‘I’m pleased he behaved – he’s called Monkey for a reason’: Izzy Taylor reflects on her European Eventing Championships dressage performance

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European Eventing Championships dressage: Izzy TAYLOR (GBR) riding Monkeying Around during the dressage phase at the FEI Eventing European Championships at Avenches held at IENA in Switzerland between the 23-26 September 2021
Izzy Taylor and Monkeying Around at the 2021 European Championships.
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Izzy Taylor has completed her European Eventing Championships dressage and has gone into fourth place at this stage of the competition.

Riding her own and Mark Sartori’s Monkeying Around, Izzy, who is riding as an individual for the British squad, scored 27.9.

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.