Oliver Townend and William Fox-Pitt at 2023 Maryland CCI5*
Oliver Townend, leader after dressage of the CCI5* at the 2023 Mars Maryland at Fair Hill (USA) riding Cooley Rosalent, and third placed William Fox-Pitt talk about their dressage tests and the Ian Stark cross country course they face on Saturday in the Friday Press Conference at Maryland.
“I have learnt a lot this year” says Jillian Glessen who won the BE100 Section P Newmarket Melody at Oasby (2) Horse Trials 2023 “It was a really nice way to end the year with a confident run at Oasby”
Jillian, who bought Newmarket Melody from the Scarteen Stud in Ireland as a two-year-old, moved from Holland to be work for Andrew Downes at the end of last year and so began eventing Newmarket Melody this year.
Toots Bartlett on Cor Y Taran at Swalcliffe Park Horse Trials 2023
Toots Bartlett headed up the sole Intermediate Novice section (Section G) on her Bicton CCI-S 3* bound, Cor y Taran at Swalcliffe Park Horse Trials in October 2023.
The seven-year-old gelding has had an intermittent summer with more entries withdrawn than contested but clearly the work at home has paid off with the partnership securing this section, adding just one show jumping time penalty to their 30.9 penalty dressage score.
Shane Rose and Easy Turn, CCI4* winners at Eventing @ Willinga Park 2023
An Eventful Life filmed all competitors on cross country at Willinga Park – order or view videos here
Shane Rose’s clear showjumping round late on Saturday afternoon at Willinga Park helped move him up the leaderboard to be within striking distance of the dressage leaders, Shenae Lowings and Andrew Barnett. Then on Sunday he sealed the deal, riding Easy Turn to produce the fastest time on cross country course to take the win in the 4CYTE CCI4* eventing class.
Read our full report and watch our interview with Shane here
Jessica Browning and DHI Du Rouet at Cotswold Cup Championship, Cirencester Park Unaffiliated Horse Trials 2023
An Eventful Life filmed all competitors on cross country at Cirencester Park Unaffiliated & Cotswold Cup Final – order or view videos here
“DHI Du Rouet came out like a tiger but, this was the phase that scared me the most and I couldn’t believe we had managed to jump clear on the final day, so much so that I burst into tears after finishing – and that was before we even went up the leaderboard to win!” says Jessica Browning, winner of the 2023 Cotswold Cup Senior 90cm Championship.
