Scenes from the Euros: The Wednesday Gallery

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France’s Maxime Livio and Api du Libaire. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

We’ve been at Avenches, the site of the 2021 FEI European Eventing Championships, for a scant few hours, and already, we’re irrevocably in love with sunny Switzerland and its picture postcard vistas. And it seems like we’re not the only ones: while course-walking earlier, there was nothing but smiling faces and happy chatter as far as the eye could see as everyone embraces this ongoing slide back into normality that the summer has brought. Today’s mostly been about soaking up the sights and touching base with the 67 competitors before the start of the competition proper tomorrow — so dive into life at Avenches through the EN lens with some of our favourite snaps from day one and the first horse inspection.

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: Italy’s Steffano Brecciaroli and Bolivar Gio Granno. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Sarah Bullimore and Corouet head back to the stables. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Austria’s Harald Ambros and Lexikon 2. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Great Britain’s Sarah Bullimore and Corouet. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Beat Danner’s London Blue. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Belgium’s Lara de Liedekerke-Meier and Ducati d’Arville. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Germany’s Michael Jung and fischerWild Wave. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Karin Donckers’s Leipheimer Van’t Verahof. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Peekaboo! Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Mattia Luciani’s Leopold K, presented for Italy. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: italy’s Mattia Luciani and Leopold K. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Antonio Cejudo Caro’s Duque HSM for Spain. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Sweden’s Malin Josefsson and Golden Midnight. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Nicola Wilson and JL Dublin wait for their teammates. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Lithuania’s Aistis Vitkauskas and Commander VG. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Spain’s Esteban Benitez Valle and Milana 23. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Clare Abbott’s Jewelent, coming forward for Ireland. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Karin Donckers’s Leipheimer Van’t Verahof. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Italy’s Paolo Torlonia and Bambino de l’Ilatte. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Germany’s Christoph Wahler and Dirk Schrade take a stroll around Mike Etherington-Smith’s track. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Switzerland’s Robin Godel and Grandeur de Lully CH. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Spain’s Antonio Cejudo Caro and Duque HSM. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Izzy Taylor’s Monkeying Around. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Italy’s Pietro Sandei gets his social media done. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Cristoffer Forsberg’s Hippo’s Sapporo, presenting for Sweden. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Aleksandr Markov’s Leader, competing for Russia. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: France’s Stanislas de Zuchowicz and Covadys de Triaval. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: The Netherlands’ Janneke Boonzaaijer and ACSI Champ de Tailleur. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Harald Ambros’s Lexikon 2, presenting for Austria. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: There’s no such thing as too many lederhosen, right? Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Albert Khalikov and Argolis Tokyo. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Ros Canter’s Allstar B. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Russia’s squad on tour. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Sarah Bullimore watches the trot-up ahead of her time in front of the ground jury. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: The Netherlands’ Merel Blom and The Quizmaster. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Nicola Wilson’s head girl Ruth Asquith with JL Dublin. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: The Netherlands’ Janneke Boonzaaijer and ACSI Champ de Tailleur. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Russia’s Aleksandr Markov and Leader. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: France’s Jean Lou Bigot and Utrillo du Halage. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: The Netherlands’ Jordy Wilken and Burry Spirit, with Jordy’s girlfriend Inge. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Ireland’s Joseph Murphy and Cesar V. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Sam Watson trials a new identity as…a competitive breakdancer? We’re unsure. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Austria’s Robert Mandl and Sacré-Coeur. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: The Dutch team take their first tour of the course. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Russia’s Juliia Razinkova and Zola. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Albert Khalikov’s Argolis Tokyo, competing for Russia. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Germany’s Christoph Wahler and Carjatan S. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Switzerland’s Felix Vogg and Cartania. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Germany’s Michael Jung and fischerWild Wave. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Ireland’s Cathal Daniels and LEB Lias Jewel. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Austria’s Rebecca Gerold and Shannon Queen. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Great Britain’s Kitty King and Vendredi Biats. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Austria’s grooms sport the outfits of the day as they cheer on their charges. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Chloe Fry, head girl to Kitty King, watches the inspection. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Sweden’s Malin Josefsson and Golden Midnight. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Spain’s Esteban Benitez Valle and Milana 23. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Germany’s Anna Siemer and FRH Butt’s Avondale. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Finland’s Sanna Siltakorpi and Bofey Click. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Belgium’s Karin Donckers and a fresh Leipheimer Van’t Verahof. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Poland’s Malgorzata Korycka and Canvalencia. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Piggy March’s Brookfield Inocent. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: The Netherlands’ Jordy Wilken and Burry Spirit. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Russia’s equestrians, including European Championship competitors Mikhail Nastenko and MP Imagine If, will see their international preparations halted in a new ruling by the FEI. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Spain’s Esteban Benitez Valle and Milana 23. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Belgium’s Constantin Van Rijckevorsel and Inside Out Du Langwater. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: The Netherland’s Sanne de Jong and her homebred, Enjoy. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Uter, presented by Marco Cappai of Italy. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Switzerland’s Patrick Rüegg and Fifty Fifty. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Austria’s Rebecca Gerold and Shannon Queen. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Germany’s Anna Siemer and FRH Butt’s Avondale. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: That’s the spot! Andreas Dibowski’s FRH Corrida stops to deal with an itch before presenting in front of the ground jury. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Beat Danner’s London Blue sports one of the best tail plaits of the day. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Katrin Khoddam-Hazrati’s Oklahoma 2. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Spain’s Esteban Benitez Valle and Milana 23. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Andrew Nicholson watches his Swiss team present. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Sanna Siltakorpi’s Bofey Click presents for Finland. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Switzerland’s Felix Vogg watches his teammates present. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Ireland’s Sam Watson and Ballybolger Talisman. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Groom Ruth Asquith plants a kiss on JL Dublin. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Germany’s Dirk Schrade and a very overexcited Casino 80. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Great Britain’s Kitty King and Vendredi Biats. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Belgium’s Lara de Liedekerke-Meier and Ducati d’Arville. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Team GB Performance Manager Dickie Waygood and Izzy Taylor. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Ben King, husband of Kitty King, nervously awaits his wife’s trot-up. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Italy’s Paolo Torlonia and Bambino de l’Ilatte. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Italy’s Evelina Bertoli and Seashore Spring. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Reigning European Champions Ingrid Klimke and SAP Hale Bob OLD. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Germany’s Dirk Schrade and Casino 80. Photo by Tilly Berendt.

: Though it doesn’t technically count as it’s a team outfit, Great Britain’s Sarah Bullimore looks super-smart in crisp white with statement Fairfax and Favor boots at the European Championships — a simple, effective outfit that would suit anyone and any venue . Photo by Tilly Berendt.