British duo Valegro and Charlotte Dujardin set a new world Grand Prix record today, Aug. 22, with a score of 85.94 percent at the ECCO FEI European Championships in Herning, Denmark.
Valegro, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood (Negro—Maifleur, Gerschwin) gelding owned by Carl Hester and Roly Luard, was also the previous world record holder for the Grand Prix with a score of 84.44 percent. The pair earned individual gold and helped Great Britain to team gold at last year’s Olympic Games in London.
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Dujardin, 27, and Valegro also hold the highest-ever Grand Prix Special score, 88.02 percent, earned at the Hagen CDI (Germany) in April 2012. Totilas and Edward Gal are still the Grand Prix freestyle record holders with a score of 92.30 percent.
In the European Championships team dressage competition, Germany took gold (234.65) with a top performance coming from Helen Langehanenberg on Damon Hill NRW (84.37%), while the Netherlands earned silver (233.96). Great Britain finished a close third on a score of 233.54.
