Mathilde Juglaret Tries the Waters at Grand Prix Level with Mom's French Team Horse

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For the 2026 show season, French young rider team member Mathilde Juglaret is trying the waters at Grand Prix level with her mother, Anne Sophie Serre's French team horse Jibraltar de Massa.

Jibraltar de Massa is a 12-year old Portuguese sport horse bred stallion by San Mour out of Riviera de la Font (by Hohenstein). He is bred by Sylvain Massa

From Youth Level to Grand Prix

Having grown up in a family of professional horse riders, Mathilde Juglaret has already competed 10 different horses from children level to Under 25 Grand Prix. They are Scarletto, Venise de Massa, Caporal de Massa, Danjano, Alquazar de Massa, Lady Lou, Lightning Star, Jibraltar de Massa, and Orien Xpress de Massa, and Finest Pearl des Paluds.

She represented France at six European youth championships, the first at the 2017 European Children Championships, where she finished second in the individual test. With Caporal she showed at the 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 European Junior Riders Championships, scoring kur bronze in 2022. Jibraltar was her ride at the 2023 European Young Riders Championships for a 29th place in the individual test.

Serre on Jibraltar at the 2024 CDIO Aachen

In 2024 she was not up for team contention as she only showed at one CDI that year. In 2025 she was selected on the Young Riders team for the Europeans but had to withdraw as Lightning Star got injured right before the Championships.

Horse Swap

This year the family decided to do a horse swap: mum Anne Sophie has taken over the ride on Lightning Star, while Mathilde took over the reins on Jibraltar, which her mother rode at the 2025 European Championships in Crozet for Team France. They were 42nd in the Grand Prix with 67.407%. Anne Sophie was also French team reserve for the 2024 Olympics, but did not get to ride down that centerline to stamp her as an Olympian.

Mathilde rode Jibraltar in her junior and young rider years between 2022 and 2023 so is very familiar with the stallion. Previously she got a feel for the Grand Prix moves on her stepfather Arnaud Serre's French team horse Ultrablue de Massa.

Juglaret on Orien Xpress de Massa
in the small tour at the 2026 CDIO Fontainebleau

Mathilde has now decided to take the plunge in the senior Grand Prix division instead of having a lay-over in the Under 25 age category. She once competed at U25 level internationally, at the 2023 CDIO Compiegne with Alquazar de Massa, scoring 65.308% for an 8th place in the short Grand Prix.

"I’d like to try (for the World Championships in) Aachen," Mathilde confirmed to Eurodressage. "We’ll see depending on how we get on with the seniors. If we're not ready yet, we’ll fall back on the U25."

The new duo debuted at the regional show in St Remy de Provence in February, but did not have their anticipated start and tried again more successfully last weekend at the regional show at the Club Hippique Aix Marseille, where they got 68,152% in the Pro Elite Grand Prix Préparatoire test. From there they will go to the CDN Cluny and head to Vierzon next.

"We’ll be taking part in the French Championships and we’ll plan the rest of the schedule based on the results," she explained.