Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour

Bohemian, the top ride of Denmark's Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour, has changed hands and has been purchased by a South Korean rider.

“Bohemian has been an absolute dream to work with throughout the past many years and I almost can’t believe what we have achieved together. Despite this success, Cathrine opted to take the Pidgley family’s Vamos Amigos to the World Dressage Championships in August, As a six-year-old, the liver chestnut Bordeaux son was eighth in the final at the World Breeding Championships in Ermelo, under Katrine Kraglund, before Cathrine took over the ride in 2017. “Staying on top of dressage sport takes A LOT and sometimes it means that one horse has to go,” explained the world number two. [moved to the UK in September 2022](https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/annabella-pidgley-vamos-amigos-804475) to be ridden by Annabella Pidgley, and Bohemian’s departure means that Cathrine is now without a top championship horse in her stables, having lost her two top rides within five months. Cathrine and Bohemian swept the board during the summer of 2022, with a double win at Herning CDI5* – with over 90% in the freestyle – and a double win at the Aachen CDI4* in July. Cathrine described Vidivus as “brave, bright and always ready for whatever you offer him”, adding that she felt “happy to the bottom of my heart” that she and her wife Rasmine own him along with the Zinglersen family. [their medal dreams came true](https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/european-dressage-championships-cathrine-dufour-762112), as they won team bronze at the European Championships in Hagen, plus individual bronze in the grand prix special, and silver in the freestyle with over 88% for their emotive Les Misérables routine. Bohemian’s last outing with Cathrine was at the Stockholm CDI5* in November 2022, where he knocked himself and was withdrawn from the freestyle. She and Bohemian went on to become one of the best dressage combinations in the world; the spicy gelding became her number one horse by the time of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. “In very close corporation with family Zinglersen we decided that now was the right time and together we will invest in new youngsters so that we hopefully can chase more dreams and produce more one-in-a-million horses like Bohemian.” [Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour](https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/tag/cathrine-dufour) has bid farewell to Bohemian, her Tokyo Olympics ride and European Championship individual silver medallist.