Dujardin, who won individual dressage gold in 2016, will defend that title on Wednesday on Gio, who has replaced her now-retired horse Valegro, with whom she celebrated some of her biggest wins.

If you keep up with British Dressage Championship results ... Besides garnering attention for being her first horse since famed Valegro, the captivating eight-year-old chestnut gelding broke ...

The goal of dressage is for the horse and rider to perform routines to music in perfect harmony, and Ms Dujardin and her beloved Valegro — whom she nicknamed Blueberry — were always as one.

Dujardin and the British dressage team "were considered strong ... The "synergy" of her relationship with Valegro, the horse she rode to gold-medal victory at the London Games and again in Rio ...

Britain's Charlotte Dujardin, the individual winner in Rio and the holder of the Olympic record for freestyle dressage, finished third this time to become her country's most decorated female Olympian.