‘There’s a lot more to come from this horse’: promising talent leads Bramham Horse Trials CCI4*-L dressage

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Thomas Carlile riding Darmagnac De Beliard during the dressage phase of the CCI-L 4* at the Bramham International Horse Trials
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Frenchman Tom Carlile has snuck in front of Ros Canter and Rehy Royal Diamond, who scored 29.8 this morning, to take the Bramham Horse Trials dressage lead in the CCI4*-L section. Tom and Darmagnac De Beliard impressed the ground jury of Polly Ann Huntington from Australia, Britain’s Annabel Scrimgeour and France’s Xavier Le Sauce to score 29.3.

“This horse was quite tense at Chatsworth. He’s come here and maybe the experience at Chatsworth has done him some good as he was much more relaxed in his work and not so fazed by the atmosphere,” explained Tom after his Bramham Horse Trials dressage test. “Him being more relaxed probably got me a bit nervous because I felt I was missing a bit of sharpness and pushed him into a mistake, which I’m kicking myself for, but as for the rest of the test, he was very serious and he was on his game.

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.