Nicola Wilson, Tom McEwen and Bubby Upton lead at the end of day three at Bicton

Nicola Wilson sits at the head of affairs after the Bicton Horse Trials cross-country in the CCI4*-L at the Chedington-supported event. She jumped clear inside the optimum time on JL Dublin, but it wasn’t all plain sailing for them.

• Find out what Nicola said about her round and why she had a nervous wait

Piggy March has moved up to second place in the Chedington CCI4*-L with her 2019 Badminton winner Vanir Kamira, 1.2 penalties behind Nicola.

• Find out more about what Piggy had to say about her round

Ros Canter and the exciting nine-year-old Lordships Graffalo, who were 14th after the dressage are now in third, just 0.7 of a penalty behind Piggy.

• Find out what Ros thought about the course
  

Gemma Tattersall put in two blistering rounds, but her best-placed horse is Santiago Bay, who sits in fourth going into the final phase. Her other ride, Chilli Knight (pictured top) is in ninth.

• Read about why Gemma was nervous before her rounds today

The cross-country course proved to be hugely influential, with a number of the dressage top 10 dropping down the order.

• Discover why the course caused so many problems

Bicton Horse Trials showjumping: CCI4*-S

The showjumping in the Chedington CCI4*-S also proved to be hugely influential.

The new leader is Tom McEwen aboard his 2019 Pau winner, Toledo De Kerser.

• Find out what Tom had to say about his round and why he thought the course caused so many problems

Ros Canter and her World Equestrian Games team and individual gold medallist, Allstar B have moved up into second, but Tom has no breathing space ahead of the cross-country tomorrow, while Kitty King and Vendredi Biats has moved from sixth into third.

Dressage leader Laura Collett has dropped down to ninth, while Alex Hua Tian, who was in second and third after the first phase, has also dropped out of the top 10 on two of his rides, but has climbed into seventh on the other.

• Find out who has climbed into the top 10 and the stats behind today’s showjumping course

More about Bicton:

Dressage leader holds top spot following her Bicton cross-country round, after nervous wait over a flag penalty *H&H Plus*

CCI4*-S showjumping at Bicton proves influential with a 6% clear round rate: big names drop down the leaderboard *H&H Plus*

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Bicton Horse Trials cross-country: under-25

Bubby Upton had a day to remember in the under-25 CCI4*-L. She now holds first and second on Cola III and Cannavaro respectively, moving up one place on each after the dressage.

• Find out what an emotional Bubby had to say about her two class rounds

Heidi Coy has climbed a place into third on Russal Z, one of three rides for her in this class. This combination are 7.3 adrift of Bubby on Cola III.

• Read Heidi’s analysis of her test on Russal Z yesterday

Yasmin Ingham, who had been the dressage leader, dropped to fourth after incurring cross-country time-penalties on Banzai Du Loir.

• Find out what Yasmin’s plan was going into this phase

Rose Nesbitt has climbed from 18th after the first phase into fifth on EG Michaelangelo, while James Rushbrooke was another to capitalise on a good cross-country round, rising nine places after the dressage to now hold sixth place going into tomorrow’s showjumping on Milchem Eclipse.

Read more about Bicton in next week’s magazine and online throughout the week.

Gemma Redrup

H&H features, racing and point-to-point editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.