SINCE its inception and for the second year running, Britain’s William Fox-Pitt cruised to victory winning the Cooley Farm CCI* Class riding Jennifer Dowling’s seven-year-old gelding Little Fire.

The combination, who produced a dressage score of 35.60 putting them into second place after that phase, moved up to first place after a clear cross-country round and maintained that position when concluding the class with just one fault in show jumping.

Finishing in second place was New Zealand’s Tim Price riding his own Kincooley Cruising completing the competition on 40.50 and in third place was Britain’s Tom McEwen riding Ginny Rusher’s Royal Roxey finishing on a final mark of 40.50.