Charlotte Dujardin – The Horse Magazine

Aachen 2023, the Prix St Georges

June 29th, 2023
Charlotte Dujardin and her new star, Times Kismet, win the Prix St Georg at Aachen. Read Article Comments Off

Go Forward with Charlotte Dujardin

April 14th, 2022
Charlotte Dujardin works on forward with Bonnie Kingsley and a six-year-old Friesian stallion, Braggo. In The Netherlands, the stallion had been a harness horse, now he was being trained for dressage. And the session works on the Basics – surprise. Charlotte works on exercises to develop an essential basic – forward. Charlotte is not a breed […] Read Article Comments Off

Carl Hester talks about starting the young horse…

September 3rd, 2021
Carl Hester talks about making Medal winners from the start, using Valegro as an example: “There are no short-cuts -you have to stick to your basics of waiting until you get the stretch from the horse, waiting until you get your relaxation. That’s where people need help sometimes.” Valegro as a young horse images: Kevin […] Read Article Comments Off

Charlotte Dujardin – developing pirouettes..

July 2nd, 2021
Charlotte Dujardin on how to develop top pirouettes Charlotte works with Queenslander, Nicole Tough, riding Borsato, a Dutch import. They are working on training pirouettes. Charlotte confiscates Nicole’s whip: “I want to see the true Nicole, I won’t let her cheat.” “Now canter, shorten the reins, don’t rock – belly button forward. Start with travers, […] Read Article Comments Off

Working with Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin

May 9th, 2021
Vanessa Way tells us about working with Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester, a great insight into the famous twosome’s philosophy: “I think you’ve got to get the horse balanced and you’ve got to get the engine quick. That’s what Carl always says. First of all we’ve got to get the horse forward off the leg. […] Read Article Comments Off

Carl Hester chats

May 7th, 2021
Rebecca Ashton talks to Carl Hester about the responsibility of a top athlete at the Olympics, training, his horses, Valegro and more... Read Article 12 Comments »

Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro, a happy story…

April 14th, 2021
Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro are without doubt one of the greatest partnerships ever in competitive dressage. We were lucky enough to share their preparation for their last victory, a Gold Medal at Rio. Back in early 2016, Team Hester took Valegro on a holiday to Jerez in Spain. The sunshine tour was the perfect opportunity to […] Read Article Comments Off

Balance, self carriage, and the importance of rider position

February 10th, 2021
Words Chris Hector, pictures Ros Neave Carl Hester talks about the development of Valegro’s balance, self carriage, power and expression, and that elusive quality, positive tension: Kit Houghton image Can we talk about positive tension? It looked to me, when we have been watching Charlotte working Valegro, that the incredible quality that she was showing […] Read Article 4 Comments »

Top Training Tips from Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester…

January 22nd, 2021
Charlotte Dujardin talks about the early training of the recently sold Grand Prix horse, Barolo. Read Article Comments Off

Top Tips – Charlotte Dujardin on the young horse starting out

January 21st, 2021
Charlotte Dujardin talking about working with young horses. Hard in the atmosphere of the Masterclass… Although Lilah Nieuwland’s four-year-old, Bloomfield Fürstin Romance was coping well, and Charlotte was sympathetic: “There is so much atmosphere, just try to give her a nice time and build her confidence, let her look, pat her on the neck. You don’t have […] Read Article Comments Off