‘I had nothing to lose’: Cathrine Dufour eyes up the podium with daring test in grand prix freestyle

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Olympic dressage freestyle: Cathrine Dufour riding Bohemian in the Tokyo Olympics
Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour and Bohemian at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Cathrine Dufour conjured a stunning freestyle to put herself right into medal contention in the freestyle at the Tokyo Olympic dressage. She scored 87.507% riding the chestnut gelding Bohemian to take the lead with five to go – though the final contenders featured all of the favourites for the gold medal.

Cathrine, competing at her second Olympics, rode a technically brave test, with the music changing even within the pace to match the chestnut’s fabulous expression.

Martha Terry
Martha Terry
Features editor

Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on horses and dogs. Her reporting CV includes the Paris Olympics, European championships, Aachen World Equestrian Festival and World Cup finals. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs. Now, her constant companion is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.