Where Are They Now? Mount St. John Freestyle

Mount St. John Freestyle was the horse that stepped into the shoes of Charlotte Dujardin's career making, double Olympic champion Valegro. When the KWPN was retired after Rio, Dujardin looked at client Emma Jane Blundell who provided her two potential successors: Mount St. John Freestyle and KOM Fairy Tale. It was Freestyle was most up for the challenge and put Dujardin back on the podium in 2018. The mare, however, disappeared from the scene in 2021 and has not returned.

Where is she now?

From Verden to Great Britain

Mount St. John Freestyle is a 14-year old Hanoverian mare by Fidermark out of Donna Gracia (by Donnerhall x Ataturk x Freiherr) . She is bred by Stephan Kurz in Germany.

Blundell bought the mare as a foal at the 2009 Hanoverian Elite Foal Auction, where she had catalog number 240 and was named Freestyle already. She moved to Emma's yard Mount St. John in Felixkirk, where she was reared.

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