Christine Bates

Australia’s Christine Bates on board Adelaide Hill and Pippa Funnell on Billy The Biz share the lead after the dressage phase of the Advanced Section L at Aston-Le-Walls (3)

" Going overseas and competing is now part of what must be done to continue to improve and move forward in the sport" Christine Bates is the first recipient of the ongoing bursary created by Sarah Nevile to help top Australian riders compete overseas in Championship years

From experienced campaigners likely to head overseas (although 'we don't talk about planes') to up and coming stars, both two legged and four - we talk to Christine Bates, Shane Rose and Olivia Barton in our wrap up from Sydney International Horse Trials

Christine Bates has done it again, taking her fourth 3* win in a row in Australia on board Adelaide Hill, this time at the Sydney International Horse Trials

A tale of two tails, a bad back and our wrap up from Saturday at the Randwick Equine Sydney Eventing Summer Classic