Falls, course changes and one in the time: your must-reads from Europeans cross-country

The European Eventing Championships cross-country day was dramatic, with leaderboard changes aplenty and only one pair making the optimum time.

Catch up on all the action below, with your must-read stories from today…

Watch highlights of Ros’s cross-country round along with her insight in the video below

The day started with changes to the timetable and some fences being removed from the cross-country course.

• Details of the changes

Once the action got going, Kitty King put in a great pathfinding round for Britain.

• What did Kitty say about how Vendredi Biats found the wet ground?

But second team member Yasmin Ingham had a run-out with Banzai Du Loir…

• Read the world champion’s thoughts on her problem

… and British individual Tom McEwen was eliminated late on course.

• What happened to Tom and JL Dublin?

Britain’s second individual Tom Jackson also lost his chance of an individual medal.

• Tom Jackson talks about his round

Then Britain’s third team member Laura Collett had to have her score reviewed after a possible flag penalty.

• What was the outcome of the review?

But the European Eventing Championships cross-country day finished with Ros Canter storming home on Lordships Graffalo, the only rider inside the time.

• Read what Ros said about her round – and what happened to dressage leader Michael Jung

And in the final analysis, Kitty pulled up into an overnight medal position too.

• Where does Kitty sit in the placings now?

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Pippa Roome

H&H 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.