NEWS DESK
LONDON
Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester may be complete opposites as characters but that, Dujardin says, is what has helped turn them into Olympic dressage gold medallists.
Dujardin, who has three Olympic gold medals, admits she is “ambitious and single-minded” and Hester tells her to “calm down and not be so hard on herself”.
Hester, who is a youthful-looking 51 — fully 18 years older than Dujardin — told AFP he is the laid-back one and requires a “kick up the bum” from his close friend.
The friendship formed over the past 12 years since Dujardin turned up to work for Hester at his picturesque 30-acre stables, where a peacock struts freely and guinea fowl roam along with several dogs.
Dujardin, who started riding as a two-year-old and later bought a horse with an inheritance from her grandmother, says Hester is the reason she took up dressage.
