"I hate the rain!" said Michael Jung when we talked to him after the cross country round that has put him and fischerTakinou into the lead at the Longines FEI European Championships at Blair Castle
William Fox-Pitt has joined Michael Jung in equal first place at Burghley and Sam Griffiths is once again in third as the riders head into what is generally agreed as the toughest cross country ever seen here
Two first timers from Germany and a past winner from Australia make up the top three after the first day of dressage at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials
“We make a little plan but in the end it’s the horses that make the plan” says Michael Jung of fischerRocana FST and La Biosthetique Sam FBW that have competed at Kentucky, Luhmuhlen and now Burghley CCI4* this year
Michael Jung triumphs in the CCI3* but the British team finish on a high to take the FEI Nations Cup win in Strzegom, Poland