World number one dressage rider Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour and her wife Rasmine have welcomed a baby daughter.
Rasmine gave birth to Palma at 12.59am on 31 May 2025, “and with that our life changed,” said the couple.
“Unreal that you are our daughter and the one cooking in my belly for the last nine months,” said Rasmine, a showjumper who competes to CSI3* level.
“You gave me the perfect pregnancy. Now we will give you the most amazing life.”
Cathrine and Rasmine met in October 2019 at the Herning CDI-W. Rasmine proposed to Cathrine after the latter won the grand prix title at the Danish national championships in September 2020, and the couple married the following year.
They held a second wedding in December 2023 and last November they announced Rasmine was pregnant with their first child.
“A mini Laudrup-Dufour is cooking in Rasmine’s belly and we are all soooo excited,” they said at the time.
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It has been an exciting 12 months for the couple, who run a training and sales yard together. Cathrine and Mount St John Freestyle, owned by Mount St John, Cathrine and Zinglersen, were part of the Danish team that won silver at the Paris Olympics last summer, and the pair have won their last six international starts together, including posting a +91% in the Gothenburg CDI-W freestyle in February.
In March Cathrine topped the FEI world dressage rankings for the first time in her career, and in the updated rankings for June she remains ahead of Lottie Fry by 116 points. Germany’s Isabell Werth is in third.
Last month Cathrine and Freestyle won the grand prix title at the Danish national championships (23-25 May) for the second consecutive year.
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Since joining H&H in 2018, Becky has covered a broad range of equestrian news including welfare matters, veterinary studies, FEI Tribunal hearings and road safety campaigns. She has also interviewed top riders including Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to name just a few. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, as well as the Royal Highland and Blair Castle International Horse Trials closer to home. She was also a key part of the remote reporting team for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.
