Lottie Fry, Scott Brash and a 33-year-old gelding – the incredible winners the horse world is talking about

1. Lottie Fry and Glamourdale wow London

Having fallen in love with Lottie Fry and  Glamourdale when they won individual gold at the World Dressage Championships in Herning in August – if not before – the British public were ecstatic to see them in the flesh at London International Horse Show (LIHS). Lottie blushed and muttered a faintly embarrassed “thank you” at the yells of “we love you Lottie!” during the prize giving. The 26-year-old rider and the fabulous Lord Leatherdale stallion scored 90.99% to win the dressage World Cup freestyle, supported by Horse & Hound.

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2. Scott Brash’s World Cup victory

And on Sunday, fellow Brit Scott Brash and Hello Jefferson gave the crowd even more to celebrate, winning the London World Cup showjumping leg from Daniel Duesser and Killer Queen VDM, with Jodie Hall McAteer on Salt ‘N Peppa in third.

Scott and his Tokyo Olympic and 2022 World Championship ride gave a masterclass jump-off display, topped off by a mighty gallop to the last, to finish less than 0.5sec ahead of the German combination, with Jodie just over a third of a second behind.

All the action from Sunday’s big class

3. The winning 33-year-old gelding

The oldest pony to compete at this year’s London International Horse Show secured the overall 2022 SSADL supreme in-hand championship. The ever-green 33-year-old gelding Charlie Brown, handled by his owner Emma Coates, sparkled his way around the famous arena to secure the hearts of judges Penny Clifford and Jackie Webb, despite being an impressive 18 years older than the required age of a senior contender.

Find out all about this incredible veteran

Emma Coates and Charlie Brown lift the 2022 Senior Showing and Dressage Ltd in-hand supreme title at London International

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Hello Jefferson: meet the spectacular showjumper bidding for Olympic glory

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Sarah Jenkins

H&H editor-in-chief

Sarah has more than 20 years experience as an equestrian journalist and editor. She has reported from major championships including the Europeans and the World Equestrian Games. She has co-written books on equestrianism including The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horses & Ponies. Sarah has ridden since childhood, owned horses and ponies for over 25 years, and worked for and trained with Olympic gold medallist event rider Leslie Law prior to going to university.