BADMINTON STALWART OUT OF RETIREMENT FOR GRAND PRIX

OVER to You, at 19, the oldest horse to have completed Badminton, and with eight consecutive championship appearances for Britain behind him, will be one of the starters in the Ford Ranger Eventing Grand Prix at the Longines Royal International Horse Show.

By The Newsroom

Published 24th Jul 2007, 12:37 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:27 BST

Jeanette Brakewell, his rider for the last 15 years, retired him from three-day events at Badminton but has agreed to bring him to Hickstead for the unique and now traditional head-to-head between event and showjumping riders on Thursday this week.

Competition this year could be fierce, with last year's winner, Shane Breen, only the second showjumping rider to have won in nine years, heading the showjumpers, which include DFS Derby winner Ben Maher, Steven Franks and Guy Williams.

The Eventing Grand Prix course starts and finishes with show jumps and Hickstead's permanent obstacles in the International Arena, with in between an imposing series of specially-built natural obstacles and a river crossing.

For full story see Sussex Horse World, West Sussex Gazette July 25