Valegro

Valegro (5 July 2002 – 1 November 2025) was a dressage horse ridden by British equestrian Charlotte Dujardin. His stable name was Blueberry. He was a double World Champion in dressage. Valegro won the Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle.

 Career 
Valegro never lost a race, starting in January 2012.

Dujardin and Valegro won the FEI World Cup grand prix at London Olympia in 2011. They set a world record. Their score was 88.022% in April 2012.

Dujardin and Valegro were for Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics. They set a new Olympic score of 83.784%. On August 7, 2012, Dujardin and Valegro were a part of a team that won the gold medal in the team dressage. They won a gold medal in individual dressage.

At the 2013 European Championships in Herning, Charlotte and Valegro won the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special.

Valegro won a gold medal in the individual dressage at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

 Retirement and death 
On 14 December 2016, Valegro was retired by Dujardin. Dujardin and Valegro did a goodbye speech at the London International Horse Show 2016. It was on television by the BBC.

Valegro was euthanatized in November 2025 at the age of 23.

 References 

 Other websites 

 Valegro in action, 2016 (video)

Category:Dressage horses
Category:2002 births
Category:World record holders
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Great Britain
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:2025 deaths
Category:Deaths by euthanasia