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Valegro

Valegro
Valegro with Charlotte Dujardin at the 2012 Summer Olympics
BreedDutch Warmblood
SireNegro
GrandsireFerro
DamMaifleur
Maternal grandsireGershwin
SexGelding
Foaled2002
CountryNetherlands
OwnerCarl Hester Rowena Luard Anne Barrott
Olympic medal record
Equestrian
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team dressage
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Individual dressage
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual dressage
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team dressage

Valegro (5 July 2002 – 1 November 2025) was a dressage horse ridden by British equestrian Charlotte Dujardin. His stable name was Blueberry. He was a double World Champion in dressage. Valegro won the Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle.[1]

Career

Valegro never lost a race, starting in January 2012.[2]

Dujardin and Valegro won the FEI World Cup grand prix at London Olympia in 2011.[3] They set a world record. Their score was 88.022% in April 2012.[3][4][5]

Dujardin and Valegro were for Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6] They set a new Olympic score of 83.784%.[7] On August 7, 2012, Dujardin and Valegro were a part of a team that won the gold medal in the team dressage.[8] They won a gold medal in individual dressage.[9][10]

At the 2013 European Championships in Herning, Charlotte and Valegro won the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special.[11]

Valegro won a gold medal in the individual dressage at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Retirement and death

On 14 December 2016, Valegro was retired by Dujardin. Dujardin and Valegro did a goodbye speech at the London International Horse Show 2016. It was on television by the BBC.[12]

Valegro was euthanatized in November 2025 at the age of 23.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Carl Hester.co.uk Carl's Horses". Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "British Dressage". www.britishdressage.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Charlotte Dujardin triumphs in FEI World Cup grand prix". BBC Sport. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "London 2012: Charlotte Dujardin breaks dressage world record". BBC Sport. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Dujardin and Valegro take 2012CDA Hagen Grand Prix for special by storm". www.eurodressage.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "London 2012: Dressage riders Bechtolsheimer and Dujardin selected for Team GB". www.sportsister.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Association, Press (3 August 2012). "London 2012: Charlotte Dujardin breaks Olympic dressage record". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Olympics equestrian: 20 gold medals for GB with dressage win". BBC Sport. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Olympics equestrian: Charlotte Dujardin wins second dressage gold". BBC Sport. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "London Olympics: Dujardin wins individual dressage gold". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "British Dressage". www.britishdressage.co.uk.[permanent dead link]
  12. ↑ "Live coverage of Valegro's retirement to be shown by BBC". Horse & Hound. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  13. ↑ Wright, Melissa. "Valegro And Uthopia, British Dressage Stars, Have Died". chronofhorse.com. Retrieved 1 December 2025.

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