eventing spring carnival

"It’s nice to have blown away the cobwebs" Multiple placings for Harry Meade and Harry Mutch at the Eventing Spring Carnival at Thoresby Park as both riders prepare their horses to head to Badminton

148 competitors will be battling it out to take home the Lycetts Grantham Cup at the Eventing Spring Carnival at Thoresby Park (just don't let them near the axe-throwing and archery display by Robin Hood and his merry men and women)

Watch the cross country rides of the three International class winners at the Eventing Spring Carnival at Thoresby International - Piggy March on Brookfield Inocent (CCI4*), Dani Evans on Hollywood Dancer (CCI3*) and Eliza Stoddart on De Pleasure (CCI2*)

While the Grantham Cup may have been the headline class at Thoresby International on Sunday, the two Advanced sections also provided enviable start lists with many combinations having a Badminton or Kentucky pre-run

“He was brilliant in all three bits” says Piggy March of Brookfield Inocent, the Grantham Cup CCI4* winner, a competition that gives not just fans but the riders themselves a very good indication of big match fitness