What a recovery! Is this the best save you’ve ever seen?

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Olivier Robert recovery
(Image credit: Global Champions Tour)

Oh la la! French showjumper Olivier Robert showed the utmost stickability when things didn’t quite go to plan at the Global Champions event in Samorin, Slovakia last week.

As the video clip shows (scroll down to view), the 45-year-old rider and his 12-year-old stallion Vangog Du Mas Garnier (Cornet Obolensky x Quidam De Revel) were powering round the 1.50m track for the Global Champions League (GCL) class when the grey stallion dropped a leg (see below) and paddled his way through a fairly hefty oxer.

Jennifer Donald
Jennifer Donald
Showjumping and racing editor

Jennifer is passionate at showjumping and her role as H&H’s showjumping editor has taken her around the world reporting from shows and interviewing riders, connections and those involved behind the scenes. Since joining H&H from BBC Sport in 2005, she has written on every subject across the equestrian sphere — from turnout rugs to stable management — and has interviewed gold medallists, world champions and winners galore. She also has first-hand experience of working in the equestrian industry as a riding instructor and yard manager.