Newent’s Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro rode for gold in the individual dressage in Rio on Monday, August 15th.

Charlotte had already sealed a silver medal in the team event when she, and the rest of the British dressage team were defending the gold medal they won at the London 2012 Olympics.

In her home town of Newent, just up the road from Ross-on-Wye, locals were watching when Charlotte performed the last set at the Olympic Equestrian Venue in Deodoro, on World Freestyle record holder, Valegro.

In defending her individual dressage title in Rio on board Valegro, Dujardin became just the second British woman to win three Olympic titles alongside Laura Trott, while also joining Richard Meade at the summit of British equestrian achievements by matching the eventer’s feat across the 1968 and 1972 Games in Mexico and Munich.

Read the full story in this week’s Ross Gazette