"It’s the hardest thing you have to deal with in this sport” says Bill Levett who has had to withdraw Alexander NJ from this year's Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials
Eric Winter's first Badminton cross country course has a deliberate lack of superfluous decoration with most fences using massive rustic timber
New Zealand riders James Avery and Tim Price had mixed fortunes at the South of England with some spectacular dressage and a couple of tumbles but both maintained their Kiwi sense of humour
Oliver Townend will be the man to beat at the Barefoot Estates Burnham Market International this week but Izzy Taylor is on hot form
We find out more about Amelia Hattersley and Sophie Johnson, two of the Novice section winners at Belton International