British Olympic gold medallist scores personal best in dressage on first run since Tokyo: ‘He was pleased to be out’

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Poplar Park results: Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class, who won an open intermediate
Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class at Upton House in July 2019.
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Ballaghmor Class enjoyed a win on his first eventing run since collecting team gold at last year’s Tokyo Olympics when he and Oliver Townend topped the Poplar Park results in open intermediate (OI) section G on Saturday (5 March).

The 15-year-old, who belongs to Angela Hislop, Val Ryan and Karyn Shuter, broke the 20 barrier for the first time in the dressage and added just 2.4 time-faults across country to finish 1.9 penalties ahead of Ringwood Madras, ridden by Izzy Taylor.

Pippa Roome
Pippa Roome
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.