Olympia doesn't so much open, it's unwrapped. Like the Christmas present you’ve been angling for for months.

Traditionally starting with dressage, the Grand Prix has grown in attendance and again saw the numbers swell on the evening of Dec. 13 as Valegro made his first of two appearances at the show. Tuesday is the Grand Prix night but you feel, as good as that is and Wednesday nights freestyle will be, it’s Blueberry they have come to see.

Valegro isn't competing but is here to take his final bow.