{{Short description|Dressage stallion (born 2011)}}
{{Infobox named horse |horsename= Glamourdale |breed= Dutch Warmblood |sire= Lord Leatherdale |grandsire= Lord Loxley I |dam= Thuja |damsire= Negro |sex= Stallion |foaled= 2011 |country= Netherlands |breeder= J.W. Rodenburg |owner=Anne van Olst Gert-Jan van Olst |rider= Charlotte Fry |trainer= Anne van Olst |earnings= |wins= Individual Gold Grand Prix Special World FEI World Championships Herning 2022; Individual Gold Grand Prix Freestyle FEI World Championships Herning 2022; Team Silver FEI World Championships Herning 2022; 2018 FEI World Champion 7-year-old dressage horses |awards= KWPN Horse Of The Year 2020 |honours= |updated=|image=OG2024-dressage-Charlotte-Fry01.jpg|image_name=Charlotte Fry on Glamourdale at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Versailles.}}
'''Glamourdale''' (born 2011) is a stallion ridden by the Dutch-Based, British equestrian Charlotte Fry in the sport of dressage. He is the 2022 world champion in the Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle.<ref name="WCD">{{cite web |title=Scores: 2022 World Championships Dressage |url=https://www.eurodressage.com/index.php/2022/08/06/scores-2022-world-championships-dressage |website=eurodressage.com |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>
==Breeding== Glamourdale was bred by J.W. Rodenburg, a Dutch Breeder located in Ouderkerk aan den IJssel. His sire is the Rheinländer stallion Lord Leatherdale, by Lord Loxley. His dam, KWPN preferent prok mare Thuja, was sired by Negro and is thus a half sister to Olympic, World, and European Champion, as well as current record holder in all three dressage tests, Valegro.<ref>{{cite web |title=Van Olst Horses - Negro |url=https://www.vanolsthorses.com/paarden/negro/?lang=en&term=stallions |website=vanolsthorses.com |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref> He is currently owned by his sire's owners, Danish Olympian Anne van Olst and Gert-Jan van Olst.<ref name="VOH">{{cite web |title=Glamourdale - Van Olst Horses |url=https://www.vanolsthorses.com/paarden/glamourdale-3/?lang=en&term=stallions |website=vanolsthorses.com }}</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite web |title=Glamourdale |url=https://www.horsetelex.com/horses/pedigree/1597581/glamourdale |website=horsetelex.com |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>
==Career== Glamourdale is ridden by British Rider Charlotte Fry in competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glamourdale |url=https://www.fei.org/horse/105HH76/Glamourdale#results |website=FEI.org |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref> He won the 7-year olds final at 2018 World Young Horse Championships in Ermelo, having finished 10th in the 5-year old class two years prior.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glamourdale Shining Star of 7-YO Final at 2018 World Young Horse Championships |url=https://www.eurodressage.com/2018/08/06/glamourdale-shining-star-7-yo-final-2018-world-young-horse-championships |website=eurodressage.com |access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>
In August 2022, at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, again partnered with Fry, he won both the Grand Prix Special and Grand Prix Freestyle, breaking the 90% barrier in the latter, as well as securing Silver in the team competition.<ref name="WCD"/>
Glamourdale and Fry won the Dressage World Cup freestyle competition at the London International Horse Show in 2022 and again in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=London International Horse Show: Charlotte Fry and Glamourdale win dressage World Cup |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestrian/64008900 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=23 December 2024 |date=17 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fry wins dressage freestyle at London Horse Show |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestrian/articles/c20ne28vv5go |website=BBC Sport |access-date=23 December 2024 |date=19 December 2024}}</ref>
At the Paris 2024 Olympics, the pair won bronze in both the individual dressage and team dressage events.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/equestrian/dressage-individual/gpfr000100-- |title=DRESSAGE INDIVIDUAL GRAND PRIX FREESTYLE RESULTS |website=Olympics.com|access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Team Results Grand Prix Special |url=https://olympics.com/fr/paris-2024/resultats/sports-equestres/dressage-par-equipes/gpsp000100--|access-date=23 December 2024|website=Olympics.com}}</ref>
== Breeding career ==
Glamourdale is also an active breeding stallion and has won several awards in this regard, such as winning top stallion at the 2014 Stallion Inspection and the Reserve Champion of the 2014 KWPN performance test.<ref name="VOH"/><ref name="HT"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Dressage horses Category:2011 animal births Category:Individual warmbloods Category:Horses in the Olympics