8 things we learnt at Barbury last weekend

It was a sizzling feast of sport at St James’s Place Barbury Horse Trials last weekend — and we learnt some new things, too. Don't miss the full Barbury report in H&H this Thursday (issue dated 13 July).

Pippa Roome

H&H magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.

Visit Barbury Horse Trials Tom Carlile Upsilon

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Tom Carlile and Upsilon win the Event Rider Masters at Barbury 2018. Picture by Peter Nixon

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Upsilon again — just look at him go!

The EquiRating Stacks app returns for the Event Rider Masters leg at Barbury (7-8 July). Tom Carlile and Upsilon on their way to victory at last year’s event

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2. That Tom Carlile has French flag stirrups. Enough said.

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3. That even the best horses can say no.

Billy Cuckoo takes a look at a fence in the CIC2* with Pippa Funnell.

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4. Nearly a year after Hannah Francis’ death, Berry Ponies are everywhere.

Teenager Hannah Francis passed away on 1 August last year, but her legacy is everywhere. Numerous riders now ride with Berry Ponies on their backs, the relations of Hannah's mascot, Willberry Wonder Pony — there is now a registered charity in Hannah and Willberry's names, funding bone cancer research and granting equine wishes to seriously ill people. Here is Pippa Funnell on Sandman 7 with a Berry Pony.

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And here’s Flora Harris riding Moylaw Badger with one…

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Imogen Murray and Ivar Gooden at Barbury 2017. Picture by Peter Nixon

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And here’s Ben Hobday, (riding Ciletto H) patron of Hannah’s Willberry Wonder Pony, with one…

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And here’s Gemma Tattersall riding Chilli Knight with one…

Pippa Funnell riding MAJAS HOPE in the CIC *** Section B during Banbury International at Barbury Castle Estate in the village of Rockly, near Marlborough in the county of Wiltshire in the UK on 9th July 2017

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5. We love a corner picture.

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6. That Craig Barr has good stickability.

Nice work by Craig surviving this twist by Especially Dassett in the CIC2*.

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7. Watch out Paulank Brockagh, there’s another Paulank on the block.

The EquiRatings Stacks app game returns for the Event Rider Master

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8. That some eventers are wonder women.

Having had baby Evie at the end of May, New Zealand rider Lucy Jackson was out eventing again by the end of June. Here she is partnering her faithful campaigner Willy Do in the CIC2*.