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A wardrobe malfunction, a comeback and an escort named Albert: all the action from Badminton day two

Martha Terry Martha Terry

    • The dressage phase at the Mars Badminton Horse Trials is done and dusted, and we have a new leader taking over from Bubby Upton at the head of affairs. Last year Ros Canter won the event on Lordships Graffalo; this year she has returned with his younger stablemate Izilot DHI, and we could have a new star in our midst as he waltzed into the lead ahead of cross-country.

    Here’s a full round-up of all the action under the warm Gloucestershire sunshine.

    Ros Canter proved a worthy favourite on Badminton debutant Izilot DHI to go into pole position on 25.3.

    Tim Price slotted into third on Vitali as he bids for his first Badminton victory.

    Gemma Stevens moved into the top 10 with Bicton one-off five-star winner Chilli Knight.

    Emily King continued her hot streak of form this spring with Valmy Biats to lie in fifth.

    Pippa Funnell moved into 12th on her second rider MCS Maverick but it wasn’t plain sailing

    French rider Arthur Marx isn’t troubling the leaders, but is thrilled with his home-bred horse “with two or three hearts”.

    Badminton debutante Cosby Green is lying three places above her trainer and idol Jonelle Price.

    A rider who treats eventing as a hobby is making her Badminton debut

    Amateur rider Lauren Innes laid some dressage demons to rest.

    An Irish rider is aiming for his first five-star completion with a horse he’s had since a three-year-old.

    Felicity Collins managed to produce a decent test to sit in the top 25, despite a wardrobe malfunction.

    And there have been a couple of high-profile withdrawals with David Doel and Pippa Funnell – on one of her two horses – among those electing not to run across country.

    It’s cross-country day tomorrow! Find out what time your favourite horses and riders leave the startbox.

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    Martha Terry
    Martha Terry

    H&H features editor
    Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on dogs of all shapes and sizes. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs, one a street dog from Gambia who was abandoned at three weeks old. Now, her constant companion, whether by her feet at her desk or walking cross-country courses, is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.
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