THE European champion, Britain’s Ros Canter, won her second five-star event of the year last weekend at Pau, France, where on board her own and Alex Moody’s Izilot DHI, she claimed the honours with five of her compatriots following immediately in her wake.

Second after dressage, Canter’s completion score of 28.7 on the 10-year-old Zavall VDL gelding (who was bringing up a hat-trick of victories having previously won the CCI4*-L at Blenheim and the CCI4*-S at Blair Castle) included 3.2 time penalties across the Pierre Michelet-designed cross-country course and 2.2 in Sunday’s show jumping phase.