Hay and Straw

Something about...
                ... Charlotte Dujardin

Charlotte left school at 16 and after achieving success pony showing - she won at the Horse of the Year Ahow four times and Hickstead three times. She went to work for dressage rider, trainer and FEI judge Judy Harvey. In early 2007, Charlotte visited Carl Hester for some lessons, he asked her to help out for 10 days and she never left. Now based at Carl's yard, she says the best thing about the yard is, "the amount of chocolates, cakes and biscuits people bring along when they visit! And everyone is alwys so supportive and they all really care for the horses. We all work hard, but then we all have a really exiting year ahead of us." Her horsey partner for the Olympics was Valegro, stable name Blueberry, a 16.2hh KWPN gelding co-owned by Carl Hester and Rowena Luard. Charlotte describes him as "happy, easy-giong and easy to please." Stephen Clarkks says: "Valegro is one of the most exiting horses at the moment. He's such a fabulous horse, with no weaknesses and many highlights." This year Charlotte and Valegro won gold at the Olympics.

Charlotte Dujardin & Valegro at the Olympics