‘He is fabulous and there’s so much more to come’: Sarah Bullimore wows in European Eventing Championships dressage

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European Eventing Championships dressage Sarah BULLIMORE (GBR) riding Corouet during the dressage phase at the FEI Eventing European Championships at Avenches held at IENA in Switzerland between the 23-26 September 2021
Sarah BULLIMORE (GBR) riding Corouet during the dressage phase at the FEI Eventing European Championships at Avenches held at IENA in Switzerland between the 23-26 September 2021
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Sarah Bullimore and her home-bred 10-year-old Corouet wowed the judges in the Eventing European Championships dressage in Avenches, Switzerland. The pair performed a virtually flawless test to score 22.8, which puts them into second place with just 11 combinations left to go this afternoon.

“He was fabulous – he got a little bit tight and excited, but actually he kept it all together,” said Sarah, who is riding as an individual for the British squad. “There’s still bits that can be so much better and we didn’t really get both changes, which are normally his absolute highlight but they just weren’t quite right today – usually even when they’re bad, they’re still good with him.”

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.