Susie berry

Oliver Townend and Susie Berry have come out of the 2023 British Eventing Start Box like a shot out of a gun, battling it out for the two top classes at Poplar Park

Each horse is different so it’s difficult to compare ‘apples with apples’ in eventing but there are certainly things you can learn by simply watching two top class riders winning a 4*

Ireland's Susie Berry, Japan's Kazuma Tomoto and Britain's Tom McEwen made an international trio of winners at Little Downham (3) International where New Zealand bronze team medallists Tim and Jonelle Price also had a run

Friday's first combination into the arena, Tim Price and Vitali, have taken the lead at Burghley after Vitali shook off his 'black horse mood' and delivered the goods

Ireland's Susie Berry and Scotland's Wills Oakden were on flying form at Aske Horse Trials where they each won multiple classes