If you’ve ever thought that Pau’s twisty, turny, half-stride heavy cross-country course looks like a serious challenge, take a moment to consider, too, its showjumping track. Historically, this is the toughest of the five-stars in
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Hello, it’s me, your roving meteorologist, reporting live from Pau to tell you that if there’s a trot-up going on, there’s a 100% chance it’s raining harder than you previously thought possible, even if it’s
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Yesterday, at some point in the midst of 54 dressage tests and a swift descent into insanity, we had a chat with a certain Mr. Tim Price, who admitted that he reckoned this year’s Pau
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Well ENers, here we find ourselves, on the cusp of the final 5* cross country day of 2025 and it’s going to be a big one. There’s a hefty entry list for Les 5 Étoiles
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How do you solve a problem like Storm Benjamin? You cancel your Thursday plans and move 54 dressage tests to Friday, if you’re a mad collective of French event organisers and you’re absolutely determined to
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Classic Pierre: half strides galore, lots and lots of places to not make a silly mistake, and a brand new drop that’s bigger than the Burghley Leaf Pit – it’s all happening at Pau. Speed’ll
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It hasn’t been, shall we say, a normal start to Les 5 Etoiles de Pau, the final CCI5* of the 2025 season – but then, we keep reminding ourselves, when is France’s showpiece event ever
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Ahead of Friday’s FULL DAY OF DRESSAGE (yayyy…) at Les 5 Étoiles de Pau, we’ve got your primer to this absolutely stacked field ready for viewing as you follow along! You can find more information
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What a welcome to the final CCI5* of the year: yesterday, we took our first turn around the course in high-70s sunshine, and today, we’ve gone back to bed because the wind is so wild
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Let’s do it one more time! This week the curtain rises on our final CCI5* of a whirlwind 2025 season. This time, we’ll be heading to the south of France (and, apparently, the rainy weather
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“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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