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Hopes high for team final, and stopping mid-round to pat your horse: what you need to know from day two of the World Showjumping Championships

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    • There was plenty of top-class action at the Agria FEI World Showjumping Championships, with almost more changes of teams’ position than horses in the ring. Here’s the run-down of what you need to know from day two in Herning

    Ben Maher and Faltic HB jumped a superb clear as Britain’s day two pathfinders, boosting hopes after a great start had left us in fourth place overnight.

    Find out what Ben had to say about his round.

    Luck was not with Joe Stockdale or Harry Charles but last to go Scott Brash and Hello Jefferson pulled out all the stops to jump clear, and retain their silver-medal position.

    We caught up with Scott after his round

    The last few combinations to go in the World Showjumping Championships shook the order up again and again, but it finished with Britain in sixth place and Ireland in ninth, both qualifying for the team final tomorrow (12 August).

    ‘We’re still in the hunt’

    There were mixed fortunes for Ireland today but one of the highlights was a copybook clear from Cian O’Connor and C Vier 2.

    Read more about Cian’s round

    The ride of the day was produced by Canadian Tiffany Foster and Figor, who are in fifth place thanks to two strong clears.

    ‘I wanted to stop halfway and pat him!’

    The horse and rider who have held the lead since the first day are a championship debutant and a feisty mare who is warmed up in a bit and jumped without.

    Find out more about French rider Julien Epaillard and Caracole De La Roque.

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    Eleanor Jones
    Eleanor Jones

    H&H news editor
    Eleanor is an experienced journalist who spent over eight years working for local and national newspapers before joining H&H as news editor in March 2016. Passionate about equine welfare and exposing the truth, Eleanor has reported on all aspects of the industry, from Brexit to anti-bullying campaigns, and from dressage rules to mules. Her sport of choice is showjumping, in which she competes her own horses, and she also enjoys reporting at local jumping shows through to international championships.
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