Britain holds team and individual gold after first day of Olympic eventing dressage

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Olympic eventing dressage: Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class
Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class, after their test that led the first day of eventing dressage at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Britain holds a 6.7-penalty lead in the team competition as well as the individual gold spot after the first day of Olympic eventing dressage at the Tokyo Games.

Oliver Townend, the British pathfinder, scored 23.6 during the morning session with Karyn Schuter, Angela Hislop and Val Ryan’s Ballaghmor Class. He still holds the individual lead now that the day’s sport has concluded.

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
Magazine editor and eventing editor

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.