British riders took the top four places in the fourth leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage series at Olympia in London. All three riders from Great Britain surpassed the German, Norwegian, and Netherlands riders.
Laura Bechtolsheimer, aboard Mistral Hojris scored an amazing 83.975% to win the Grand Prix Freestyle to Music. Laura Bechtolsheimer, talking about Mistral Hojris’s unruly behaviour during the prize presentation: “Alf is just one of those horses that hasn’t grown up! He’s now 16, but still finds certain things pretty terrifying. He loves competing, but is not quite so fond of winning the prizes
Charlotte Dujardin, with Valegro, was an extremely close second with 83.700%. “It has been one of my dreams to come to Olympia - and I won yesterday! I did my first Grand Prix in January, won gold at the Europeans and won here - it couldn’t go much better!” Charlotte commented.
Carl Hester, on Uthopia, scored another close 83.450% to place third. When asked if he preferred riding or coaching, Carl responded, “I still like winning best! But it gives me as much pleasure watching Charlotte riding, as me riding”.
(photos by Caroline Finch)
Laura Bechtolsheimer, aboard Mistral Hojris scored an amazing 83.975% to win the Grand Prix Freestyle to Music. Laura Bechtolsheimer, talking about Mistral Hojris’s unruly behaviour during the prize presentation: “Alf is just one of those horses that hasn’t grown up! He’s now 16, but still finds certain things pretty terrifying. He loves competing, but is not quite so fond of winning the prizes
Charlotte Dujardin, with Valegro, was an extremely close second with 83.700%. “It has been one of my dreams to come to Olympia - and I won yesterday! I did my first Grand Prix in January, won gold at the Europeans and won here - it couldn’t go much better!” Charlotte commented.
Carl Hester, on Uthopia, scored another close 83.450% to place third. When asked if he preferred riding or coaching, Carl responded, “I still like winning best! But it gives me as much pleasure watching Charlotte riding, as me riding”.
(photos by Caroline Finch)
