Britain’s Olympic Partnership of Charlotte Dujardin & Gio Post Personal Best Score to Win London World Cup Grand Prix
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LONDON, Dec. 16, 2021–Charlotte Dujardin rode her double Olympic medal mount Gio to a personal best score to win the London International Horse Show World Cup Grand Prix Thursday.
The world number three ranked partnership of Charlotte and the 10-year-old KWPN gelding scored 82.553% in the short Grand Prix, beating the pair’s previous best of 80.963% set at the Tokyo Games where they earned both team and individual bronze medals. The pair followed Olympic success with European Championship silver for the British team as well as Freestyle bronze.
Four of the five judges awarded the duo above 80%–two above 84%–while one gave a score of 79.342%.
Germany’s Frederic Wandres on the 14-year-old British-bred Hanoverian gelding was runner-up on 75.158%. The pair have been successful at the London Christmas show with appearances in 2018 and 2019.
Denmark’s Nanna Skodborg Merrald and Orthilia, 16-year-old Oldenburg mare, were close behind on 75.105% for third.
This was only the fifth international competition for Nanna and Orthilia since beginning international competition in January, taking over the ride from Agnete Kirk Thinggaard.
European Championship British team mates Charlotte Fry and Dark Legend, 13-year-old KWPN gelding, were fourth on 74.526% in what was the last international dressage competition of the year continuing to be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Frankfurt CDI5* scheduled for this week was canceled and so, too, the year-end World Cup in Mechelen, Belgium.
The Grand Prix Freestyle is scheduled for Friday to determine points in the Western European League leading to the Final in Leipzig, Germany in April.
Results:
CDI-W Short Grand Prix
| Judges: | Stephen Clarke | Eduard de Wolff van Westerrode | Peter Storr | Susanne Baarup | Raphael Saleh | ||||||||
| Place | Score | Nation | Athlete | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | Spectators | |||
| 1. | 82.553 | GBR | Charlotte Dujardin | Gio | 79.342 | 84.737 | 84.079 | 80.921 | 83.684 | 80.400 (1) | |||
| 2. | 75.158 | GER | Frederic Wandres | Duke of Britain FRH | 75.526 | 75.395 | 74.079 | 75 | 75.789 | 74.285 (3) | |||
| 3. | 75.105 | DEN | Nanna Skodborg Merrald | Atterupgaards Orthilia | 75.526 | 74.737 | 75.789 | 76.842 | 72.632 | 74.008 (4) | |||
| 4. | 74.526 | GBR | Charlotte Fry | Dark Legend | 75.526 | 74.605 | 74.079 | 73.947 | 74.474 | 75.347 (2) | |||
| 5. | 71.526 | GBR | Richard Davison | Bubblingh | 73.684 | 73.421 | 70.132 | 69.737 | 70.658 | 70.168 (6) | |||
| 6. | 69.842 | ESP | Agusti Elías Lara | Altaneiro | 70.132 | 69.737 | 65.526 | 71.711 | 72.105 | 68.314 (9) | |||
| 7. | 69.605 | GBR | Gareth Hughes | KK Dominant | 68.947 | 70 | 68.684 | 71.053 | 69.342 | 70.456 (5) | |||
| 8. | 69.368 | GBR | Lara Butler | Kristjan | 69.211 | 70.789 | 70.526 | 67.632 | 68.684 | 69.929 (7) | |||
| 9. | 67.790 | GBR | Hayley Watson-Greaves | Rubins Nite | 68.158 | 67.5 | 67.895 | 69.737 | 65.658 | 68.772 (8) | |||
| 10. | 67.605 | NED | Tommie Visser | Genesis Begijnhoeve | 70 | 66.579 | 66.447 | 69.079 | 65.921 | 67.325 (15) | |||
| 10. | 67.605 | ESP | Alejandro Asencio Méndez | Focus | 68.947 | 67.105 | 65.263 | 69.211 | 67.5 | 67.512 (13) | |||
| 12. | 67.474 | SGP | Caroline Chew | Tribiani | 68.158 | 66.842 | 68.947 | 68.289 | 65.132 | 67.616 (12) | |||
| 13. | 67.368 | IRL | Dane Rawlins | Espoire | 64.605 | 68.684 | 66.184 | 68.289 | 69.079 | 67.724 (10) | |||
| 14. | 67.158 | GBR | Louise Anne Bell | Into the Blue | 66.711 | 68.158 | 66.579 | 68.553 | 65.789 | 67.358 (14) | |||
| 15. | 66.632 | GRE | Theodora Livanos | Dono Di Maggio OLD | 62.763 | 66.842 | 66.974 | 67.5 | 69.079 | 67.619 (11) |
