Valegro Retires: A tribute to his trainer Carl Hester

Elegant Scoundrel is proud to present the first of a two-part series to celebrate the retirement of the most famous dressage horse in the world, Valegro.

Part One tributes Valegro's owner and trainer Carl Hester - one of the greatest ever equestrians, who owns over 70 national titles, has represented Team GB at four Olympic Games, two World Championships and seven European Championships.

It was Carl that found Valegro as a two-year-old unbroken horse and sold a share to Roly Luard to help fund him. He also discovered and nurtured Charlotte Dujardin’s talent and turned down multi-million pound offers for the horse to avoid breaking up the formidable partnership of girl and horse for financial gain, nor did he reclaim the horse for personal glory, but instead continued to train them to victory after victory, gold medal after gold medal.

Please join us in celebrating Valegro's meteoric rise to success thanks to Carl Hester and his World Class horsemanship and sportsmanship.