For the record: how local riders fared at Badminton Horse Trials
Lockeridge based New Zealander Andrew Nicholson and Nereo led the field from the dressage and right through the cross country stages. But as last rider into the show jumping ring, they had three rails down - and finished in sixth place.
The winner was the British pair William Fox-Pitt and Chilli Morning. Another Zealander, Badgerstown based, Mark Todd and Leonidas II leapfrogged Nicholson to finish fourth.
Among the 57 entries completing the competition, were Mildenhall's husband and wife 'Team-Price'. Tim Price finished sixteenth on Ringwood Sky Boy. And Jonelle came twentieth on Classic Moet and thirty-fifth on The Deputy.