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Britain's Dujardin shines at FEI World Cup Dressage Grand Prix

Xinhua, April 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Defending champions, Britain's Charlotte Dujardin and her ride Valegro, lived up to expectations when winning the Grand Prix on the opening day of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final at the Thomas & Mack Center here on Friday.

The reigning Olympic, world and European champion finished with 85.414 points, over six marks ahead of The Netherlands' Edward Gal (79.057), and America's Steffen Peters ranked third with 76.843.

Dujardin was delighted that Valegro bounced back today.

"He had a massive journey and it hit him as well as the temperature change, but I got on him today and he was all ready to go. I think he just knew what he had to do and that's what I mean - he just never lets me down," she said.

The Grand Prix decides the starting order for Saturday's Freestyle which will decide the fate of the 2015 Dressage final champion.

FEI World Cup Dressage, the only worldwide series in this discipline, is now in its 30th season.

Judged on both technical and artistic merit, the FEI World Cup Dressage combines art, sport and partnership between horse and rider at the highest level and consistently proves a winning formula with audiences all over the world. Endi