Watch Ros Canter and Lordship Graffalo's leading dressage test here
Watch Oliver Townend and Swallow Springs' leading test from Friday here
Britain’s Ros Canter completed a thrilling day of cross-country sport at Badminton Horse Trials, presented by Mars Equestrian on top of the leaderboard
The 2018 world champion has two show jumps in hand after a strong performance around Eric Winter’s CCI5* course aboard Michelle Saul's 11-year-old Lordships Graffalo, the runner-up at Badminton and fourth at the 2022 World Championships in Pratoni (ITA)
Ros was only three seconds slower than experienced Irishman Austin O'Connor riding Colorado Blue, whose best previous Badminton result was fourth in 1999 - in similarly boggy conditions. The pair were easily the fastest in the field, with 11.6 and 10.8 time penalties respectively, on a day when the sticky ground conditions exerted a toll on horses' stamina.
Oliver Townend's second ride, Ballaghmor Class, is one of the world's greatest five-star horses, a winner of Burghley (2017), Kentucky (2021) and an Olympic gold medal (Tokyo 2021). They were the third fastest of the day (21.2 penalties) and are within a show jumping rail of Austin.
