‘He did as well as he could do and that’s all we can ask’: British rider thrilled to sit second at Pau after dressage

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Tom McEwen rideing Braveheart B
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Tom McEwen was first into the arena this afternoon to perform his Pau Horse Trials dressage test aboard Braveheart B. And the pair impressed the judges of Sue Baxter (Great Britain), Anne-Mette Binder (Denmark) and Xavier Le Sauce (France), earning themselves a score of 28.3 to sit second, .8 of a penalty adrift of day one overnight leaders Ros Canter and Rehy Royal Diamond.

“He is a really, really sweet horse. It’s his second attempt to this level, and to be honest, we were early in the draw at his first five-star attempt at Luhmühlen and produced a really similar test to score in the early 30s”, said Tom. “So I’m delighted with him – he did as well as he could do and that’s all we can ask of them, to try as hard as they can.”

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.