H&H’s editors highlight this season’s moments, events and horses to celebrate in their sports – plus a few shocks we really didn’t see coming

World Cup

A producer makes a new mark on the history books, and first-timers impress at this most prestigious native celebration

SSADL Supreme Grand Finals

A 20-year-old Irishman scores his biggest win so far in the show’s concluding grand prix and another London debutant stands leading rider with three wins

Ireland’s anchorman in team silver at the eventing Europeans talks to Pippa Roome about how early heartbreak shaped his career, his top horses and the feed change that helped his Blenheim result