The 27-year-old was the last rider to go, and she broke her third Olympic record of London 2012 by scoring 90.089 per cent.

She eclipsed Dutch rider Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival’s score of 88.196, while Britain’s Laura Bechtolsheimer and Mistral Hojris won bronze.

Dujardin, who had not even ridden a competitive Grand Prix test 20 months ago, added Individual gold to the Team gold she won earlier this week with Bechtolsheimer and Carl Hester.

Dujardin’s routine to music was crammed with patriotic British tunes, such as Land of Hope and Glory and I Vow to Thee, My Country, and also included the chimes of Big Ben.

Photo Courtesy of London 2012

Results:

Rk	Bib	Rider	Horse	Result	+
1	226	DUJARDIN C	VALEGRO	90.089	+
2	236	CORNELISSEN A	PARZIVAL	88.196	+
3	224	BECHTOLSHEIMER L	MISTRAL HOJRIS	84.339	+
4	229	LANGEHANENBERG H	DAMON HILL	84.303	+
5	227	HESTER C	UTHOPIA	82.857	+
6	239	VAN GRUNSVEN A	SALINERO	82.000	+
7	230	SCHNEIDER D	DIVA ROYAL	81.661	+
8	231	SPREHE K	DESPERADOS	81.375	+
9	237	GAL E	UNDERCOVER	80.267	+
10	219	MUNOZ DIAZ JM	FUEGO	79.321	+
11	248	VILHELMSON SILFVEN	DON AURIELLO	79.286	+
12	216	ZU SAYN – WITTGEN.	DIGBY	79.089	+
13	205	MAX-THEURER V	AUGUSTIN	79.053	+
14	246	KITTEL P	SCANDIC	78.732	+
15	233	TRUPPA V	EREMO DEL CASTEGNO	78.214	+
16	245	CARVALHO G	RUBI	77.607	+
17	254	PETERS S	RAVEL	77.286	+
18	213	KASPRZAK A	DONNPERIGNON	76.446