Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour led Denmark to win the team bronze medal at the European Dressage Championships with her leading team grand prix test. Germany took gold, Britain silver.

Mount St John Freestyle was among the pre-championships favourites for individual glor,y and she proved why she is a force to be reckoned with. Her 80.82% score virtually assured Denmark of the team bronze medal, even with several top horses left to go.

Her result put her comfortably at the top of the leaderboard ahead of eventual fifth Carl Hester at that stage, with Isabell Werth, Lottie Fry and Justin Verboomen still to come. And there she stayed.

“Freestyle was amazing, I could feel she was a bit on fire, which I like,” said Cathrine, who was smiling throughout the test. “I wanted to play with her and s

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