Charlotte Dujardin & Imhotep Post Personal Best Score to Win Royal Windsor Horse Show CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle

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Charlotte Dujardin on Imhotep with daughter Isabella at Royal Windsor Horse Show. © 2023 Peter Nixon/RWHS

WINDSOR, England, May 11, 2023–Charlotte Dujardin and Imhotep posted a  personal best score to win the Royal Windsor Horse Show CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle Thursday for a double victory in the comeback from a competition break of eight months.

Charlotte and the 10-year-old KWPN gelding scored 83.200% to eclipse the previous best of 83.123% logged at the world championships last August, the last event before Charlotte took time out for the birth of her daughter, Isabella. The pair won the Grand Prix Wednesday.

Gareth Hughes, on the 17-year-old KWPN mare, Classic Briolinca, was runner-up on 80.510%, as the British world championship teammates were in the Grand Prix.

Lewis Carrier on the 15-year-old Diego V also posted a personal best 77.405% to complete a British sweep of the top three places.

Results:

CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle

Judges: E: Maria Colliander H: Ulrike Nivelle C: Eduard de Wolff van Westerrode M: Marietta Almasy B: Jacques van Daele

Rank Competitor Score E H C M B
1.
Charlotte Dujardin
Imhotep
83.200% 85.500 83.125 80.625 82.375 84.375
2.
Gareth Hughes
Classic Briolinca
80.510% 81.375 82.250 76.750 82.050 80.125
3.
Lewis Carrier
Diego V
77.405% 80.900 77.125 76.750 76.625 75.625
4.
Kathleen Kröncke
San Royal 3
76.365% 77.575 76.125 74.500 77.750 75.875
5.
Emile Faurie
Bellevue
75.560% 77.425 74.125 74.375 77.250 74.625
6.
Laura Tomlinson
Fallatijn
73.895% 75.850 73.500 72.500 73.875 73.750
7.
Louise Anne Bell
Into the Blue
72.590% 73.325 71.500 72.875 71.625 73.625
8.
Abigail Lyle
Farrell
72.025% 71.875 72.625 70.500 71.625 73.500
9.
Sarah Rao
Alfranco
69.090% 69.700 70.625 66.875 69.000 69.250
10.
Anne-Marie Rawlins
Etoile
68.345% 70.025 72.000 66.000 66.200 67.500
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