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KRONENBERG, Netherlands, Dec. 1, 2023–Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour made a spectacular international debut on Mount St. John Freestyle with victory on a score of 81.196% in the CDI3* Grand Prix Friday.

The competition was Cathrine’s first at Big Tour in a year and 2 1/2 years since the Hanoverian mare Freestyle was last competed internationally by Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain.

All five judges awarded the Danish Olympic team rider and Freestyle, now 14 years old, scores above 80%, the highest of 82.717% by Olivier Smeets of Belgium.

Britain’s Charlotte “Lottie” Fry on the 12-year-old stallion Lars van de Hoenderheide was runner-up on 75.109%. The pair have competed at Big Tour for the past year.

Marlies van Baalen of the Netherlands on Habibi DVB, the 11-year-old KWPN gelding which the duo won this Grand Prix a year ago, were third on   73.913%.

Flore De Winne of Belgium and Flynn FRH, nine-year-old Hanoverian stallion, were fourth on 71.565%. Flore and Flynn were on Belgium’s team at the European Championships in September.

The 31-year old Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour last competed a year ago on Bohemian that was her Tokyo Olympic mount.

She first competed in pony classes, including the 2006 Europeans, before Cassidy, a Danish Warmblood, that was one of two horses she rode as a Junior. Cathrine and Cassidy ended up in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Her success on Cassidy that included the 2017 and 2019 Europeans led to Bohemian that she competed at the 2021 Europeans as well as the Tokyo Olympics.

On Vamos Amigos, Cathrine led Denmark to the world championship in 2022 and also earned two individual silver medals.

With the retirement of Cassidy and other riders taking over Bohemian and Vamos Amigos she had no Big Tour horse ahead of the Paris Olympics next summer.

The British-based Mount St. John stud arranged for Cathrine and Zinglersen ApS to take 50% stake in Freestyle.

Charlotte Dujardin had competed Freestyle, including leading Britain to team bronze at the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon and the duo also earned individual bronze. The pair last competed 2 1/2 years ago.

Results:

CDI3* Grand Prix

Rank	Competitor	Score	E	H	C	M	B
1.	Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour (DEN) Mount St John Freestyle	81.196%	81.522	82.717	80.326	80.761	80.652
2.	Charlotte Fry (GBR) Lars van de Hoenderheide	75.109%	74.239	75.000	75.326	75.978	75.000
3.	Marlies van Baalen (NED) Habibi DVB	73.913%	75.978	71.304	73.804	74.239	74.239
4.	Flore De Winne (BEL) Flynn FRH	71.565%	72.391	71.196	71.957	72.065	70.217
5.	Corentin Pottier (FRA) Gotilas du Feuillard	70.978%	70.109	70.000	71.413	73.913	69.457
6.	Charlotte Fry (GBR) Especial	70.804%	67.935	73.587	69.674	70.761	72.065
7.	Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier (GER) Valesco 50	70.761%	71.522	69.891	71.848	70.978	69.565
8.	Nadja Aaboe Sloth (DEN) Favour Gersdorf	70.348%	69.674	69.674	72.500	69.674	70.217
9.	Marlies van Baalen (NED) Go Legend	69.869%	66.739	69.348	68.478	73.043	71.739
10.	Carina Scholz (GER) Soiree d’ Amour OLD	68.913%	67.826	66.413	72.826	70.978	66.522
11.	Camille Judet Chéret (FRA) Herelja Higgins	68.609%	67.283	67.391	70.109	68.696	69.565
12.	Jazmin Yom Tov (HUN) Hexagon’s Grandville	67.978%	67.065	70.109	68.370	67.283	67.065
13.	Laurens van Lieren (NED) Dutch Design	67.891%	66.739	68.152	69.022	67.826	67.717
13.	Karen Nijvelt (NED) Elysias	67.891%	67.935	69.565	67.391	67.717	66.848
15.	Young-Shik Hwang (KOR) Delmonte 7	67.804%	64.783	68.261	67.826	69.022	69.130
16.	Jeanine Nekeman (NED) Game Boy STH	67.370%	66.196	68.370	68.696	67.391	66.196
17.	Richard White (GBR) Heroi Do Seixo	67.304%	67.826	66.957	70.000	67.065	64.674
18.	Jorinde Verwimp (BEL) Charmer	67.283%	67.174	67.717	66.196	68.478	66.848
19.	Jemma Heran (AUS) Saphira Royal 2	67.239%	67.717	65.761	67.391	68.261	67.065
20.	Stephanie Brieussel (FRA) Fellini du Soleil	67.152%	66.739	68.261	65.326	67.065	68.370
21.	Malin Wahlkamp-Nilsson (SWE) Bergsjoholms Valbonne	67.000%	67.717	66.522	66.522	69.022	65.217
22.	Anush Agarwalla (IND) Sir Caramello OLD	66.826%	65.761	65.326	68.913	67.717	66.413
23.	Juliette Ramel (SWE) Gideon k.h.	66.804%	64.348	68.478	67.609	67.826	65.761
24.	Gilles Siauve (FRA) Feneton	66.044%	65.109	65.870	67.391	65.435	66.413
25.	Rotem Jale Ibrahimzadeh (TUR) Hexagon’s Double Dutch	66.022%	65.978	65.217	67.500	65.435	65.978
26.	Andrew Gould (GBR) Genie	65.587%	66.413	65.652	64.022	66.739	65.109
27.	Kazuki Sado (JPN) Barolo	65.087%	65.652	62.826	67.174	65.326	64.457
28.	Theodora Livanos (GRE) Robinvale	65.065%	63.370	65.326	63.696	67.174	65.761
28.	Nathalie Wahlund (ITA) Cerano Gold	65.065%	65.652	64.891	65.870	65.652	63.261
30.	Jennifer Harnett (IRL) Eximio	65.000%	66.304	66.304	63.478	63.587	65.326
31.	Mirelle Kemenade-Witlox (NED) Siebenstein	64.978%	66.913	65.826	63.652	63.652	64.848
32.	Benedek Pachl (HUN) Donna Friderika	64.891%	64.565	65.217	63.913	66.739	64.022
33.	Hans Peter Minderhoud (NED) Invictus	64.804%	64.891	67.283	63.043	62.717	66.087
34.	Yessin Rahmouni (MAR) All at Once	64.500%	64.022	62.826	66.739	63.696	65.217
35.	Carde Meyer (GER) Surabaya M	64.283%	64.130	66.087	62.717	64.783	63.696
36.	Anna Paprocka-Campanella (POL) Chrevi’s Ravello	64.109%	62.174	65.217	64.565	63.370	65.217
37.	Suphakamol Vuntanadit (THA) Dreamboat BCN	63.957%	64.022	64.022	63.913	65.761	62.065
38.	Judith Sarda Mañe (ESP) Foundation 2	63.674%	63.261	61.413	63.696	67.283	62.717
39.	Pedro Manuel Tavares de Almeida (BRA) Hermes	63.630%	61.196	65.000	65.652	63.261	63.043
40.	Dane Rawlins (IRL) Espoire	61.283%	60.000	60.109	63.043	63.261	60.000
41.	Belinda Brereton (IRL) Deco	57.652%	57.935	59.022	55.326	59.130	56.848
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