The entire equestrian world was in awe after witnessing wonderful performances at the Grand Prix. Charlotte Dujardin is a British equestrian and is considered one of the dominant dressage riders of her era. She is a multiple World and Olympic champion. She is also the first rider to hold a complete set of titles that includes Olympic Freestyle, World Freestyle and Grand Prix Special, World Cup individual dressage, and European freestyle at the same time.

After these extraordinary achievements, Dujardin has yet again performed brilliantly with her horse Glamourdale at the FEI Dressage European Championships. It was a race worth watching that ended up with Britain taking the trophy home.

Charlotte Dujardin delivered a phenomenal performance at an equestrian event 

The European Championships came down between two iconic legends Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin. The British team, Dujardin and veteran Gareth Hughes have attained 59 championship medals and now after this win on 7th September 2023, they pushed the count to 60.

Sixteen nations sent forward their 32 of Europe’s best combinations for the final showdown. Owning the field, Great Britain held the lead on Day One of the competition. The scores that day went with Hester on New Mount Fame at 78.540% and Hughes on his veteran partner Classic Briolinca with a score of 74.565%.

Dujardin gave a phenomenal finish on day two. She delivered her personal best score which got the team gold, and this is Britain’s first Gold after London 2012. She and her equine Glamourdale had to score more than 78.800% to nab the gold. The British rider showed immense talent for her horse. And even after a small interruption in the final piaffe, they managed to score a personal best of 81.258% clearly declaring Britain’s win.

She posted on her Facebook account about her incredible win and her equine. The caption read, “A bronze medal with a horse that has so much more to come. Didn’t expect this result yesterday making me even more proud of Pete.” Although the finish was beyond great, however, the start of the European Championships did not go well for new mom Dujardin.

Charlotte Dujardin talks about her experience at the championships

The event ended perfectly, but the initial stage was not ideal for Dujardin. Her equine Pete also called Imhotep got travel sick. She faced complications getting to the venue which made them travel for 19 hours and Pete had never travelled that far. Pete further expressed, “He arrived with travel sickness but we have a great team of vets that helped so thankfully he was fine.”

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This wasn’t just it, her six-year-old daughter Isabella also got sick and had a high fever. Dujardin slept for just an hour taking care of her. She added, “It’s been a bit of an emotional roller-coaster for me this week.” However, these mishaps did not stop her from performing nor did Pete stop after his situation. The win she attained made everything go away.

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