EVENTING SPRING CARNIVAL 28–31 March
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Eventing Spring Carnival, Thoresby, Notts
EMILY KING and Valmy Biats led a world-class field from start to finish, successfully defending their Lycetts Grantham Cup title.
The pair’s win here 12 months ago was their biggest to date. One year on and with the wealth of a further season of five-star experience under their belts, this was seismic for different reasons.
As the first CC4*-S of the British eventing season, the Grantham Cup is always a high-quality class, used by many of the world’s best as a competitive run on their pathway to spring five-stars. With the Paris Olympics on the horizon and combinations hoping to catch the eye of selectors, 2024 was a vintage year in front of a record crowd.
“It was the smoothest, easiest, in-sync cross-country round I think I’ve ever had with him,” said Emily, who owns the
