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Charlotte Dujardin has paid tribute to her three-time Olympic gold medal-winning horse, Valegro, who has been put down.

The pair were golden at the London 2012 Olympics, winning both individual and team dressage competitions, and added another individual gold to their tally in Rio 2016.

Valegro became the most decorated dressage horse in British history.

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However, Dujardin, now 40, was handed a year-long ban from the sport in December 2024 following an investigation into a video of her "excessively" whipping a horse.

The news of Valegro's passing, aged 23, marked Dujardin's first Instagram post since receiving the ban.

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"I knew of course this day would come, but I

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