KATIE BARBER riding WOODFIELD RIA during Cross Country phase of the CCI*** during the Bramham International Horse Trial in Bramham Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, UK on 13th June 2015
We continue our series analysising the week’s horse trials action in statistics
Dates: 8-14 June, 15th week of the 2015 season
The basics
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Number of British Eventing (BE) fixtures: five (Bramham, West Wilts (1), Berkshire College of Agriculture (1), Burgie (2) and Kirkley Hall)
Number of BE sections run this week: 50
Number of FEI sections run in Britain this week: three
Event with most sections: West Wilts — 17
Number of BE sections run so far this year: 1103
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Number of combined BE and FEI sections run so far this year: 1130
Number of BE fixtures run so far this year: 74
Best dressage scores
West Wilts: 11.5, for Clare Valendar and Porthall Molbert, who won BE90 section D. This is the best dressage score so far this year
Berkshire College: 20.5, scored by Eve Hobbs on Fivale Indian Art, winners of BE100 section H
Burgie: 21.3, for Morag Sutherland and The Silver Darling in BE80(T) section K — but they were eliminated in the showjumping
Kirkley Hall: 15.5, for Pallas Fire Trap, piloted by Natasha Burrows ot the head of BE90 section B
Speedy gonzales
1: number of pairs who beat the 5min 3sec novice optimum time at Burgie — Naidene Urquhart and Perihelion Peridot, fourth in the novice section
0: number of horses who finished inside the 4min 51sec intermediate optimum time at Burgie. The fastest was Limited Edition V, who had 11.6 time-faults with Euan Hammersley
And also…
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0: number of finishers who showjumped clear in the eight-starter intermediate at Burgie — but two of the three non-finishers did go fault-free over the coloured poles
1: non-British winner at Berkshire College — Aussie Brook Staples, who took novice section D on Talos Dazzler
0: number of BE runs Kirkley Hall BE80(T) winner Business Time, ridden by Chris Fairs, had had before this event
2: number of open novice winners at West Wilts for H&H columnist Harry Meade — he took one with Weston IV and one with Tenareze, the Le Lion d’Angers double winner he took over this year
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19: percentage of cross-country starters in the senior CCI3* at Bramham who went clear across country inside the time
2: number of fault-free showjumping rounds in the under-25 CCI3* at Bramham — from the winner, Holly Woodhead on DHI Lupison, and the USA’s Caroline Martin on Quantum Solace
Further afield
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46: starters expected in the CCI4* at Luhmühlen this week, including 10 Brits
Full report from Bramham in Horse & Hound this week, out Thursday, 18 June
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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.
