Charlotte Dujardin Rides Imhotep CDI3* Grand Prix Special to Complete Sweep of All England Dressage Festival

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Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain on Imhotep. File photo. © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

HICKSTEAD, England, May 12, 2024–Charlotte Dujardin rode Imhotep to victory in the CDI3* Grand Prix Special Sunday to complete a sweep of the All England Dressage Festival on her Tokyo Olympic mount and Alive and Kicking, new this year to Big Tour.

Charlotte and Imhotep, 11-year-old KWPN gelding, scored 81.362% to win the Special. The duo won the Grand Prix Friday.

Carl Hester, her coach on Fame, his 2023 European Championship British team partner, was runner-up on 78.660%.

Australia’s Jayden Brown on the Aussie-bred 10-year-old gelding Willingpark Quincy B placed third on 71.617%.

Charlotte on Alive and Kicking, the 10-year-old Westfalen mare competing in the third CDI since beginning Big Tour in March, was runner-up to Imhotep in the Grand Prix and captured the Freestyle Saturday.

Results:

1) Charlotte Dujardin, GBR – Imhotep 81.362
2) Carl Hester, GBR – Fame 78.660
3) Jayden Brown, AUS – Willingapark Quincy B 71.617
4) Gareth Hughes, GBR – Classic Goldstrike 69.872
5) Emma Hindle, GBR – Zippo M.I. 69.021
6) Richard White, GBR – Heroi Do Seixo 68.213
7) Paul Friday, GBR – Hawtins Horatio 67.638
8) Henriette Andersen, GBR – Zackery 67.532
9) Sarah Millis, GBR – Impressive Vdc 66.425
10) Anu Sironen, FIN – Fioretto 65.659
11) Dane Rawlins, IRL – Etoile 62.617