Impressing the ground jury to gain second spot after dressage (40.4) the big grey progressed to pull out a copybook double clear and by-passed leaders David Doel and Billy Pastime as a result.

“A little bit surprised, but delighted as it’s a nice class to win,” commented Glynn. “I hadn’t really planned to go for the time, but when I heard that David (Doel) had clocked up a few time faults, I found myself in a competitive position. That said, if he had felt green I would have been happy to cruise round but he felt great so we decided to go for it.”