Last Friday at Tweseldown (10 July) marked the first day of British Eventing since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown – and we were thrilled to see some top horses being put through their paces.
Check out our gallery of superstars having a run…
William Fox-Pitt and Amanda Gould’s promising mare Grafennacht, who was second in the British seven-year-old championships last year and fourth in the young horse World Championships at Le Lion d’Angers
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Eleanor Hope and Limestone Romeo – last year’s CCI3*-L winners at Blair Castle
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Tom McEwen and last year’s British intermediate champion Dreamaway II, owned by Barbara Cooper, who were joint dressage leaders in their section and finished sixth, adding just 8.8 time-faults to their first-phase mark
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Tom Crisp and the syndicate-owned five-star campaigner Coolys Luxury – the joint dressage leaders in section G – take the inside line at fence seven over Eric Winter’s cross-country track
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Tom Jackson pilots Richard and Sarah Jewson’s Billy Cuckoo, winner of a CIC3* (now CCI4*-S) at Belton in 2018
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Isabel English and her five-star ride Feldale Mouse, owned by Sarah English
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Suzanne Doggett’s Halltown Harley enjoys his first run since last August’s Tokyo test event, with Georgie Spence. The pair have two wins at four-star level to their names
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Harry Meade and Mandy Gray’s Superstition, who won Millstreet Event Rider Masters with Lucy Jackson last year before being sold for Harry to ride. The new partnership won Strzegom CCI4*-L after just a few days’ acquaintance
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Flora Harris and Bayano, who won Bramham CCI3* (now CCI4*-L) in 2015 and Blair CIC3* (now CCI4*-S) the following year. The horse belongs to Flora’s mother Caroline and Rebecca Salt
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David Doel rides Patsy Mason’s Mr Hiho to fifth place in open intermediate section H. The horse was a junior individual silver medallist with Emily King in 2012, twice a winner at internationals with Oliver Townend and has won and been placed internationally with David
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Sarah Way and Dassett Cooley Dun, who were 10th at Pau CCI5* last year. Dassett Cooley Dun belongs to Kate Willis and Mel Pritchard
Nicholas Lucey and his own Proud Courage, who were third at CCI4*-S twice last season and then 15th at Blenheim CCI4*-L
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Molllie Summerland and Charly Van Ter Heiden run steadily across country after achieving an excellent dressage mark of 18.2. This pair finished in the top 10 at four-star level seven times in 2019
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Pictures by Peter Nixon
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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.
