Imhotep, or “Pete” as he is known at home, is Charlotte Dujardin’s “brilliant” top horse, and her first ride since Valegro to break the 90% barrier in international competition.

After Valegro retired, she switched to a horse named Gio and won bronze in both events at Tokyo in 2021. She had been expected to ride a horse called Imhotep in Paris.

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Charlotte Dujardin poses with her horse Pete (Imhotep) during a Team GB Paris 2024 Olympic Games equestrian team announcement at Oakelbrook Mill on July 2, 2024, in Newent, England.

The decorated rider was to ride Imhotep at her fourth Olympic Games for Team GB. ... the FEI received a video depicting Ms. Dujardin engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare.

Dujardin had a different horse, Gio, at the delayed Tokyo Games three years ago and she was set to ride Imhotep this summer in Paris.

McEwen, aboard JL Dublin, is part of Great Britain's team at Paris 2024 Great Britain eventer Tom McEwen says Charlotte Dujardin's treatment of a horse came as a "shock" but doesn't "believe our ...

British rider Charlotte Dujardin and horse Imhotep, Aachen (North Rhine-Westphalia), July 2, 2023. The rider was unable to compete at the Paris Games, after a video surfaced of her mistreating a ...