IT’S over a week since Austin O’Connor’s second top-three result at Badminton with the striking grey Colorado Blue, although there’s no time in any professional rider’s busy schedule to rest on their laurels.

“It’s almost a distant memory now and I was actually saying the other day, when do you actually enjoy it? November maybe! It was all very good and yes, I think that goes without saying that he’s a horse of a lifetime.”