It was a rollercoaster of a team medals decider at the Agria FEI World Showjumping Championships. Here’s the run-down of what you need to know from day three in Herning
After ups and downs like surely no other sport can provide, the gold team medal went to Sweden, with almost three poles in hand. The Netherlands took silver, with Britain winning bronze, and Ireland in fourth place.
A horse with no front teeth who has a teddy bear on his headcollar rope and his rider who is the youngest at the World Showjumping Championships, having celebrated his 21st birthday a few days ago, have been among those turning heads in Herning.
Brothers, and team gold medallists, Peder and Jens Fredricson have had plenty of top-level success in showjumping for Sweden — but at the ages of 50 and 54, they are this week on the same championship team for the first time.
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It can be harder to watch than it is to ride yourself at this top level: we caught up with Swedish chef d’equipe Henrik Ankarcrona on the emotional rollercoaster of a championship, and how “you want it so bad, it hurts”.
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Eleanor is an experienced journalist who spent over eight years working for local and national newspapers before joining H&H as news editor in March 2016. Passionate about equine welfare and exposing the truth, Eleanor has reported on all aspects of the industry, from Brexit to anti-bullying campaigns, and from dressage rules to mules. Her sport of choice is showjumping, in which she competes her own horses, and she also enjoys reporting at local jumping shows through to international championships.
