STEVEN Smith and Gina Johnston’s 10-year-old Vittorio gelding Bonito improved a place from last year to win the O/CNC** class despite having a fence down show jumping.

The pair were lying in second place after dressage on a score of 30.9 penalties and were left in the lead when Elizabeth Power withdrew Soladoun (30). They consolidated their position at the top of the leaderboard with the section’s fastest cross-country round which saw them pick up 6.8 penalties for time.