PHOTOS: KEVIN SPARROW
LEMIEUX GP CHAMPIONSHIPS.
CHARLOTTE TAKES THE
crown
TWO MAGICAL DAYS OF TOP DRAWER DRESSAGE PRODUCED A MUCH NEEDED END OF YEAR CELEBRATION FOR ALL IN THE SPORT AT THE LEMIEUX NATIONAL GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIPS. HOSTED BY HARTPURY, THE CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE A TRIUMPH AND IT WAS CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN WHO CONJURED TWO STUNNING PERFORMANCES TO TAKE THE NATIONAL CHAMPION ACCOLADE FOR A SECOND TIME. ABOVE: EMILE FAURIE GAVE HIS USUAL MASTERCLASS OF GRAND PRIX TEST RIGHT: GIO CONTINUES TO IMPRESS UNDER
RIDING WITH THEODORA LIVANOS’ DONO DI MAGGIO TO GO TOP SEVEN IN BOTH
CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN – WHAT HE LACKS IN HEIGHT,
TESTS WITH 74.18% ON DAY ONE AND 78.73% FOR THEIR FREESTYLE ROUTINE.
HE MORE THAN MAKES UP IN TALENT AND ABILITY. HE WAS RUNNER UP IN BOTH CLASSES, INCLUDING A NEW FREESTYLE PB BY NEARLY 5% ON 88.05%. RIGHT: KATE COWELL BELOW: LOYAL BD SPONSOR ROBERT LEMIEUX
AND AUDREY LAWRENCE
CONGRATULATES CHARLOTTE AND FREESTYLE.
AND CHRISTINE
THANK YOU TO ROBERT, LISA AND THE HORSE
RICHARD’S SAMBA
HEALTH/LEMIEUX TEAM FOR THEIR DEDICATION
DANCER ARE STILL
TO DRESSAGE.
COMPARATIVELY NEW TO THE TOP FLIGHT BUT THEY LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION AT HARTPURY WITH THEIR DISPLAY OF HARMONY AND PRESENCE.
ABOVE: HE MAY HAVE MISSED OUT ON HIS 11TH NATIONAL TITLE, BUT CARL HESTER HAD MUCH TO CELEBRATE WITH TWO THIRD PLACES WITH A NEW PB GP SCORE OF 77.1% AND A STUNNING 86.5% IN HIS FIRST FREESTYLE WITH CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN’S JAZZ SON EN VOGUE.
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