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It was a pleasing weekend for Zara and Class Affair (Socks) at the MARS Badminton Horse Trials.
82 horses started the prestigious event in Gloucestershire, with the dressage phase spanning two days, across Thursday and Friday.
Zara and Socks were drawn 15th to go on Thursday. Overall it was a good test, finishing on a score of 37.2.
Maintaining the drawn position of 15th, Zara and Socks set off around the cross country phase on Saturday morning, jumping a faultless round, albeit with some time penalties. The clear round in this phase helped to move them up into 19th position, ahead of the showjumping on Sunday.
Socks jumped a great round in front of a packed grandstand, for an unfortunate rail, heading into the double at fence 9, ending the competition on a final score of 59.6 and finishing in 16th place.
You can watch all of Zara and Class Affair's three phases in the video below.
Socks had a great run at Bramham International Horse Trials, finishing in 3rd place in the Defender CCI-S 4*.
Having produced a good score in the dressage phase, Socks then jumped a faultless Showjumping round, followed by a clear Cross Country round, with just 4 time penalties.
Thank you to Defender and Bramham for another wonderful event.
You can watch videos of all 3 phases below.
We're excited to see Class Affair (Socks) heading off to Land Rover Kentucky 5* this week, having had an initial run at Thoresby at the end of March.
We're pleased that Socks has made a safe arrival in Kentucky and are looking forward to the event, after a slightly interesting (damp) start to the UK eventing season for everyone weather wise.
You can see a video of his travels below.