Michael Jung hasn't been sitting around waiting for Santa and Antipodean riders have made moves in the final FEI World Eventing rankings of 2016. Who ranks where heading into 2017?
Andrew Nicholson broke his own record riding Nereo and continued his reign as the 'King of Barbury', landing his fifth consecutive CIC three star at the horse trials in leg three of the Event Rider Masters (ERM)
Having won the CCI4* at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials and with a stable full of stars, is Michael Jung poised to become only the second person to win the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing?
He may not have expected to be in the lead at the end of the day but Andrew Nicholson is focussed on winning the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials - however he has some hot competition very close behind him
What did the top three riders think of the first day at the 2015 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials?