Lottie Fry will now compete her world champion journey, Glamourdale, within the World Cup qualifier on the London Worldwide Horse Present (LIHS) subsequent week.
Netherlands-based Lottie was initially entered for LIHS with Everdale, the stallion she gained medals with on the Tokyo Olympics and European championships in 2021. Nevertheless, she has determined as a substitute to deliver Glamourdale to compete at London’s ExCeL centre – and it is going to be the 11-year-old stallion’s first time competing on British soil.
“Glammy has been going so effectively at dwelling and Everdale can be going to compete on the Mechelen World Cup qualifier very quickly after London,” Lottie informed H&H, explaining the reasoning behind the change.
“I believe the British public would like to see Glamourdale. This will probably be his first time ever in Britain.”
Glamourdale (Lord Leatherdale x Negro) has not competed since profitable staff silver and double particular person gold on the World Dressage Championships in Herning in August, as a substitute specializing in a return to stud duties at Van Olst Horses. The pair scored 90.65% with their fabulous “Better of British” soundtrack, put collectively by Joost Peters.
This will probably be Lottie’s third look on the LIHS; she completed third behind Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester in 2019 using Everdale, the final 12 months the present was held at Olympia, earlier than transferring to the ExCeL. She additionally completed second behind Charlotte in 2021 on Darkish Legend.
Lottie and Glamourdale would be the scorching favourites to take the World Cup qualifier this 12 months, however should not the one medallists from Herning who will probably be in motion. Gareth Hughes is about to deliver his world silver medallist Basic Briolinca, who additionally completed fifth within the freestyle on the World Championships.
Group bronze medallist Ingrid Klimke will probably be bringing the Fidertanz stallion Franziskus, with whom she gained the World Cup qualifier in Stuttgart final month.
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