Badminton special week on Twitter: the save of the century, William Fox-Pitt and selfie king Ben Hobday

1. Mark Todd’s Oloa looks delighted to have completed his dressage test

2. Young German rider Niklas Bschorer refused to budge after a hairy moment at The Lake

3. Best Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials first-timer Ben Way comes back down to earth with a bump on Monday morning

4. Sam Watson’s little boy Archie is thrilled with his father’s efforts

5. Chilli Morning’s owner takes to Twitter to express his feelings upon winning Badminton

6. Team Fox-Pitt celebrates their victory

7. Meanwhile, William chooses an alternative ride for the parade of competitors

8. In possibly one of the greatest social media moves in eventing history, Ben Hobday has a genius idea to take a “selfie” while parading in the main arena

https://twitter.com/Pologroom77/status/597507526259830784

9. Mr Mulry (the mount of Ben Hobday) who is famously part Clydesdale doesn’t look entirely out of place in this line up of police horses

10. These Basset hounds are getting some practice in over big hedges

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Gemma Redrup

H&H features, racing and point-to-point editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who 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 in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.