Charlotte Dujardin has offered her grand prix mare Alive And Kicking (All At As soon as x Fürst Piccolo) to Australian Olympian Kristy Oatley.
Eurodressage reported that the 12-year-old Westfalian mare has been acquired by Kirsty’s firm Bollmoor Accomplice GmbH, alongside Kristy’s mom Rosalind Oatley.
The sale explains Charlotte’s current withdrawal from the 2026 World Cup Last in Fort Value, Texas, for which she had accepted a beginning place with the mare earlier than pulling out.
Alive And Kicking had been probably the most thrilling grand prix prospects in British dressage.
She completed second within the grand prix on the World Cup qualifier on the London Worldwide Horse Present final December. She appeared set to compete for a workforce spot at this summer season’s World Championships in Aachen.
Charlotte found her as a four-year-old in Sweden in 2018, shopping for her off a video after judging on the Swedish Warmblood Younger Horse Championships in Flyinge.
“She captured my coronary heart the minute I noticed her,” Charlotte advised Horse & Hound on the time. “So I took the danger and obtained her.”
The mare was first produced within the UK by present nationwide champion Sadie Smith, who was previously Carl Hester’s steady rider, earlier than Charlotte McDowall took over the trip for 2 years, competing her extensively from medium to small tour degree via 2022.
Charlotte Dujardin returned to the saddle in 2023, taking her to grand prix debut at Hartpury that November with a rating of 79.13%.
Her worldwide profession started in model on the CDI3* in Lier in February 2024, the place the pair gained the grand prix and grand prix particular in a area of 41 starters – instantly establishing themselves as British Olympic hopefuls for Paris, alongside Charlotte’s then high horse Imhotep. A co-ownership share was offered to Austrian investor Ulrike Bachinger round this time.
Nevertheless, Charlotte’s suspension in July 2024 ended their Paris Olympic dream. When Imhotep was subsequently offered to Austrian rider Diana Porsche in November 2024, Alive and Kicking stepped into the highlight as Charlotte’s main grand prix horse.
After coming back from her one-year ban, Charlotte competed Alive And Kicking once more at Le Mans CDI3* in October 2025, successful each exams, and rode World Cup qualifiers in London and Amsterdam.
In March 2026, Charlotte re-registered as sole proprietor with the FEI, eradicating each Bachinger and Hester from the possession checklist – a transfer that, on reflection, alerts the sale might have already got been in movement.
Kristy Oatley is a a number of Australian Olympian, having represented her nation at 5 Video games.
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Charlotte Dujardin driving Alive And Kicking within the 2026 World Cup qualifier on the London Worldwide Horse Present.
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Charlotte Dujardin pilots Alive And Kicking to second within the grand prix at London Worldwide 2025.
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Oscar joined Horse & Hound in October 2023 and is the journal’s dressage editor and sports activities supervisor, overseeing protection of equestrian sport. After learning equine science at Myerscough Faculty, he spent 4 years working for main dressage rider Emile Faurie, competing on the 2015 Nationwide Dressage Championships and travelling with the yard to CDIs together with Aachen and Saumur. He holds a grasp’s diploma in Literature from York St John College (2021).
