Friday is all about the Grand Prix 5* that Lottie will ride with Dark Legend and the 4* Grand Prix Special with Glamourdale.

As one of the last starters in the Grand Prix, Lottie and Dark Legend rode there test. This competition is the first competition where “Darkie” will compete after a long break. As a reserve horse he went to the quarantine for the Olympic Games in Aachen and on this ground he will make his comeback.
They entered the stadium full of power and immediately made an impression when they entered. A clear round followed in which the duo showed that this combination can be taken into account for the future. A very nice 76.717% was the result and a great second place!

Tonight at 19.25 she will start with Glamourdale in the Grand Prix Special 4*.

Time to look back at the very successful week of Everdale and Lottie at the European Championships in Hagen! The combination has shown to be in top form, they have scored no less than three PR’s. The photos in this post were taken by Equigeniek and Jon Stroud Media.

On September 7, Lottie and Everdale rode the Grand Prix test, which counted for the Nations Cup. The combination rode a very strong test and this resulted in a PR of no less than 77.671%! Teammate Gareth Hughes rode to 74.394%. On Wednesday September 8, teammates Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin entered the ring. Carl and En Vogue scored 74.848% and Charlotte and Gio scored 79.829%. This eventually resulted in a silver medal for the British team!!!

The next day the Grand Prix Special was on the program. Again a fantastic test. As Lottie herself said: ‘The ride of our lives, Everdale was amazing’. Also a PR in the Special: 78.146% and a fifth place in a very strong field of competitors.

On Friday, the horses had a well-deserved day off. Saturday it was time for the last part: the Grand Prix Freestyle. Lottie and Everdale danced to a massive 84.721%, another PR and fifth place. We are very proud of these two talents!

Click here for the video of the Grand Prix Freestyle

Everdale is now back home in Den Hout. Lottie has already arrived at the next international competition. This week she will start at the CHIO Aachen with Glamourdale and Dark Legend!

Everdale and Charlotte Fry are on fire in Hagen. After a new personal best in the regular Grand Prix they have now scored a new personal best in the Grand Prix Special: 78,146%!And again they’ve finished at the fifth place in this strong field of competitors.

Tomorrow the horses have a well deserved day off, Saturday will be the last day of the show and then it is time for the Grand Prix Freestyle.

Since the arrival of the HorseTelex Results Ranking (2015), only one KWPN stallion has topped this list. Johnson took the top position in the world ranking for 2020. Now Gertjan van Olsts Negro (Ferro x Variant) is in the lead. And he also owes this position in large part to Van Olst personally: many of the children who collected points in the ranking for their father have a link with Van Olst.

Kastel’s Nintendo (ds. Monaco) ridden by Charlotte Jorst was owned by Van Olst as a young horse and was trained by Anne van Olst, and the same goes for Charlotte Heerings Bufranco (Negro x Zevenster) and his brother Alfranco ridden by Sarah Higgins. Severo Jurado Lopez’ Olympic horse Fendi T (Negro x Lester) is still owned by Van Olst and Beatrice Ferrer-Salats Tokio horse Elegance (Negro x Monaco) was bred by Van Olst.

A total of 19 Negros competed in international dressage last year (September 2020 – September 2021). In addition, 21 grandchildren collected points (half awarded) for their grandfather, including Van Olst’s Grand Prix stallions Chippendale (Lord Leatherdale x Negro), Everdale (Lord Leatherdale x Negro), who won team bronze with Charlotte Fry in Tokyo and Glamourdale ( Lord Leatherdale x Negro), who made an impressive debut this year in the international Grand Prix.

Source: Horses.nl

Photo: Negro and World champion Kjento

After the very successful Olympic Games in Tokyo, Charlotte Fry is selected to go to the European Dressage Championships in Hagen to compete for the British team. First choice for this European Championship is the KWPN stallion Everdale, Lord Leatherdale x Negro breeder P. Kluytmans. Her other asset Dark Legend, Zucchero x Tango breeder fam Nobus – De Potter, is her reserve horse.

In addition to her, the entire Olympic team will be present in Hagen: Charlotte Dujardin with Gio, Carl Hester with En Vogue and Gareth Hughes with Sintano van Hof Olympia.