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Medals, a tack drama and fall reflections: top stories from the last day of the Europeans

Pippa Roome Pippa Roome

    • The Eventing European Championships showjumping today (13 August) ended in triumph for Great Britain – team gold, plus individual gold for Ros Canter (Lordships Graffalo) and individual silver for Kitty King (Vendredi Biats). What a week!

    Check out these seven stories, which will bring you up to date on all the action…

    The morning started with one top-20 contender withdrawing before the final trot-up…

    And Michael Jung shared his feelings after elimination for a fall yesterday.

    Then individual rider Tom Jackson got the Eventing European Championships showjumping action started for Britain.

    The afternoon came to a golden climax when Ros Canter secured her second individual championship title.

    European Eventing Championships showjumping: Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo

    Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo secure double European gold.

    Kitty King wasn’t pleased with her performance – but it was good enough for a silver.

    The individual bronze went to a rider with a special connection to the venue, Haras du Pin.

    And finally, we spoke to a rider who completed the European Championships, despite a tack malfunction on the cross-country.

    We hope you have enjoyed our coverage of this week’s European Championships, brought to you by Horse & Hound’s team of reporters at home and in France. To keep reading on our website after five articles, readers will need to buy a subscription. Visit horseandhound.co.uk/join to buy a Horse & Hound website unlimited subscription or, for great value, visit magazinesdirect.com/XHH-brandsite for a combined magazine and website subscription. If you are already a magazine subscriber, the cost to upgrade your subscription to include full website access is minimal – call 0330 333 1113 to find out more. Our full magazine report of the European Championships is published this Thursday (17 August issue). 

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    Pippa Roome
    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.
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