BRITON Rachel Proudley and Easy Boy de Laubry Z won last Saturday night’s Defender Puissance as the only pair to attempt and clear the big red wall at a height of 2.15m, becoming the first female winner in 61 years.

The last time a female to win the class was in 1964, when Britain’s Pat Moss-Carlsson, sister of Formula 1 driver Stirling Moss and a successful rally driver herself, shared victory with Johnny Kidd.