Like mother, like son: tiny home-bred star to follow in his dam’s footsteps for Britain

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Sarah Bullimore and Corouet at Burgham 2021
Sarah Bullimore and Corouet at Burgham 2021.
(Image credit: Trevor Holt)

Sarah Bullimore will achieve a rare feat this autumn when she rides on a British senior championship squad on her home-bred gelding Corouet, whose dam Lilly Corinne she rode on her last championship appearance.

Sarah found out she had been chosen for this year’s European Eventing Championships in Avenches, Switzerland, when she had a call from British eventing high performance coach Chris Bartle while she was sitting in the lorry park at Blair Castle Horse Trials on Wednesday – the same venue where she rode at the European Championships in 2015. On that occasion, she had driven up to the Scottish event overnight as reserve and was called up to compete on Wednesday before the trot-up when Dani Evans had to withdraw Smart Time from the squad.

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
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.