At Melbourne 3 Day Event Tim Ellis swopped his policeman's hat for a riding hat as he rode Elllison Park Benson in the CCI3* and, with his partner and son riding in the CCI*, it was a real family affair
In a day that was punctuated by warmth and sunshine there was plenty of movement in the leaderboards at Quirindi. Amazingly however every class leader from day one is still in the lead at the end of day two.
When we saw a horse called Happy Vegemite was being ridden by Namchok Jantakad, we couldn’t resist finding out how the two ‘nationalities’ came together
At the end of the day one dressage at Barbury International Eventing Australian riders are well positioned across the classes and we discover that Andrew Nicholson and The Stig are brothers
The organisers of this weekend’s Barbury International Eventing and Show have warned that temperatures are “set to soar” and are preparing by laying on extra champagne and ice cream!