Charlotte Dujardin made dressage comeback at Gloucestershire event
Dujardin, who has won six Olympic medals including individual gold in 2012 and 2016, had a one-year ban imposed on her by the sport's international federation, the FEI, in December but had been provisionally suspended since July 23 last year.
Dujardin is now free to enter and compete in domestic events and does not need to seek permission from the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) to do so.
Dujardin won individual gold at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games (Bradley Collyer/PA)
She would need to seek BEF permission to compete internationally.
Dujardin won in two categories at the Hunters Equestrian on her new horse, Special Effect.
It is not clear where Dujardin will compete next, but she would need to reach a regional final in order to qualify for September's National Championships in Cheshire.
Dujardin was provisionally suspended last July after the FEI launched an investigation into a video showing her whipping a horse during a coaching session.
Dujardin accepted she had made 'an error of judgement' and fully accepted the sanction imposed on her. She revealed last December, at the time the FEI imposed the ban, that she had been pregnant at the time the incident came to light.
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