Rayef and Laura Collett added just one time penalty to their dressage score to win the 500 GB pound first prize after a slew of withdrawals, and very few clear rounds.
Jock Paget and Clifton Promise had one rail down to finish second
Bill Levett, determined to prove a point to the Australian selectors perhaps, jumped a lovely clear on One Two Many NJ to finish 3rd
Clayton Fredericks on his Olympic horse Bendigo, one down to finish fourth. Team mate Chris Burton had two down on Holstein Park Leilani to finish 5th, and Sarah Ennis upheld Irish pride with Sugar Brown Babe with a rail and one time rounding out the top 6.
Joy Dawes and Harbour Pilot C, one down and 7th.
Mark Todd and NZB Grass Valley 8th with one down
Tina Cook and Regal Red, one down, 10th
Bill Levett and Hyppolyte, three down to finish 13th, unlucky indeed!
Belgian Constantin Van Rijckevorsel jumped the first (above) beautifully, and then went on to have a rather abysmal round, less said the better, but he completed to finish 16th. Some more pictures from the CIC*** show-jumping to come later when we get home. There is a party getting started here, and with the first horse not due out on cross country until 12:30pm GB time I’d say there’ll be a good crowed there tonight at The Outside Chance. I hear nothin Go Barbury Castle and Go Eventing.
