Valegro

Valegro

With Charlotte Dujardin at the 2012 Olympics
Breed Dutch Warmblood
Sire Negro
Grandsire Ferro
Dam Maifleur
Maternal grandsire Gershwin
Sex Gelding
Foaled 2002
Country Netherlands
Colour Dark Bay
Owner Carl Hester Rowena Luard Ann Barrott
Trainer Maddie Sullivan
Rider Charlotte Dujardin
Olympic medal record
Equestrian
2012 London Team dressage
2012 London Individual dressage

Valegro (born 2002) is a horse ridden by the British equestrian Charlotte Dujardin in the sport of dressage. He stands 16.2hh and has the stable name of Blueberry. He is a double World Champion in Dressage, he won Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle at the World Equestrian Games in 2014.[1]

Having joined Carl Hester's stable in Newent, Gloucestershire as a groom, Dujardin was offered the opportunity to develop the novice Dutch Warmblood gelding by Hester and co-owner Roly Luard, with the later intention of the horse being ridden in competition by Hester.[2]

Valegro has remained unbeaten since CDI Kapellen in January 2012.[3]

The combination became part of the team which won gold in a European Dressage Championship event in Rotterdam. They then won the FEI World Cup grand prix at London Olympia in 2011, setting a world record for the Olympic grand prix special discipline scoring 88.022%, in April 2012.[4][5][6]

Selected to represent Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics,[7] in the first round they set a new Olympic record of 83.784%.[8] On 7 August 2012 the pair were members of the team which won the gold medal in the team dressage event.[9] Two days later they won the gold in the individual dressage event with a score of 90.089%.[10][11]

At the 2013 European Championships in Herning, Charlotte and Valegro won both the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special with 85.94% and 85.69%.[12]

At Olympia 2013 he beat the world record (by around 2%) he set the new record to 93.975% (the record was previously held by Edward Gal and Moorlands Totilas). At Olympia 2014 he improved his own world record and he scored 94.3%.

Breeding

Valegro is sired by the legendary KWPN stallion Negro, by Olympic Ferro.

Furioso II is his great great damsire.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Carl Hester.co.uk Carl's Horses
  2. ↑ "Equestrian: 'Unlikely winner' Charlotte Dujardin celebrates double gold". The Independent. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  3. ↑ http://www.britishdressage.co.uk/results/competition_details/43363
  4. ↑ "Charlotte Dujardin triumphs in FEI World Cup grand prix". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "London 2012: Charlotte Dujardin breaks dressage world record". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Dujardin and Valegro take 2012CDA Hagen Grand Prix for special by storm". www.eurodressage.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "London 2012: Dressage riders Bechtolsheimer and Dujardin selected for Team GB". www.sportsister.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "London 2012: Charlotte Dujardin breaks Olympic dressage record". The Guardian
  9. ↑ "Olympics equestrian: 20 gold medals for GB with dressage win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Olympics equestrian: Charlotte Dujardin wins second dressage gold". BBC Sport. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "London Olympics: Dujardin wins individual dressage gold". Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  12. ↑ http://www.britishdressage.co.uk/results/horse_record/29960
  13. ↑ All Breed Pedigree.com

Totilas


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