James Bond (aka Francis Whittington) put in an appearance at Blenheim today, as did HRH The Princess Royal and by the end of the day two Australians, Andrew Hoy and Sam Griffiths, topped the CIC3* and CCI3* leader boards
The Aussies are out in force at Blenheim in the CIC3* while young Emily King and Brookleigh stole the march on William Fox-Pitt to lead the CCI3* with a little help from a very experienced (but slightly ‘slack’) groom
"I'm excited and can't wait to go around (the cross country)" says Emily King at the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials where she is having her first CCI3* start on Brookleigh
Margit Appelt’s Austrian costume at Blenheim’s first horse inspection set us thinking about some opportunities that event organisers may be missing during the crucial first phase of the eventing competition
Sam Griffiths says he has had some pretty tough days to get to where he is today but the hard work is all paying off for the Australian who moved to the UK in 1995