British championship debutant in reach of podium after scoring personal best

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Tom Jackson and Capels Hollow Drift in the European Eventing Championships dressage 2023
Tom Jackson and Capels Hollow Drift in the European Eventing Championships dressage.
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Tom Jackson chose a big stage to score a personal best with Capels Hollow Drift on his British squad debut at the European Eventing Championships dressage in Haras du Pin, France. Tom, riding individually for Britain, scored 25.7, his best score at four-star by 1.7 penalties.

Capels Hollow Drift’s grey coat looked drenched from the rain but the weather barely seemed to affect him as he performed a calm yet expressive test, ears pricked and listening to Tom’s quiet aids. Tom’s neat ride on this 12-year-old gelding painted an elegant picture from the word go. They scored a nine for their entry from the M judge Seppo Laine, and a plethora of eights throughout the test.

Martha Terry
Martha Terry
Features editor

Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on horses and dogs. Her reporting CV includes the Paris Olympics, European championships, Aachen World Equestrian Festival and World Cup finals. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs. Now, her constant companion 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.