Charlotte DuJardin

[HazuraJane]

Charlotte Dujardin has beaten Isabell Werth to win the grand prix at this week’s World Cup qualifier in Lyon, France.
Charlotte rode Emma Blundell’s nine-year-old Mount St John Freestyle to score a shade under 80% and win the class by a comfortable margin, with every judge having her at the top of the leaderboard.

 

[splashgirl45]

good result .....nice to see all of the judges were in agreement...not sure if emilio is one of isabels top horses through...

 

[milliepops]

probably not but he is 3 years older and has been competing FEI GP since 2015 which is quite a lot longer than Freestyle.
I think it's great that she's got another super horse to this level.

 

[oldie48]

Freestyle is a fabulous horse, I'm lucky enough to have seen her several times and she just seems to find everything so easy with none of the tension that you so often see in younger horses establishing themselves at this level. We are so lucky to have such lovely horses coming through!

 

[Equi]

Glad to hear it i have a lot of time for Charlotte.

 

[oldie48]

Glad to hear it i have a lot of time for Charlotte.

I do too. I hate this negativity towards her, she is a super talented rider who is able to bring the very best out of a range of different horses. I just wish I had a small amount of her talent and feel!

 

[Sleighfarer]

Charlotte rode Emma Blundell’s nine-year-old Mount St John Freestyle to score a shade under 80% and win the class by a comfortable margin, with every judge having her at the top of the leaderboard.

I think Freestyle is 10, not 9.

 

[Sleighfarer]

I do too. I hate this negativity towards her, she is a super talented rider who is able to bring the very best out of a range of different horses. I just wish I had a small amount of her talent and feel!

I agree. I've seen her riding lots of different horses at different levels. Why do you think there is negativity towards her? Is it because she was too successful too quickly for some people's tastes? Were some people hoping she was going to be a one-trick pony? Genuinely interested in what people think.

Freestyle is stunning, but Charlotte's younger horses are also very impressive. I think she said she was bringing Gio out at GP next year.

 

[milliepops]

I agree. I've seen her riding lots of different horses at different levels. Why do you think there is negativity towards her? Is it because she was too successful too quickly for some people's tastes? Were some people hoping she was going to be a one-trick pony? Genuinely interested in what people think.

i think it's probably that and a big dose of jealousy tbh.
I think she works incredibly hard, and she has been open about how much it has taken out of her and her personal relationships at times.
She's had leg ups during her career, sure, but I don't think that takes anything away from her exceptional achievements. You don't get that kind of consistency without a huge effort and (a fair bit of talent!)

 

[Sleighfarer]

i think it's probably that and a big dose of jealousy tbh.
I think she works incredibly hard, and she has been open about how much it has taken out of her and her personal relationships at times.
She's had leg ups during her career, sure, but I don't think that takes anything away from her exceptional achievements. You don't get that kind of consistency without a huge effort and (a fair bit of talent!)

Totally agree. She's so consistent at all levels and that doesn't come about by accident. I also think that maybe there is that British thing of it being OK to win provided you don't take any credit for it or want it too much.

 

[Goldenstar]

The leg ups Charlotte has had are because of her huge natural talent .
She’s going to producing horses after horse to this level for many years .

 

[ycbm]

That's the measure of a class rider, the ones who can do it on another horse, and another. I can't even I imagine just how hard she works to do it, well done her!

 

[splashgirl45]

she is also a mega competition rider, she must have nerves i suppose but she always seems very cool and although she has had loads of help from carl, there are not many riders who could have progressed like she has. we are very lucky that she is carrying on with valegros successors so successfully. i really like the grey mare, i think she is called florentina, i will get shouted at but i dont like the exagerrated front leg action which now seems so popular. this is why i loved valegro as his extended trot was amazing and the hinds virtually matched the fronts.

 

[{97702}]

I’m not a particularly a fan after meeting her in the local beauticians where we both go.... she looked down her nose at me like I was something on her shoe!

Maybe she was just having a bad day, goodness knows I have enough of them. Or maybe I should have been a groupie and asked for a selfie together 😂 I was far more impressed when my fellow livery said he’d been chatting to Carl in the barbers shop.... sigh.... ❤️❤️

 

[oldie48]

I agree. I've seen her riding lots of different horses at different levels. Why do you think there is negativity towards her? Is it because she was too successful too quickly for some people's tastes? Were some people hoping she was going to be a one-trick pony? Genuinely interested in what people think.

Freestyle is stunning, but Charlotte's younger horses are also very impressive. I think she said she was bringing Gio out at GP next year.

No idea. I worry that we have a culture of "build them up", knock them down" which I find it very sad. We should celebrate having such a talented rider but not everyone feels the same

 

[milliepops]

No idea. I worry that we have a culture of "build them up", knock them down" which I find it very sad.

agree. After the London Olympics it seemed that everyone was behind her. I haven't seen anything from her other than humility, gratitude for the opportunities she's been given and a lot of bloody hard work. So I can't see why the knives have started to come out since then tbh.

 

[splashgirl45]

isabel won today and charlotte came second.....still pretty good scores from charlotte 83.925% and 87.090% for isabel

 

[oldie48]

I’m not a particularly a fan after meeting her in the local beauticians where we both go.... she looked down her nose at me like I was something on her shoe!

Maybe she was just having a bad day, goodness knows I have enough of them. Or maybe I should have been a groupie and asked for a selfie together 😂 I was far more impressed when my fellow livery said he’d been chatting to Carl in the barbers shop.... sigh.... ❤️❤️

Perhaps Carl felt like chatting and CDJ didn't. why on earth should we think that elite sports people should always be charming to random people they meet when they go out and about in the rest of their lives? I met CDJ in a toilet and she smiled at me but I don't rate her as a rider because she smiled at some random old lady in the loo, I rate her because she's a bloody talented rider. FWIW I have met CH on a number of occasions, way before he became "famous", he's just a natural communicator as well as being an exceptional trainer and rider! Some people have talents heaped upon them!

 

[{97702}]

Perhaps Carl felt like chatting and CDJ didn't. why on earth should we think that elite sports people should always be charming to random people they meet when they go out and about in the rest of their lives? I met CDJ in a toilet and she smiled at me but I don't rate her as a rider because she smiled at some random old lady in the loo, I rate her because she's a bloody talented rider. FWIW I have met CH on a number of occasions, way before he became "famous", he's just a natural communicator as well as being an exceptional trainer and rider! Some people have talents heaped upon them!

And that is exactly what I meant when I said she possibly was having a bad day 🙄

It doesn’t take a genius to see that Carl is a natural communicator and people person..... 🙄

 

[ycbm]

Carl, from a whole day clinic I watched him teach on, is an egotistical, sarcastic and snipey individual. He was allowed to crack jokes but no trainee was allowed to answer back in kind.Maybe he was having a bad day. Doesn't stop him being a bloody good rider but I wouldn't choose to train with him from that day's performance.

 

[{97702}]

Carl, from a whole day clinic I watched him teach on, is an egotistical, sarcastic and snipey individual. He was allowed to crack jokes but no trainee was allowed to answer back in kind.Maybe he was having a bad day. Doesn't stop him being a bloody good rider but I wouldn't choose to train with him from that day's performance.

Unsurprising as it is that you are following me around the forum to disagree with me YMCA, oh wow! You have the “expertise” of a one day clinic! He lives 10 mins down the road from me.... I know who I would rather believe....

ETA - having regained a sense of perspective, not going round rhe forum to disagree of course, that was stupid of me, just not missing an opportunity 😊

 

[ycbm]

You must have an ego the size of the planet to believe that I am following you around to counter your views🤣

I live down (up, actually) the road ten minutes from a lot of people. Unless you drink with him in the pub you haven't a clue what he's really like as a person, and you slagged off Charlotte Dujardin on the basis of bumping into her at your beautician, so how about you get off that offended high horse your sitting on there?

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[{97702}]

You must have an ego the size of the planet to believe that I am following you around to counter your views 🤣

And you must have an observancy level the size of a dead squid to not actually read a post 😂😂

This is the calibre of magistrates we have nowadays folks.... 🙄

 

[ycbm]

Wow, do you practise being bitchy to get this good?

I am not currently an unpaid servant of my community as a lay Magistrate and I have not been for a number of years.

 

[{97702}]

Wow, do you practise being bitchy to get this good?

I am not currently an unpaid servant of my community as a lay Magistrate and I have not been for a number of years.

Oh sorry, you make such a thing about it and the training you received that I had thought it was more recent. Apologies, my bad.

 

[ycbm]

I have never ^made a thing^ about my training as a Magistrate or being a Magistrate in the past (because it is not allowed to post on social media as a JP) though I have been aggressively challenged on it many times and simply responded when that happens.

You dont seem a happy person to me lately Levrier, you seem to be striking out left right and centre at various targets, me included.

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[EllenJay]

Really - is this necessary? Both are fabulous riders and great statesmen(women). Not sure what the pair of you are trying to prove. Having met both of them, they are both gracious and a credit to both this country and to their sport.

I’m not a particularly a fan after meeting her in the local beauticians where we both go.... she looked down her nose at me like I was something on her shoe!

Maybe she was just having a bad day, goodness knows I have enough of them. Or maybe I should have been a groupie and asked for a selfie together 😂 I was far more impressed when my fellow livery said he’d been chatting to Carl in the barbers shop.... sigh.... ❤️❤️

Carl, from a whole day clinic I watched him teach on, is an egotistical, sarcastic and snipey individual. He was allowed to crack jokes but no trainee was allowed to answer back in kind.Maybe he was having a bad day. Doesn't stop him being a bloody good rider but I wouldn't choose to train with him from that day's performance.

 

[milliepops]

Yes there's something a bit odd about arguing over who is a nicer person, in such a catty way.

 

[ycbm]

I'm not trying to ^prove^ anything. Carl is a great rider, but having watched him train for a whole day I wouldn't go to him as a trainer. There are also many trainers who wouldn't want to train me 🤣 Horses for courses, it's an open forum we are all allowed to express views on here. I wish I rode a tenth as well as he does.

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[ycbm]

Yes there's something a bit odd about arguing over who is a nicer person, in such a catty way.

Not half as odd as arguing over who's writing catty posts with a catty post yourself MP.