Izzy Taylor triumphs, Ian Stark’s thoughts on the sport’s direction and an injury update: seven must-read stories from Bramham’s final day

An epic weekend of sport at Bramham is over and the final Bramham Horse Trials results are in. Here’s your Sunday round-up from the premier Yorkshire event…

Izzy Taylor took the showcase CCI4*-L on Monkeying Around, jumping clear to secure the top spot.

• Find out what Izzy said about her round and why the final session was dramatic

Izzy headed an all-British top-three, with Ros Canter and Kirsty Chabert joining her on the podium.

• What happened during Ros Canter’s round which would be her horse’s worst nightmare?

There were big gains for riders who jumped clear on the final day, with Susie Berry and Ringwood LB moving up from 10th overnight to fifth and Kristina Hall-Jackson rising from 15th to sixth.

• What did Susie and Kristina say?

Ian Stark shared his thoughts on yesterday’s cross-country day in an honest and heartfelt conversation.

• Why Ian feels questions need to be asked about what direction eventing is going in

Meanwhile in the British Horse Feeds under-25 CCI4*-L, French rider Héloïse Le Guern showjumped clear to finish in top spot and Greta Mason secured the national title.

• Read Greta’s thoughts on her round

The day started with the trot-up, where one horse was withdrawn from the holding box. Plus, two were withdrawn without being presented at all.

• Who left the competition at the trot-up?

And finally, we received an update on two riders who were taken to hospital after falls on the cross-country yesterday.

• Find out how Stanislas de Zuchowicz and Ailsa Wates are doing

Full report on all the Bramham Horse Trials results in this week’s Horse & Hound magazine (issue dated 16 June). 

You might also be interested in:

Course-designer Ian Stark on Bramham’s cross-country: ‘The sport is vulnerable and we need to ask questions about what direction we’re going in’

Izzy Taylor takes Bramham CCI4*-L on Monkeying Around in dramatic final showjumping session

Rider celebrates 10-year partnership with her horse by winning national under-25 championship

Bramham fairytale is over for Piggy March and Nicola Wilson’s ride Coolparks Sarco: ‘Nicola will be proud of him’

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Pippa Roome

H&H magazine editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.