A record finishing score, a new star emerges and the defending champion gives her all: everything you need to know about what happened at Badminton today

Laura Collett scored a fabulous win to stay at the top of the Badminton Horse Trials results, at the event presented by Mars Equestrian. Riding her Olympic gold medallist London 52, Laura jumped a clear round in the final phase, adding just 0.4 of a time-fault for a record finishing score of 21.4 at the famous five-star.

• Find out what Laura had to say after fulfilling her dream 

Ros Canter finished runner-up on five-star debutant Lordships Graffalo

• Read what Ros had to say about her latest star performer

Oliver Townend slipped slightly down the order but still finished third and fifth on his two outstanding greys

• Find out Oliver’s assessment of his round on Swallow Springs

Piggy March had yet another day to remember with the defending champion Vanir Kamira, who finished fourth in the Badminton Horse Trials results

• Read how this plucky mare defies all Piggy’s expectations

Amateur rider Lauren Innes enjoyed a dream debut, jumping a double clear to finish 37th on Global Fision M – after managing to secure the services of a celebrity groom

• Watch Alan Davies plaiting Lauren’s horse – and her reflections on her week

And there was a first-time completion for Becky Heappey on her fourth attempt at Badminton – against the odds

• Find out why Becky almost didn’t make it to the first trot-up

A gutsy little thoroughbred gave his rider a fabulous round across-country on their first Badminton attempt

• Read Amanda Pottinger’s new take on the saying “no scope, no hope”

There was drama at the final horse inspection before showjumping

• Find out which horses were held and which top-20 contenders withdrew

And there has been an update on the condition of Nicola Wilson after her heavy fall yesterday (7 May)

• Read the statement released on Nicola Wilson’s website

Our bumper 20-page Badminton report will be in our 12 May issue and keep fully up-to-date with all the action during Badminton week via horseandhound.co.uk, where a host of features and reports will be published.

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Martha Terry

H&H features editor

Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on horses and dogs. Her reporting CV includes the Paris Olympics, European championships, Aachen World Equestrian Festival and World Cup finals. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs. Now, her constant companion is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.