Winter preparation paid dividends with confident step-ups, big scores and emerging talent delivered across the levels

Oliver Townend’s superstar ride Ballaghmor Class retires sound and fit aged 19 after a stellar career

The Princess Royal’s lifelong expertise with horses was sealed with the top award at 1971’s European Eventing Championship, the same year she became the first member of the Royal Family to scoop the B

Exceptionally athletic and a supreme trier, this sensitive character met his ideal match in Oliver Townend. Catherine Austen charts the career of one of the greatest partnerships in eventing history

The international dressage rider tells Polly Bryan about her young superstar set to take over the mantle from Into The Blue, and why she’s never looked back since switching careers

Jake Saywell tops an A-list grand prix field and a striking appaloosa hits flying form with her new rider