Charlotte Dujardin

Charlotte began her equestrian career in showing at a young age; her interest in dressage started in 2007 when she went for lessons with Carl Hester. After several lessons and a short time spent working on the yard, Carl offered her a full time position as a rider.

Charlotte made her Grand Prix debut in January 2011 with a then nine year old Valegro and won. A member of the first dressage team to win a gold medal that same year, Charlotte went to her first Olympic Games in 2012 and returned with two gold medals to her name. The combination went on to win five team medals and seven Individual golds for Great Britain at Championship level. Charlotte was awarded an OBE in the 2013 New Year Honours List, and a CBE in 2017.

Together they concurrently held World, European and Olympic champion titles and still hold the world records in the Grand Prix (87.460%, Olympia CDI-W 2014); Grand Prix Special (88.022%, Hagen CDI4* 2012) and Grand Prix Freestyle (94.300%, Olympia CDI-W 2014) tests.

Charlotte debuted Mount St John Freestyle at national Grand Prix in March 2018 with 81%, before a double of wins at their international competition in April 2018. The combination have subsequently enjoyed great results, securing two wins at the Royal Windsor Horse Show CDI, in front of a delighted crowd, before topping the Grand Prix Special at their first attempt at Bolesworth with a score of over 80%. From there, Charlotte and Freestyle went on to represent Team GBR at the World Equestrian Games at Tryon in 2018, securing team and individual bronze. 

Throughout 2019, Charlotte debuted her newest star, the 'pocket rocket' Gio, or Pumpkin at Grand Prix and they quickly formed a formidable partnership - and fan club. The year delay to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics served perfectly for the duo, giving them time to establish at the level and qualify and they were duly selected for the Games in 2021. The 16hh ten year old captured the hearts and minds of the public - and the judges - and three brave performances helped the team to a bronze medal and took a bronze for themselves in the Freestyle against the odds.

They headed to Hagen in Germany for the European Chamionships a matter of weeks later and put their experience to good use, claiming a silver team medal and securing a second bronze individually. 

Charlotte and her new rising star, Imhotep joined the British team at the 2022 World Championships in Herning, scoring 77.407% and finishing in fourth place in the Grand Prix to help gain the team silver medal and qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.