Carrie Gregory: In bits here! Valegro, what an amazing performance! Samba King. Charlotte Dujardin not too shabby either!

Emily Benn: Amazing scenes in Dressage! Charlotte Dujardin you superstar! First ever Team GB woman to defend individual Olympic gold

Selexia Kray: And his stable name's "Blueberry"! Valegro Couldn't be sweeter!   

Nicola: They've done...Actually they've smashed it! Another gold! Well done Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro 

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Rio

Gold around the neck of Charlotte Dujardin as Valegro looks on. They've given British sports fans four years of super memories.

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Charlotte Dujardin's team-mate Carl Hester: "I thought he was very clever to put the sign up on the screen ‘will you marry me?’ 

"I can tell you now, if he said it face to face with Charlotte it would probably be a no, the horses come first. 

"I have to congratulate him later for putting it out there, and now she’ll be embarrassed."

Apparently, Charlotte Dujardin's partner Dean Golding has proposed to her in the form of a sign that is hanging underneath the scoreboard. We're not sure if she's seen it yet.

Now, that's all rather lovely, but was it there during her routine? I mean, it doesn't strike me as the best moment to propose. Potentially off-putting?

For the 16th time at these Rio Games, God Save the Queen is played. They'll wear out the tape soon. Charlotte Dujardin is in tears on the podium.

Medal time. Charlotte Dujardin is about to have gold around her neck for the third time.

The three medalists are back out, still aboard their horses, who are now adorned with rosettes. No medals for the horses, mind, which has always struck me as a little unfair.

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Rio

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Another day, another honour for Charlotte Dujardin. Not only is that back-to-back gold in this discipline from 2012 but aboard Valegro she is also world and European champion.

Dujardin bought her first dressage horse with inheritance money from her grandmother and boy has that been a shrewd investment.

Speaking of investment, the £18m equestrian received in funding has served up a gold and silver now. Germany though have five medals in this field.

The numbers will be crunched for all sports after this Olympics. Have they delivered enough? For now though, we have a podium to top.

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin told BBC One: "I’m actually a little bit speechless for once in my life. It means the absolute world to me.

"At London, I had no expectations or pressure to go out there. Today I felt a huge amount of pressure and expectation.

"For me it could be one of the last rides on Valegro. For me, to finish it this way, it’s a really emotional time. I’m so happy."

Outstanding work from Emlyn Begley to describe that 16th GB gold medal there. This is Stephan Shemilt for the next few hours.

We're all dressage fans now, aren't we?

Ian Stark
Olympic silver medallist and BBC equestrian pundit on BBC One

That is brilliant, fantastic. What a partnership they have been. One wonders will Valegro go on? I hope he does because we just love watching him.

It’s always difficult to know when to stop. Valegro looked fantastic, he didn’t look 14 – he looked more like a 12-year-old. He was in flying form.

Charlotte Dujardin is the first British woman to retain an individual gold medal at any Olympic Games.

Germany's Isabell Werth has won silver with 89.071%, the 10th Olympic medal of her career. 

Kristina Broring-Sprehe picked up bronze.

Isabell Werth finishes her routine on Weihegold Old, it looked good. But was it good enough?

Now we wait for the scores. 

If she gets less than 93.857%, then Charlotte Dujardin has struck gold again for Great Britain.

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport in Rio

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One more to go. One more stands between Great Britain and another gold medal.

Hats off to these horses though, talk about grit. Down on Copacabana it was 27 degrees this morning. Here away from the coast by some 20 miles it's 34 degrees. 

Still they are keeping their composure with grace and delivering excellent shows, none more so than Valegro.

Last, but certainly not least, is Isabell Werth of Germany. She has won six Olympic gold medals in her career.

Only she can deny Charlotte Dujardin gold for Great Britain now.