CHARLIE Magnier, son of Tom and Sophie, took the junior show jumping classes at the Sydney Royal Easter Show by storm last weekend. Just 13 years old, he finished as the overall junior champion and champion boy rider after winning three classes, including the junior Grand Prix last Monday, with Quinn Z.

The 200-year-old show was officially opened last Saturday by Princess Anne, the Princess Royal and Tom’s mother Sophie takes up the story: “It’s the first time that Charlie has jumped here as he was too young before but I’ve been here before with his younger sisters Millie, Evie and Rose, as they do showing here,” she told The Irish Field.