HAGEN, Germany, April 24, 2026–The partnership of Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour and Mount St. John Freestyle produced their 10th Grand Prix result above 80% Friday with a dominating victory in the Horse & Dreams CDI4*.
Cathrine and Freestyle now 17 years old were awarded 82.391% in the 11th international Grand Prix and the 9th victory in the class since the Danish star began competing the mare at the end of 2023.
Since then, the duo has led Denmark to silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics and bronze at the 2025 European Championships.
Freestyle was previously shown successfully by Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin.
German team rider Ingrid Klimke on Vayron, the 15-year-old stallion she took over competing after the Paris Games, was runner-up on a personal best 75.087%.
Results:
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour (DEN) Mount St John Freestyle | 82.391% | 84.674 | 80.109 | 83.261 | 81.413 | 82.500 |
| 2. | Ingrid Klimke (GER) Vayron NRW | 75.087% | 73.913 | 74.783 | 75.543 | 76.630 | 74.565 |
| 3. | Maria von Essen (SWE) Invoice | 73.370% | 73.370 | 72.935 | 72.500 | 74.022 | 74.022 |
| 4. | Leonie Richter (GER) Lord Europe | 72.261% | 71.522 | 73.587 | 71.957 | 72.391 | 71.848 |
| 5. | Anna Zibrandtsen (DEN) Quel Filou | 72.152% | 72.065 | 71.304 | 71.196 | 73.370 | 72.826 |
| 6. | Therese Nilshagen (SWE) Navarro | 72.065% | 70.761 | 74.348 | 72.391 | 70.761 | 72.065 |
| 7. | Nadja Aaboe Sloth (DEN) Favour Gersdorf | 72.000% | 71.848 | 71.522 | 71.957 | 71.848 | 72.826 |
| 8. | Annabella Pidgley (GBR) Gio | 71.717% | 71.304 | 71.739 | 70.870 | 71.739 | 72.935 |
| 9. | Sara Aagaard Hyrm (DEN) Atterupgaards Cooper | 69.522% | 66.739 | 69.674 | 71.739 | 70.109 | 69.348 |
| 10. | Susan Pape (GBR) Harmony’s V-Plus | 69.283% | 69.891 | 68.696 | 68.043 | 69.457 | 70.326 |
| 11. | Laura Tomlinson (GBR) Full Moon II | 69.261% | 66.522 | 69.674 | 68.587 | 68.587 | 72.935 |
| 12. | Tobias Nabben (GER) Forster 16 | 69.174% | 69.565 | 68.913 | 70.109 | 68.261 | 69.022 |
| 13. | Lisa Müller (GER) Gut Wettlkam’s Zonik Hit OLD | 67.978% | 67.391 | 66.957 | 67.717 | 69.891 | 67.935 |
| 14. | Fabienne Müller-Lütkemeier (GER) Valesco 50 | 67.891% | 68.261 | 68.587 | 66.196 | 67.826 | 68.587 |
| 15. | Nuno Palma Santos (POR) Fortunity S FRH | 67.065% | 66.848 | 66.630 | 68.478 | 68.152 | 65.217 |
| 16. | Thomas Wagner (GER) Escolar’s Emil FRH | 66.913% | 64.565 | 65.978 | 69.891 | 68.696 | 65.435 |
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