of cardio work. I felt physically exhausted after Aachen because of the rut as well as so I idea I cannot receive got that if I’m coming hither as well as it’s hot, I wanted to live ready for it this time.”
Now she’s looking forwards to Friday’s Freestyle, as well as there’s no doubting the color of the medal she wants to accept dwelling menage from that. “I honey my music. I’ve ridden it at the World Cup Final as well as inward Aachen as well as so I desire to leave of absence in that location as well as assay to boom it, learn it to my absolute maximum. I’m non going to give anything away, I’m going to ride for everything. That’s the occupation when y'all ride for everything, y'all tin brand mistakes but y'all know I’m going to peril it because there’s entirely 1 remove chances of the gold!”
And she fully intends to accept it.
• Thirty combinations started inward the Grand Prix Special, as well as the top xv learn through to Friday’s Freestyle.
Result: Grand Prix Special:
1. Charlotte Dujardin/Valegro (GBR) 86.120%
2. Helen Langehanenberg/Damon Hill NRW (GER) 84.468%
3. Kristina Sprehe/Desperados FRH (GER) 79.762%
4. Adelinde Cornelissen/Jerich Parzival N.O.P. (NED) 79.328%
5. Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven/Don Auriello (SWE) 78.235%
6. Victoria Max-Theurer/Augustin Old (AUT) 77.857%
7. Anna Kasprzak/Donnperignon (DEN) 77.269%
8. Laura Graves/Verdades (USA) 77.157%
9. Diederik van Silfhout (NED) 75.929%
10. Stefan Peters/Legolas 92 (USA) 75.742%
Full results
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