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A small animal vet storms to a first win with her £700 purchase, while a former Badminton grassroots winner triumphs with new jockey

Researchers looked at 10 years of top-level results to see whether breed matters at the sport’s peak

One of the week’s big winners reaps an extra-special reward, another’s faith in their mount pays dividends, and a family’s breeding programme comes to the fore

Ros Canter and the “spooky but genuine” Izilot DHI land the win, the rider’s fifth at five-star, after a week with plenty of leaderboard shuffling