Following their triumph at the Rio 2016 Olympics France has won their first FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing leg this season with a victory in a close competition at the new northern Italian venue of Vairano
Many eventing stars, including Mark Todd, Vaughn Jefferis and Andrew Hoy have won the New Zealand National Championships but this year Clarke Johnstone will be in the limelight, despite the fact he is not defending his title at Arran Station
"He's not even French - he's from Manchester - that's even worse!" laughed Oliver Townend as Tom Carlile pipped him for the final leg of ERM at Blenheim but Oliver took the overall series
Bettina Hoy secures her first major win in 10 years and her student Willa Newton joins her with a win in the CIC3* 8 & 9 Year Old class
We talk to the four team members of the Stansted and District Riding Club - winner of the 100cm Riding Club Eventer Team Challenge at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials on Thursday