Meet the ex-racehorse back at five-star after four-year gap owing to injury

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Elizabeth Power
Elizabeth Power riding Soladoun for IRELAND during the dressage phase of the Badminton Horse Trails presented by Mars Equestrian, held at Badminton House in the village of Badminton near Malmesbury in Gloucestershire in the UK, on the 4th May 2021
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Sightings of Soladoun, the mount of Ireland’s Elizabeth Power at this year’s Badminton Horse Trials, presented by Mars Equestrian, have been few and far between over recent years.

The grey, owned by Elizabeth and Richard Ames, impressed at Burghley in 2018, when he was ninth in what was his first five-star, but has only been seen at three events since. He won the CCI4*-S at Kilguilkey House in August 2020, withdrew after the showjumping in the CCI4*-S at Ballindenisk in August 2020 and was then next seen in the CCI4*-S at Burnham Market last month.

Gemma Redrup
Gemma Redrup
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.