The girl on the dancing horse /
by Dujardin, Charlotte.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Preface, [2018]Description: 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781848095083 (hbk.) :; 1848095082 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 DUJSubject(s): Dujardin, Charlotte | Dressage riders -- Great Britain -- Biography | Valegro (Horse) | Biography | BiographySummary: Greenwich 2012, the Olympic games in London. Charlotte Dujardin enters the ring riding the Dutch warmblood Valegro for the individual dressage event. Working through a series of intricate movements, they have the audience spellbound. Just over 6 minutes later and the pair had delivered a routine with a score of 90.089%. It was an Olympic record and only the third score in history over 90 per cent. This is the story of how an outsider and an unconventional horse changed the world of equestrian sport.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Originally published: 2017.
Includes index.
Greenwich 2012, the Olympic games in London. Charlotte Dujardin enters the ring riding the Dutch warmblood Valegro for the individual dressage event. Working through a series of intricate movements, they have the audience spellbound. Just over 6 minutes later and the pair had delivered a routine with a score of 90.089%. It was an Olympic record and only the third score in history over 90 per cent. This is the story of how an outsider and an unconventional horse changed the world of equestrian sport.
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