JUST 24 hours after announcing their retirement, Britain’s double Olympic showjumping gold medallists Nick Skelton, 59, and Big Star, 14, were on show in the parade ring before the first race of the three-day festival.

Skelton, father of jockey Harry and trainer Dan, won team gold at the London Games in 2012 and took the individual gold last year at Rio, both times on Gary and Beverley Widdowson’s stallion Big Star.