The CSI4* GP of Bolesworth went to The Netherlands with Michel Hendrix on top. He beat the Colombian Roberto Terran and the Irish Paul Kennedy. The highest placed British rider was Yazmin Pinchen aboard Ashkari (Tornado), jumping a steady double clear. Also for Angelie von Essen, Richard Davenport’s wife, speed wasn’t high enough. She and her AES horse Newton Abbot (Converter) scored one penalty point due to exceeding the time allowed in the first round of this 1.60m Grand Prix. Sea Coast B 52 F Z, a mare by the AES approved stallion Bamako De Muze, won the last speed class on Sunday. Many other AES horses had good ribbons during the show in Bolesworth. Joe Whitaker and Lola V (Locarno) placed second in Friday’s 1.55m class.

The graded AES stallion Vangelis S, former top horse of Robert Smith, has dilivered the Grand Prix winner at HOYS Birmingham. It was Billy Twomey who was offered the flowers after the only double clear on the horse Diaghilev, by Vangelis. Irish rider Anthony Condon placed eighth after five penalty points in the second round on the AES stallion Aristio , by Arko III. In the 1.60m class Accumulator with Joker on Saturday, Yazmin Pinchen placed fourth on her AES horse Ashkari (Tornado). On Sunday she placed fourth in the speed class. Helen Tredwell won the Five Fence Stake on Friday night on the horse Sebastien, an AES horse by Unbelievable Darco. She shared the victory with Billy Twomey and his later Grand Prix winning horse Diaghilev. Philip Miller and Unbelievable Lady, also by Unbelievable Darco, placed sixth in the Five Fence Stakes.