Is this the horse of the 2023 nationals? Third title of the week for Charlotte Dujardin and talented mare
Somerford Park heroes Charlotte Dujardin and Becky Moody were neck and neck throughout on day three of the LeMieux National Dressage Championships.
In the ultra-competitive TopSpec medium gold championship, Becky Moody beat the very best to take the crown on Jo Cooper’s six-year-old mare Magic Dream, who finished on a score of 76.2%. The Governer-sired Dutch warmblood has always been destined for the very top; in 2021, she posted a victory in the five-year-old young horse finals at the Hartpury Festival of Dressage with a remarkable score of 92.6%.
In second on 75.7% in the medium gold final was Sonnar Murray-Brown aboard his own mare Faside Simply Amou, while Charlotte and Peter Belshaw’s Martinez six-year-old Times Mon Amour had to settle for third on this occasion after scoring 74.9%.
Later on during the afternoon, Charlotte was back to her winning ways as she lifted the Saracen Horse Feeds inter I freestyle gold accolade on Peter Belshaw’s Times Kismet, who was winning her third title of this year’s National Dressage Championships.
This victory secured Charlotte the Saracen Horse Feeds inter I supreme championship sash.
“The feeling she gives me is phenomenal; it is as if she is on air,” said Charlotte, when commenting on Kismet. “She is definitely a girl with attitude, too.”
Second to Charlotte and Kismet in the inter I freestyle was Becky, this time in the saddle of Jo Cooper’s nine-year-old stallion James Bond, another consistent horse who has been giving it his all during nationals week.
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