“I’ve worked my whole life to even get to 5*, and it’s taken me until this year to finally get a horse to get here,” says 34-year-old Caroline Harris, her eyes brimming with tears as
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Caroline Harris and D. Day (Billy Mexico – Dillus, by Dilum xx) have jumped a fault-free show jumping to secure their first CCI5* victory at Les 5 Ètoiles de Pau in France today, finishing on
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There’s no point in mincing our words: yesterday’s cross-country day at Les 5 Etoiles de Pau, the final CCI5* of 2024, was rough. It went on for hours and soggy hours; the whole course, which
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When we packed up and left the media centre last night at Les Etoiles de Pau, the final CCI5* of the 2024 season, we did so in a tiny window of opportunity: the day’s heavy
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Tomorrow, we’ll get underway with our final CCI5* of the year in the south of France at Les 5 Ètoiles de Pau. This event is a festive one that really seems to cap off each
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Eventing’s going large in France for the second time this summer and there’s no doubt that the home crowd at Pau will deliver all of the joyous celebration of our awesome sport that we saw
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This time twelve months ago, Ros Canter and Izilot DHI cantered into the main arena at Pau – and then ceased motion abruptly when the young, notoriously spooky horse caught sight of the livestream cameraman
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It’s now time to turn our attention to the cross country test that awaits at Les 5 Ètoiles de Pau in the south of France, where torrential downpours have ravaged the venue with moisture. This
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I’m going to be totally, wholly, and completely honest with you here: sometimes, on this funny Thursday at Pau, which is split by a morning horse inspection and an afternoon dressage session, I struggle to
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And just like that, we’ve come to this: the last 5* of our Olympic year (say it ain’t so!). Our field of 73 come up to the Pyrénées mountains to finish out our season, with
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You know what takes a long time? A horse inspection with 73 horses in it. You know what takes even longer? A horse inspection with 73 horses in it and an evidently lonely holding box
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We now have the full entry list for the final CCI5* of the season, held in France at Les 5 Etoiles de Pau from October 24-27. A record-setting roster of 80 combinations, an increase from
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Welcome to The Debrief, where we’ll recap the experience of a rider following a big result or otherwise memorable competition. Cosby Green has had quite the year. She made the move to the UK back
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Welcome to The Debrief, where we’ll recap the experience of a rider following a big result or otherwise memorable competition. For Allie Knowles, Les 5 Étoiles de Pau was one such competition. While Allie has
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Take a spin around Les 5 étoiles de Pau aboard Bruno with JockeyCam. See the behind-the-scenes during the hold and Boyd’s POV at Fence 13B where the pair triggered a frangible. Posted by Boyd
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I unfortunately couldn’t watch Les 5 Etoiles de Pau cross country livestream this Saturday, but I could tell from the pinging of messages flying through the EN team Slack channel that it was an absolute
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Les 5 Etoiles de Pau has always been renowned for a few things: twisty, technical cross-country courses; ringside entertainment that borders on deranged; and showjumping tracks that eclipse any other in terms of difficulty at
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After a cross country day that saw leaderboard updates with more twists and turns than the track itself, it turned out that the top two placings would remain the same, albeit switched around. Initially on
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34 horses and riders will go ahead to the showjumping finale at Les 5 Etoiles de Pau, the final five-star of the 2023 season, after a handful of overnight withdrawals and a final horse inspection
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One of my most closely-held pet peeves is when I hear someone refer to Pau, the south of France’s late-autumn offering, as a ‘soft’ five-star. That’s usually an assessment that comes from people who’ve not
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It’s here! It’s Saturday! Which can mean only one thing to eventing fans. It’s cross country day. Hooray! There’s a tinge of sadness that this is the last 5* cross country day of the season,
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Once, years ago, I described Pau’s course designer, Pierre Michelet, a man who looks like the sweetest French grandpa in a butterscotch-yellow cardigan, as such: “There’s a rumour that suggests that if you stand in
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Well, the riders aren’t kidding when they describe Pierre Michelet’s track as twisty: I literally got lost just trying to follow the route on CrossCountryApp. I had to walk it with my finger five times
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