It was a case of déjà vu for Alexander Butler last week as he ended his trip to Balmoral International CSI** in spectacular fashion by clinching victory in the Barclays Communications and Bottle Green International Grand Prix for the second consecutive year.

Riding Harold McGahern’s 14-year-old Touchdown gelding Will Wimble, Butler not only claimed the winner’s share of the £21,500 prize fund but was also awarded the leading international and speed rider of the show.