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One minute we are all sliding around in the mud at Badminton, then suddenly in the blink of an eye its mince pie consuming season already. The season was filled with adventures – Luhmuhlen, Europeans, Arville and finished with the new customary sun-soaked season finale at Pau. More croissants, an epic thunderstorm, flooding and sunrises.
Get a cuppa and a supply of mince pies before getting comfy…
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Champions - Nicola Wilson & JL Dublin GBR are the new European Eventing Champions, FEI European Championships, Avenches, Switzerland September 2021 © Copyright Hannah Cole Photography. All rights reserved.
With the last 18 months being a strange concoction of doubt, fluid plans and general disbelief as to whether anything would run; I didn’t really believe I could get to the Europeans until I stepped out of the car after the 15-hour journey onto the car park in Avenches.
I joked with my fabulous road-trip buddy Ben during the drive down to Avenches about the chances of a Brit 1-2-3, so imagine our complete amazement when that’s exactly what the Brits delivered on Sunday afternoon! Dreams do come true.
Read MoreSometime’s you don’t need a lot of something for it to pack a punch - and that is definitely the case with the 2020 Eventing season.
It’s been bloody tough there’s no doubt, it’s been hard to plan with reduced press numbers permitted entry and late confirmation of attendance had me checking email accounts every 5 seconds on the run up to the big targets. But it’s been the most wonderful season in so many ways too……
Read MoreMuch has been written about the ‘strangest’ of years and how it’s been a shortened season - but in so many ways that hasn’t diminished the quality on display at Pau this weekend. A French adventure had always been on the grand masterplan for this season, long before we knew Covid-19 existed.
So much of 2020 hasn’t lived up to pre-season expectations. There’s been so many dreams lost this season. But one little dream remained, from the early glance at the Pau entries, one little dream emerged - could gorgeous Dan make amends for the unlucky tragedy of the Europeans last year.
Read MoreYou know that good things must come to the inevitable end, but when they have been this good, it’s a hard pill to swallow.
Gorgeous Gary has taken me on a memorable journey as his number one fan, he has taken me to courses I’d only ever dreamed of attending. It has been a complete pleasure to follow him all the way from the Highlands of Scotland to the French Pyrenees.
Read More…but I can pick pick my 10 favourites.
Well some few hours later and instead of 10, I had 29 on my ‘shortlist’ - the greats of the sport, some that pull on the heartstrings and some that will just always hold a special place in my heart.
When reading the list below, you will notice a theme, one that could be used to create the ultimate Eventer - powerful, quirky, enthusiastic and brave when going XC, whilst being in true harmony with their human partner. I am a big lover of this great sport and have been lucky enough to watch many who fit the aforementioned description.
Read MoreWow. What a week.
It has been a dream of mine to cover a championships. And this week my dream came true.
Read MoreOn writing this the postman has just been and delivered the most exciting of envelopes. To everyone else I am sure it just looks like a normal white A4, if a little crinkled by Royal Mail. But to me it was the culmination of a lot of hard work, 1,000s of photos and a sprinkling of courage.
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