Outperforming a stream of senior internationals, Joshua Pim and Jodie O’Keefe took top six placings in two fiercely competitive sectors of CIC**, while fellow young riders Elizabeth Hayden and Tony Kennedy also completed with distinction. Barbury is recognised as one of the major fixtures on the British circuit so it was no mean feat that the quartet scored highly in open classes that numbered around 90 runners apiece.

Pim’s outstanding fourth placing came in the division headed by William Fox Pitt and Top Biats. Riding The Irish Minstrel for his grandmother Jean, Pim first produced a personal best dressage mark of 41.0, to which he added four penalties in the show jumping and a further 6.8 across the country.