On Sunday, the audience was treated to the exciting finale of the Shearwater Young Horse Championships at the LeMieux National Dressage Championships in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. Where Olympic gold and silver medallist, Charlotte Dujardin topped the five-year-old class on Mount St John stud’s Mount St John VIP.
Three titles were there for the taking and twelve combinations aging from four to six-years-old. For the climax of this finale, Eva Möller was the ride judge, a talented German young horse trainer at the world renowned Hof Kasselmann in Hagen. She put each of the young horses through their paces who, though young, demonstrated their spectacular talent and took the LeMieux National Dressage Championships’ atmosphere in their stride making for a very close showdown in each of the age groups.
In the five-year-old section, Charlotte claimed her sixth title of these championships this time on Mount St John VIP, sired by Vivaldi, who Eva described as “everything a rider wants”. The mare qualified at the Hartpury semi-final posting the highest young horse score on that day.
“She’s amazing, an incredible mare to ride and everything you would want from a five-year-old” said a delighted Charlotte who is evidently very excited about this young prospect. “I knew Eva would love her as she’s so light in the hand and responsive to your leg. After she’d ridden her, Eva said she was ‘beautifully trained’ which was a really nice compliment.”
