Show Jumping European Eventing Championships

What a competition. This horse has been absolutely brilliant.

Exceptional. What a fabulous combination. And that was easy. He

is away over it. Hello and welcome to the South West corner of Poland,

we are quite near the border with the Czech Republic but this is the

heartland of Polish equestrianism and that is why it has been chosen

to host the European Eventing Championships. It has been awhile

since Great Britain won top honours at an event like this, silver and a

couple of years ago was supposed to set them up for glory at the

Olympics but as we know, it didn't quite go according to plan. Stepping

up for the silver medal, the British team. Hasn't she done well? Nicola

Wilson, she has had such a great season. She will be thrilled to be

back. Then the man who has led Britain to so many medals, William

Fox-Pitt. Kitty King. Just a little bit greedy.

Not doing what she dreamt of. Of that fifth placed team in the

Olympics, here in Poland we had a whole different group of riders

competing, faces you will recognise, bags of experience on the team, but

as for the horses, there are plenty of new ones at this level of the

competition. I think it is a very strong team and every rider is

competitive. They are team players and I think the horses that are

going to Poland, there are a lot of younger horses on the team, which I

think is very promising for the future. We all know each other

really well, we compete against each other during the year and most of

the time we are trying to beat each other and now we are working

together. There is a really good feel about the team, everyone is

very excited to be here, the new management have been very good and

positive. I would have competed at one star higher than this, but never

represented by country as a senior European, so this is definitely a

step up into the kind of pressure and achievement, really.

Bulana is a lovely horse to ride. We hope she can keep on improving. 12

macro is a very good-looking horse, he is very brave he has a fantastic

jumping technique -- Billy The Red. I have to use all my experience with

him to guide enthusiasm in the right direction. I have had Cooley SRS

since he was five years old. He is very young to be there. I think he

has got the talent to be there and he has definitely had good form in

the past. Allstar B has a heart of gold. He is very brave, whatever I

put him out, I can trust he is going to give it a go. It is quite a flat

course, some big tactical questions around the water fences. I think it

will be a bit of a speed test. It will be hard and fast and very

accurate. You need a horse that is quite nimble and quick thinking and

one that is brave, because as it is a European Championship, they will

be pushing it to the maximum. My aim is to achieve some personal bests

for my own goals and hopefully that will be good enough to finish near

the top. You're in it to win it, for me, this year the team is the most

important thing. Being European champion was incredibly special and

being number one, bad memory stays with you for years and I wanted

again. Joining us for the coverage is Harry Mead, world silver

medallist a few years ago. What do you make of this British team? There

is a real mix of youth and experience. There is plenty of

experience, you have Oliver Townend, he is hugely experienced. It is the

first time on the team for 68. -- Rosalind Canter. Nicola Wilson is

our rider in form as well. She now has her new ride, Bulana. The

Olympics are now behind us, we are into a new Olympic cycle and that is

one of the main focuses for the riders, what can we expect from a

first major Championship post-Olympics. The first thing is to

come here and try to win medals, totally forgetting, the context of

the cycle, it is about peaking at this Championship, going home

preferably with their team gold medal. Seen it in the context of the

other championships, it is a chance to set us up for the World

Championships next year and aim towards Tokyo in 2020. Thank you.

Let us look at how the riders get on with the first phase of every

three-day event is the dressage. The Germans dominated from day one,

their experience and star quality really showed. The competitor who

won the European gold 20 years ago and who is riding at ten European

Championships picked up just 24.60 penalties to put well ahead of the

field. Ingrid KLIMKE is six points behind her. Gemma Tattersall

finished the dressage in fourth place, she is not part of the

British team, she is competing as an individual rider here and she scored

a personal best of 33.1. Germany, favourites for the title with a huge

lead, they are 24 points clear in the gold medal position, France and

the reigning Olympic champions are in silver place and they are just

not .1 of a penalty point ahead of Great Britain in bronze medal place.

He is a lovely horse, he tries so hard and he is so beautiful and it

makes my job easier. This is how the individual standings look. Gemma

Tattersall, is in fourth place with Nicola Wilson, the leading team

rider in seventh place. My aim, for me personally was to do a personal

best on her and I did that. That is amazing and I am not too far behind

Ingrid and I could not be prouder of my horse. Dressage is always a

pleasure to watch but the real crowd pleaser at any event, is the cross

country. A test of teamwork and stamina and we have been on the

course here to see what lies in wait for those out here at the European

Championships. This is the European capital of granite production. Large

elements of this fence have been carved out of the stone, but it is

not the toughest challenge on this course. It is an easy fence to get

you into your rhythm, let's look at the proper course. This is the

fourth fence and the first real question mark. It is one of the most

difficult combinations on the course. Full is to the key here are

the lines through this. It is not a straight line, you have the first

fence and the first angled brush and the second angled brush over the top

and there is a slight kink in it. Once we get to this point, you have

a slight change of angle and it is only a three stride combination. It

happens in a split second and in that short space of time, the horse

has got to see the fence, understand where they are going and stay on the

line. Everyone loves a water complex and there is a novel going on in

this lake, isn't there. You're met with this enormous big square

corner. They have made this in quite a clever way more difficult, because

normally a corner comes to a point with the flag about here, which

means that the point that you would jump at is whether flag is now. By

designing it like this where it cuts off, almost like the nose of a slice

of cheese, forces you to jump it at a wider point to make it more

difficult fence. Having jumped it, we curve right handed over at this

brush roll-top. What difference does that make for the horses? Jumping in

and out of water? It is more of a visual concept than the drag of the

water. He would ride basically the same, as if that was a sunken road

with no water in it, but it means the horses taking off out of water

and land on what, they are keen to get their feet back down on the

ground and often do not throw such a generous jump. To this last element,

it is another quite aggressive corner the angled, it means if you

come up the inside line, you're compromising the ideal approach to

the last section. What I would do here is jump nice and forwards,

positively in and stay on a wider line so you're covering a greater

distance of ground and therefore the stride length, in order to keep the

strides around to the last element. Here we are at this smart picnic

table. What do you make of it? The key to getting a fast time it's been

able to keep up the same rhythm. There are plenty of places where you

could easily glance off by having a run out and pick up 20 penalties. It

was certainly ice cream weather yesterday, today it is a little bit

overcast, there has been some rain but not the thunderstorms that were

forecast. Different conditions, how will that affect the course and the

horses? It is perfect. No startling sunlight or a big shadows. We have

not had the torrential weather, that is a shame for the British team,

they are looking to make up a big gap between the Germans and us and

the French. Crucially, the Germans can afford to lose any one of the

riders and still maintain that pole position. We are really looking for

hopefully some reasonable upsets to shovel the pack. How do the British

team go at cross country? Do you think we will be to close the gap on

the Germans? We have traditionally been the number one and hopefully

that will continue. We have experienced riders and good horses.

There are some big technical line. I am sure they will be all up for it.

Anything can happen. Britain line in bronze medal position just after the

dressage. Harry is off to our commentary box. Welcome to the

European Eventing Championships 2017. I am Adam and joining me

today, an man who has ridden at the highest level, Harry Mead. First,

let us look at the track they will be faced with. As they head out on

the chorus. We start over the first three fences, those are big fences

but quite easy, the fourth fence is the big test and then it is uphill

and then the first look at the water. Looping back over the wide

combination, down the hill and this takes us to the first major water on

track. As you come in, it is all about those tight angles, you have

to get the angle right. From here, it is out towards the big

international arena where we will see the showjumping tomorrow and it

is a bit like showjumping when you come in here with the fence as you

will see that they are a lot more chunky and solid. As you come back,

three fences and what, two big corners and again, the angles, there

are so important, but we jumped out of the water and as we do, uphill as

we push on and there is that hill world you can make up time if you

need to. As you make your way down to fence number 17 on course, a big

log pile around and then we come to a nice strong gallop up to the mill.

This takes you up to 21 and 22 then as strong hell up. Let's take

another look at the second water complex, in over the law, over the

water and the distance you see there is narrower, some bounce as we come

out over that. That takes us up hill, back through the trees as we

come around over 26 and 27, bit of a time wasting fence, we come around

and that is the finish line, it really is a long course. As we can

see on screen, but to get underway is the first of team Great Britain,

Oliver Townend, he has to tackle this track in an optimum time of ten

minutes. He is a very fast rider, he will be looking to get out in the

strong with because if you start to lose time in that first minute, you

will not have a chance to make it back. It is important that you set

out in the spirit of which you mean to carry on. He had a good dressage.

26 after that first phase. He thought that was a tough course. I

think all the riders thought it was tough. There were plenty of places

to have problems. It is a real concentrating chorus and as he jumps

this big table, it comes to the first big question on the course. I

think he is the first of the Pathfinders really. Riders from all

nations will be watching this. You have a narrow fans, the horse does

not quite log on and he has a problem at that second element. This

may be important for the British team. It will not do a huge amount

for the confidence of the team. They were banking on all of putting in a

good steady and stay frowned. -- Oliver Townend. You can see the

horse did not quite read the fence. It was almost like recount in him

towards the corner of an indoor school. He could not see his way

through. He also checked his watch. I am sure that will be on the back

of his mind as he moves it up a little bit. This German ranks in the

top ten. Sets on 40 penalties, for the due risk diesels on the chorus.

Oliver is very competitive. Oliver did well to keep him inside. We can

see the first of the representatives from team France coming forward

Sidney Dufresne is the first to go for France. This is his first team

appearance. There are not many stallions competing in the sport. As

he comes around towards the fence, it is the second on the course. He

has come over several times. That third fence, it is big, but not too

testing. You're looking to waste as little time as possible, to keep up

a fast rhythm. This next line is the one that all the athletes have been

talking about. Just another one, the horse jumped very big over the

middle part. Took his eyes from that. Pass the red flag. This is the

second Europeans for Julia Krajewski. This is the fence that

Oliver Townend had the problem Matt. She has run out past the fence. It

is always much harder jumping and arrowhead on top of the mound. The

worst can see the ground and they are reluctant to take off over the

narrow fans. At this stage, ideally where should the clock the? You know

every 70 metres, you should be at a certain point. He was down on the

clock at that first... At that last water crossing. It is difficult to

make up time. You're looking to be efficient and steady at the last

possible moment before these fences, so that you waste as little time as

possible. Every stride you add in front of a fence is a second on the

clock. Just under three minutes to get home. You can try and save half

a second away from each fence. That is the kind of thing that adds up.

That was a really nice galloping rhythm. This is a difficult fence, a

big brush Corder, the horses cannot see that the ground pulls away. They

are jumping into the unknown. Oliver carries on driving for home.

This is Pietro Roman. Oliver Townend, that familiar low position.

As he approaches. He has got most of the difficult fences behind him. The

third last fence is the last place you would think would be a danger to

the jumping school. Otherwise, trying to save every second he can.

You can see him working hard. Back to France and this bounce, nicely

out of the water. When you look at the years of the horse, it is almost

like radar is. He has got 30 seconds to get home. He does well to keep

the Horus on that to stride line as he drives towards the penultimate

fence. He is going to be a little bit over the time. Only about three

seconds behind the clock, he did well to stay on track. Not far over

at all. He will finish on 85 after Cross country. That news will filter

back to the other athletes knowing that he had to the other athletes

knowing that he had two stops and still came in very close. Pietro

Roman. The chance to get the horses feet wet early. You can see in the

start box, the competitor from Germany, he is an individual. We

have other athletes who are just here as an individual.

Julia Krajewski just drives for home. She has still got those 20

penalties on the scoreboard. Back through the trees. As she comes up

here, after this one, we come to two fences on track at 26 and 27. When

we walked the course, we described those as something that you would

waste a little bit of time, almost to make up for the time allowed. At

every level you have got a set speed. On a flat site like this, it

means it is easier to make that time as a rider. The course designer has

put in several almost speed bumps like that fence which takes speed

down. It forces you to steady as you turn into that first fence. That

string is not just to keep the public off, it is also to guide the

riders. Over the last difficult fence on the course, she has got 15

or ten seconds to get home as she heads to the penultimate fence. She

is not going to be in the time. She is now just really trying to keep

the horse in that long gallop. You do not want to take a risk at the

last fence, she does add an extra strike, an extra second over the

time as the clock stops. That gives her score -- her score of 59.9. We

turn our attention to Pietro Roman. The Italian. Still just sitting on

that dressage score. And using this, it is important to keep that my

steady rhythm as we come around towards this. These fences are

fitted with clips which means if you hit the fence hard, they collapse.

That is to save a fall but you do pick up 11 penalties of that is the

case. We come back to France once again, Sidney Dufresne. He loves

this horse. The horse does not look like he has the biggest gallop in

the world. The fastest horses have a flat, almost a daisy cutting action.

The legs propel the Horus, but not in an upwards direction which can be

more beneficial. Talk as to how it went for you? He is fairly new to

this level. He is a very good horse for the future, but I think that was

why was sent first to give a true feel for the and hopefully the

information I bring back will be useful for the others. It does help

to be the Pathfinder and those arrowheads, that was the second

problem. He was a little overawed by the crowd when he came out and all

of a sudden that was a big audience in front of you. There are no two

ways around it, it is very disappointing, but at the same time,

it will be a good one. You wrote quickly, how did the rest of the

course right for you? Fine. I felt it was my job, once I made a mess of

things and it was obvious that we were not competitive any more, I

thought, let's just keep as level as we can and see how close we get to

the time and as I have shown, it will be easily achievable on a

top-class horse. Every second year over the time it picks up a time

penalty. You can see him driving for home. It is hard to change your

speed partway around the course, it is important to start in that quick

with them. Anyone who has run a marathon, knows that you cannot

speed up and slow down. He is a little bit over that time. One

minute 18 over and he will finish on 112.7 penalties. So much talent

still to feature and it looks like we are off to Switzerland this is

Felix Vogg from Switzerland. This is the second batch of team riders.

Some teams only have three riders. It is now towards the end of the

course. One minute from home. Just starting to see the arms and the

hands going. He is doing a good job, he is not throwing the reins, he is

trying to encourage the movement of the head of the Horus as he goes to

steady and re-support the balance of the horse through shortening the

reins and it comes down to this straightforward combination. That is

26 and 27. Nothing too technical, that affects the time more than

anything else. You can see him working away, but the hands moving

without throwing the reins of the Horus. Encouraging him just a length

in his stride. This is the last difficult combination of the course.

He looks for the narrow corridor between these two offset brushes.

You have not slow down. That is the last big test on course, a couple of

obstacles left. They come round to the picnic table. You're always

aware at this stage in the course that you're looking to save every

second you can without throwing away a good round by taking an

unnecessary risk and having a horse walloped the last fence. You can see

him checking as he comes around the corridor, jumps the last. We can see

a happy man coming through the finish line, that is Pietro Roman

from Italy who has finished on 41. Nothing over the time here today. He

finishes on 41. Now, making this turn back. We are back with Felix

Vogg. He is taking the longer road despite the directorate riding so

well here. Jumping that Mark Shill jump. Up over another showjumper and

then another line. Great Britain, Ros Canter has had a

fantastic couple of days. Allstar B ranking 15th individually on a score

of 38.6 after the dressage. What a great weekend she's had so far.

She's a really tidy rider, technically very correct. In the

dressage she rode a beautiful test, scoring every single point she

could. Josefa Sommer, another individual rider, this for Germany.

We'll see what route she takes through fear. As you are standing

face on, it's such a tough angle. It is, and the horse has to understand

there is space to do a slight kick and bend. Checking the clock, she

will be over the time. But this is good enough to potentially put her

in top spot if she can just not waste any time down to the final

fence. Her hands are sympathetic, not throwing the reins with the

horse, but going with the horse's rhythm. Again taking a slightly

conservative approach and over the final fence. She's about 17 seconds

over, but she is happy. It really is a team effort. She finishes on 47.8.

Ros Canter, once again, what a great year she has had. The best of the

Brits at Badminton this year. Also her best dressage score ever as part

of the team here in Strzegom for the Europeans. She's a small girl so

steady in the horse by taking her body back and shaking the rain

slightly. Reading the fence perfectly. A nice little strides to

jump cleanly. Felix Vogg, we get to see him again. Straight to that, but

met the fence to close and caught with his knee. Almost at the front

and back up, but not quite. This lady has been making the news all

weekend. Going into Germany and betting ahoy. She is on Samourai du

Thot, got a dressage score that is almost unheard of. In a gold medal

position in the individual. This is the one they all watching. It will

be interesting to see Bettina Hoy's tactics. If you can get clear

quickly then she will keep a big margin between her and the rest of

the individuals going into the final phase. She might opt to know that

she has such a big buffer that she can take a slightly more

conservative approach, possibly take the Long route and still maintain

the lead. We had a chat with her yesterday and she said it's a course

you have to ride really accurately and keep online. If you do that, you

shouldn't have too many issues. The first real challenge. This is where

the horses are at their strongest. They are keen, the adrenaline

pouring through them, and they are fresh. She clambers over that. Not

surprising, that's where you get the knock on effect. Interestingly we

see a horse normally ducked out past the fence, this horse read it,

understood it, and then backed off. Jumped it, but landed with very

little momentum and couldn't make the strides distance out over the

last element. 20 penalties there. It goes to show that dressage is such a

small part, just one third of this competition over the weekend. It's

easy to get hung up on the leaderboard and where everybody is

lying, but you know the pack will be shuffled after dressage by what

happens on cross-country. The key thing, she has probably lost her

chance of an individual can title, but she's thinking of the team. That

was sticky, the horse backing off and almost stopping. Back to Great

Britain and Ros Canter. This horse has been going from strength to

strength this year. This is where she comes at the steep slope to one

of the most challenging questions on the course. You can see the

reminder, held his line perfect, no deviation, and she's doing a great

job to be quick away from the fences. Take the extra second or

half second. Carlile ranking sixth at the moment.

He's one of the top riders to watch here. This rider has had a fantastic

year, she really has. The top Brit at Badminton, she knows she's on the

straight now. Just a few fences left ago. Really just one big technical

question left to answer on this track. 5700 metres in length. And

she has about one minute left to get home. Here we see Bettina Hoy on the

ground. She's had a fall. She looks OK. With the medics. We might be

able to see a replay of exactly what happened. We see her come down to

the table. The horse is backing off already, does back off and takes off

too far away from the fence and rather lands on it. No way he can

stand up. Hugely disappointing for Bettina Hoy, scuppering her chances.

The last real challenge on the course, steadying, turning and

looking for the corridor. Good girl. Through 28. Did well to turn through

the last element. She has 15 seconds to get home. Two outfits left. Opens

up the Kanter after 29. Looks at her watch as she lands. She needs to be

brave at the last fence. Clears the last and pushing. She

finishes four seconds over. 40.2, and that means she's the best so far

here. She will be over the moon with that, just a touch over. We come

back to join Thomas Carlile. Slight stutter for the first one and the

horse was drifting out of the right shoulder the whole way there.

Another medal contender, both individually and in terms of the

team. Surprising, not having any of that. Actually arrived at the triple

brush on the mound at a good spot. Not very far from it, but the horse

wanted nothing to do with it. Really frustrating, sits on the 40. This is

shaping up to be a good one today. This horse has an unusual job for

the event horse. The weather comes right up. It's how a classical

showjumper jumps. He gives the horse so much air. They cross-country

horse normally goes more with their head up, landing galloping and

holding the shape of the gallop in the air, more than you would expect

a classical showjumper to do. They cross-country horse jumps across the

fence? Think of what a National Hunt racehorse does. They can jump and

plans travelling at the same speed as if there was no fence. But in

showjumping they slightly distort it. Another one! The third refusal

we have seen on track. That has shaken things up a little bit. This

is the individual standings at this stage, Ros Canter for Great Britain

with Allstar B sitting proudly at the top.

A clear round, Ros Canter, and a fast one too. Your first major event

for the British team. It feels amazing and I owe so much of it to

the horse because he is the be's knees of jumpers. When you get there

it's blind for the horses and they don't understand where they are

going. It's very exciting and I'm very proud of him. He seems to be

rising to the big occasion, and so do use. I don't think I would sit

another like him in terms of power and scope and the way he gallops.

He's a big, strong horse and I wasted time at the beginning today

because I had to slow up earlier at fence four than I wanted to and

things like that. But he has the gallop to make up for it. Hopefully

he can gain inexperience and I can keep getting better and better.

Interesting shot. -- gaining experience. Underway with Piggy

French riding for Great Britain. Riding as an individual. Scored 46.2

in the dressage, ranking 37. But she has been a great ambassador for

eventing over the years. A wonderful writer and wonderful person. The

Polish Rider started out with a very quick rhythm. So much of the Gallup

is dictated by the amount of thoroughbred a horse has in its

brooding. It will travel its low forward way is that of having the

big circular action in its legs, which is less efficient for

galloping but better for showjumping. You don't want too much

of one extreme or the other in cross-country. That's why these

horses come in all shapes and sizes. Piggy French going the longer route.

That would have been her own choice. She will have seen earlier

combinations aren't seen their problems. Perhaps the horse going in

dressage will have had an impact. The heat has been a factor. Yes, but

it's perfect conditions today. This is a young horse, only moved up to

this level earlier in the year when he went to Tattersall's in Ireland.

Should be mindful of that with some of the options. A horse she knows

very well, has had the horse since she was six years old. Is now ten.

Piggy French is a real competitor, fast rider in cross-country. Had a

break from the sport when she and her partner Tom March at their son,

Max. Tom is often seen with a baby strapped to his back supporting

Piggy French at her events. That was nice, a clear line. Didn't waste

time. No confusion about where the horse was going. Not far left ago,

over the picnic table at 29. Coming towards the final fence. Started in

25th. And just over. 0.4 penalty added on. That will move him up the

leaderboard, finishing on 43.8. At the moment power. This act going --

at the moment, travels just over two and a half minutes to

get home. we come to Great Britain and a lady

who has represented the country for so many years. Tina Cook and Billy

The Red, sitting 12th after the dressage score. Luciana Love Italy,

just parting company. -- of Italy coming into the square table that

sets you up on a left-handed curve for this very steep angle. The force

has to go through but hesitates. Momentum carried the horse into the

fence sideways. That was enough. Piggy French coming up to the picnic

table. Driving towards home. Second last from home. Riding sensibly. We

will have a look at the time as she crosses the finishing line. Penalty

starting to add up on track. Having won refusal out on course, that will

give her 20 penalties. The score comes up to 83.4 for Piggy French.

Her run out was at the last water complex.

This is another one everyone has been talking about. One who has so

much experience, Ingrid Klimke of Germany with Horseware Hale Bob.

Sitting on a dressage score of 30.3. Has been a part of the European

Championships on so many occasions. Being part of Olympic teams as well.

The horse is known as Bobby in the stable. 11 years old. This horse

arrived with her back in 2009. Really corrected fantastically well

through there. Interesting that the Germans can't afford to have any

more jumping faults. Ingrid is in the enviable position of being able

to go for both team and individual titles. She has a good enough

dressage. She was prepared to take that risk. We know the time is

achievable. So you can probably afford to take one long route and

still get inside the time if you are in a fast horse. Tina Cook on a

dressage score of 38.2, nothing to add at the moment. Ranked 12 as she

joins us today. Such and experienced competitor. She is known as a huge

deliverer on the world stage. She can get the best performances out.

You saw their how she stayed straight as an arrow through that

combination. Used to riding thoroughbred horses. This horse just

needs to keep up the pace to make sure she can get home within that

optimal time of ten minutes. The combination finished tenth at

Badminton this year. In such great form. It is a ten-year-old. Tina

ranking 26 in the world. Coming into this international arena. You saw

the title in taken, it's quicker to be able to take the pace away,

turned, and then land and take the pace away rather than taking a wider

line. At the halfway stage, I think she is fine for time. You would aim

to coming to the water on five minutes, and look where she is.

She's on the time. We know where you should be as riders. Good job. The

speed at this level is 570 metres per minute. You look around you

every time you we'll says 570. You wear a stopwatch and when it beats

on the minute marker, you know you are on track. Ingrid Klimke looking

at her watch as she lands. She knows that if she can stay clear and on

her dressage score, the leader will change once again and she will go up

to the gold medal position. Still another full day to come. This is

only the second phase of the three phases. We saw the dressage, we have

seen the cross-country, and we will see the showjumping tomorrow. Good

line through there. The terrain helps you, channelling you along,

acting as a velodrome. The height of the ground on the right stops you

slipping. It's like riding a bike with stabilisers, it keeps you on

the line you want to be on. She comes round to the water. If you

remember her riding at Rio, she was clear up to the water and had a run

out there. Ingrid was second after the dressage. Betting on boy is the

dressage leader, but didn't finish the course. And back betting --

Bettina Hoy. The horse was straight on the line. Another man

representing his country at the highest level. Part of the team that

represents Sweden, Svennerstal. Tina Cook, still on the dressage score,

making her way round to the water. We talk about rhythm being

important, but as important as that is being able to break in change

from the fast gallop to a short canter in a short space of time. At

this fence you want to turn late, in other words doing a big quarter

circle instead of a straight line because then you have a chance of...

Tina did a great job and is very fast away from there. Ingrid Klimke

coming back to the water having been in that indoor arena. Just a

slightly open stride, got a bit close to the middle section but was

able to quieten the horse's strides down and readjust the final element.

That's where you've got the combination of the horse's strides

length and the line you take to dictate at what point you arrive at

the fence in the horse's stride. Some fantastic athletes competing at

the European Championships. This is one I always enjoy watching. You can

see she has lots of fans out there. When you ride around, can you hear

the cheering? You probably can but you are so focused on exactly what's

going on that you manage to disassociate the horses do the same

as well. The more experienced horses are oblivious to what's going on and

they concentrate on the fence. This is getting exciting. We know if she

can stay on her dressage score of 38.2, we have a long way to go, but

at this stage she would be up to gold. She has a watch on each wrist,

not that that would happen at a normal event, but at the

championships you have a back-up, showing how important it is. Clears

26, coming downhill to 27. These fences are not really technical,

just affecting the optimum time. She has just under a minute to get home.

38.2 is still the score she sits on. The horse still looks like he's got

plenty of running. Not tiring. Easy to forget this is almost six

kilometres long, the course. The speed is fast and also the change in

speed makes it tiring for the horse. Does a good job there, slightly

manhandling him through the last combination. That's the last

difficult fence behind us. Now her main concern is the clock. 25

seconds to go. She will be fine if she comes down to the table at 29.

Looking at a watch, she can afford to take time. She will be inside the

time so she can bring it home. Looking at the time, 9.55, inside,

staying on her dressage score. She goes up to a gold medal position

individually and puts Great Britain into such a strong place. Evra

having a fall at the downhill log. This is an unforgiving fence. If you

get into deep... It takes longer for the horse to get their feedback on

the ground and write themselves. But the important thing is, France out

of the team competition. Two French competitors not competing with

Thomas Carlile and now Fer out. If you end up with less than three team

members completing the course then it's game over for your team. Big

disappointment in that camp. France have never won the team title at the

European Championships, which is amazing, the reigning Olympic

champions, but never winning the team title. You would say they are

strong contenders, but Germany are the favourites, but they are now

out. The British based Swedish rider now, based in Wiltshire. Tenth in

the individual Europeans in 2013. He will celebrate his 27th birthday

next week. He would love a good run round here today. He sits on 44.4 at

this stage. Two minutes in. A stutter, but does well to stay on

the pitch. These horses are like mountain goats, a good cross-country

course should be able to deal with things going wrong rather than

always being on the perfect stride. It's a quick reflex you are looking

for, and likeness on the floor. Choosing the slightly longer route.

The optimum is the second brush on the hill. Has been to two Olympics,

London and Rio. Has been placed at most of the big events around the

world, placing at Badminton, has been on the nation cup team. He has

his sights set on Tokyo. Tina, what a round, clear and in the time. Your

reaction at the end said it all. O God. You will hear it's a difficult

course, has been causing problems. The team needed, with Ollie's horse

going green, a few mistakes, we needed a clear round. I have every

belief in this horse. He's so careful, but he is so sharp. Could

have spooked at a few things, like at Badminton going down the steps.

And he gallops. I save him for going quick on these occasions and he

surprised me. I was able to take a little poll over the last couple of

fences. I'm thrilled, it means everything. Currently ranking fourth

on the dressage score, the German. And this is a horse she knows really

well. She was over the moon after the dressage with her horse. This is

the kind of horse that will suit this course. Nippy, small, the

little mare is very adjustable. Currently ranks 18th in the world,

and this test has caused issues for a few. Locks on. She did well to get

through that. You could see her drifting before the middle element.

She held her in. Often when you have had the drift, by the time you get

the last one they have had enough. But she actually straightened up, a

good bit of riding. Ingrid just over two minutes to get home. 24 with the

log in. This is one of the more straightforward fences on the

course. It's a case of getting dead straight for that. She didn't give

herself a difficult task by cutting the corner. Now she's looking to be

at the next fence in about 8.3 five. She will be well up on the clock.

Gemma Tattersall coming to this difficult angle, and she rides very

strongly to keep the horse from falling out of the right shoulder.

She means business. Gemma isn't the tallest girl in the world, but she

has the heart of a lion. The perseverance of a terrier.

Absolutely. Ingrid Klimke, this could make a change to the

leaderboard as it stands. At this rate she will be inside the time.

The slower part of the course to come as you have to take a complete

right-handed circle over the next fence to the upright rails. Looking

at her watch again as she came down there. This is where the stringing

on the course is clever. It sends you around this house which you do

not jump, but it means you have to waste a bit of time. This section of

the course bringing down your average speed to make the optimum

time more elusive. Still on 37.3. If she can stay on just the dressage

score she will move up to the top and go into gold position. She does

a good job with her body to stay upright with the body and lengthens

the reins. If something goes wrong she's in a defensive position, a bit

like putting your feet on the dashboard to stop you going through

the windscreen. The last tricky combination behind her. It's now all

about the clock. She has just under 30 seconds to get home. Crossing the

picnic table at 29. She will be comfortably inside the time. This

will change the leaderboard, currently with Bettina Hoy out. She

will stay there. The big smile says it all. 30.3 will be her score. She

moves up to the gold position at this stage. Tina Cook of Great

Britain goes to second, and Ros Canter for Great Britain is in

third. We turn our attention to Nicola Wilson, currently ranked

number four in the world, seventh as she joins us today on a dressage

score of 35.1. Bulana and Nicola Wilson for Great Britain. Schone

style now. 20 seconds to get home. I think just over. -- Svennerstal. A

look at his watch, he will be over the optimum time as he comes to the

table. Fence 29 on course with one left ago. Over the optimum time now.

A quarter of a penalty for every second here on in. It's having an

effect on his score at the moment. Clears the final fence. Let's take a

look. In the end its 4.8 on the time penalties and that makes a change to

the dressage scores. The only penalties he has, though, moving to

49.2. This horse finished second at the 4-star in luminal and. The thing

that makes the fence four is so difficult, it's probably the

toughest on the course but it comes so early. Bulana is another horse to

stand-off that. You get a great field over The Open pitch brush.

There was quite a bit of pressure. Seeing that there was so much

trouble out there and there were discussions about going long or

short. I wanted to go short but finally the trainer said it was

better to take no risks. I did my job and I was easy in my time. He is

a fast horse, he was bold and fool of himself. I had pure fun. It was a

German one to three after the dressage. Do you feel the pressure

is on? For now. We will cross our fingers and see what we can do. The

German, he is sitting on a dressage score which could take him to a

bronze medal position. He is cleared through 26 and 27 as he comes around

and he has got about 40 seconds to get home. Coming up towards this

final big test on the course. Final big question.

He turned quite late and the only -- the horse only saw it at the last

minute. The main thing is that he got the job done and that is what

cross-country running is all about. He has to move on around. He is

going to be just over the time, but, it is just 0.4 penalties per second.

We have a look and he finishes eight seconds over. And with that score,

today, he will move down into fourth place at the moment but there is a

long way to go. Now Gemma, through the water, bounce and that is quite

a short bounce in there. You need to get the counter back enough so

you're not travelling in a forward flat trajectory. She is a lady rider

who will be producing some great experience and great results for

Great Britain for many years to come. She was the best Brady lied at

Biden Manson, which is a title that they still issue. She is about four

seconds down on the clock at the moment. As she comes back into this

what, she wants to be on five minutes and I think that is very

achievable as she comes through here. The mayor are taking a

stronghold. It wastes time when you have a stronger worse, because you

need to spend time taking the horseback. Does a good job through

there. She got it back to the right speed, if you're travelling at the

right speed it makes it easier. When you get a horseback, you have to get

its body bag and its brain back, it is like taking what off the boil

onto the simmer. The horse can then digests what is mentally in front of

them. The brain isn't racing and it doesn't become adults, they come

problem solve and digests the mental challenge ahead of them. 35.1. It is

still the score that were taken into a silver medal position after

cross-country individually. If she just keeps up this nice rhythm all

the time, it is a big horse that really covers the ground. Good girl,

she got just inside. She can really try and ride out every inch of the

stride, looking to go with the horse. She lost her pedal coming

around the corner, she got it back, she has four seconds to get home and

she uses her arms and elbows to keep the horse going forward. She clears

the last and opens up the horse for the final time on the course and

finishes in ten minutes, nine seconds. It goes into a silver

position individually for Gemma Tattersall and 60 six for Great

Britain. Now we rejoin Nicola Wilson. -- Quicklook V?. It is easy

to tip up on a strong horse at an upright fence. Sarah Ennis. From

Ireland. This area in Poland is the granite capital. You can see this

very big pit in the horse's mouth, she has the reins and the lever.

Nicola Wilson comes up this big hill and she is looking towards that

corner, real soft brush on the top. You see the mayor lightly shaking

her head but Nicola is doing a great job, trying to move away from the

fences as quickly as possible. Doing a bit of a time check, she has one

last sweeping circle in this field before she heads up to the latter

part of the course. I think she has made up some time with this big

counter. The course is short, for this level, ten minutes as the

minimum length you can have it. You have not got the endurance factor.

Super job. We know when she comes around towards this yellow jump, she

needs to be sitting on about 8.3 five. She would be on track to

arrive at the finish dead on ten minutes. Gemma, congratulations, you

said that was no way you could go any faster, just a few penalty

points for you. I am over the moon. My horse dug deep and tried so hard

that I literally not go any faster. She just got a bit tired at the end

and we just lost a few seconds there, but she was just brilliant.

As sticky moment over the fourth offence which has caused problems

all day. It is horrible. When you are riding, you can barely see a

line through and she did not realise where she had to jump and I said

that at the last second and she jumped in the flag and it shows how

fantastic she is and how much she has learned an command. She is on

track, on a perfect time and she is on the dressage score that would

take her into a silver position at this stage. You can see her getting

off the horses back allowing it to move and cover the ground. She has

got 26 and 27 appear. I like but she is doing. She is urging the horse on

and staying still with her upper body. This is the kind of place you

could easily tip yourself up on later in the course. She will take

her time. Now she can move on and you can see how quickly she moves

from steadying down back into The Open pace. The next fences at a

right-handed Angola but it is followed by a left-handed angle and

she wanted in her left hand because that is a problem part of this

fence. Her last tough fence. She looks at her watch, she has the

picnic table at 29 and the granite wall and then that is it. She is

probably about four seconds over the time. She is going to make. She has

got to not take too much time. She pushes over. She is one second of.

You cannot be too disappointed with that, especially taking the longer

route earlier. She finishes in 35.5. She goes into a silver medal

position at this stage. The great thing is we have four Brits in the

top five. This is shaping up to be a good one and now we go to Germany,

Michael Jung from Germany. He starts on dressage score of 32.8. Michael

Jung is one of the legends of the sport. Michael Jung is the only

rider in the history of the sport to hold all three titles, Championship

titles at the same time, world, Olympics and Europeans. He is a

double Olympic champion, both individually in London and in real

and you would expect nothing less to from him. This ride has never been

more important for Germany than today because we have Great Britain

sitting in Gold medal position, we have Germany sitting in silver and

we have Sweden in third, but it is getting very close at the top. This

round matters so much to Germany. And of course Germany are accounting

that score. Counting the score of Bettina Hoy at the moment. Michael

Jung is the last to go in the team and he will be the one who will be

wanting to bring in a good score. I saw a little tap to say, let's pay

attention and keep that rhythm as we move up. The conditions have

changed, it is raining, it will be interesting to see if it becomes

slippery. It will not make it muddy, it is a small amount of rain, but

even wet grass can cause the horses to slip a little bit. But we have

seen the slippy conditions all day. Michael Jung rides this horse at a

very fast rhythm, she has not got a long stride and he always looks a

little bit more frantic on this worse than his other runs and it is

partly to try and keep up that absolute top speed. He has won all

over the world. And he is making this look easy today. He always

does. First he has a very good eye but secondly with his body position,

he is lower in the saddle, he has his feet forward, he does not ride

too long. He stays reasonably low which gives him a low centre of

gravity and he is very well balanced, if anything goes wrong,

there is plenty of room for manoeuvre and a safe defensive

position. So close to absolute perfection, North point for the time

floor. Oh my goodness, she tried so hard and when I jumped, the first

part of the fence, I knew the three was not there. She is so honest and

good on her line and I thought set up, hands down and before then it

was much more comfortable than having to push forward the three.

Then I was going to be in trouble for the last fence. I had to rely on

her jumping ability and her honesty and sitting on the right place and

saying, we can do it. So proud her. We can see some German flags flying

in the background, lots of support for him today. And he comes down

here towards this big water complex. Approaching it a little bit faster,

on the inside line. And just gets inside. That was really taking quite

a risk coming on that line but he has wasted no time. Vittoria

Panizzon joins us from Italy. And now we come back to this man who has

been the talk of the town after all those titles, Michael Jung. At the

moment, he still has nothing to add to the score and this time he is

flying, he is up on the optimum time, going as fast early on, with

that take the pressure off. Is it a naturally fast combination? She has

got quite a short stride. It partly takes the pressure off but she needs

to be fast, because she... The only two ways you go faster is to

increase the stride length or to have a faster turnover stride, she

does not have a long stride and that is why the rhythm is so much faster.

And the time said that every fence, he is trying to shave time off at

every fence. If with some other horses you see them speeding up and

slowing down but he keeps that nice rhythm, that nice tempo. He can do

that, because she is nippy, like a cat. She can shorten very easily.

Running towards this mill. They have that little covering over the top.

That one is sitting at 19, then there is this area and you come to

the hills. This is where he needs to slightly change that style from

being very fast just giving them time, so she can pop over on top of

the second mount. He takes his time. Straight back into the galloping

position. This would change the medal placings, putting him in

silver if he can keep going. This means the horse has the freedom of

the head and neck -- and -- Nowak, they can judge distance to the fence

without the rider interfering. If anything goes wrong, then neck and

shoulder acts like shock absorber. Sarah Ennis for Ireland. Sitting on

that score of 38.6. She started today ranked 14, a little bit over,

and that score will change today to 39.4. This is Vittoria Panizzon from

Italy. She is based in the UK and has been in the UK for a large part

of her life, and she competes regularly on the British circuit.

She is a fast cross-country rider as well.

Sara Algotsson Ostholt now. I think that is a combination and tears that

people will be talking about when things finished today. Just giving

the horse a part and he knows that he can take the pressure off and

almost coast home. What he could do is say that third last fence is the

only potential problem between him and ending up at the top of the

leaderboard. Or second on the leaderboard. He could afford to keep

up this pace, take the Long route home at that fence and still get

home inside the time or he could take his foot from the gas, jump

that difficult road but carefully so he is not pressured by the clock.

There is no advantage to coming home in the optimum time. If he came home

at 9.45, ever give him no advantage. He is going the directorate.

Perfect. He made the turn Furley early. He made it early enough so

that the horse could see the last element. He flies over the picnic

table and makes the left-handed bend up and this will change our medal

positions. You would expect into off and coast. He stays behind the horse

and allows the horse to come up through the shoulder. He did make it

easy and it is nine minutes 45 seconds, 15 seconds inside the

optimum time. He stays on the dressage score and that changes

everything at the top of our leaderboard. Great Britain on 113.9.

Germany are ten points behind in the silver medal position. Then we are

followed by Sweden. Very happy about my horse. She was powerful, always

concentrate on every jump in every situation. In the end, I had a lot

of time, but I go a bit slower, I would like to keep the rhythm so

that she not think she is finished. We still have quite tough

combinations in the end and you need a bit of power and the speed. You're

going for a record-breaking fourth consecutive European title, how much

is a rattling around in the back of your mind? At the moment, I am very

happy about my round and my horse is very fresh and healthy in the

finish. That is the most important thing. We have to really concentrate

that we have a good round tomorrow. 34.2 is the score and that would put

her just above Nicola Wilson and into the bronze medal place. She has

got two rains, which are sometimes more of a handful. Changing your

stick over can be quite complicated when you have five things in your

hands. A few of the athletes competing today have their partner

or relatives competing. Her partner won a gold medal for Germany at the

2008 games. Vittoria Panizzon, member of the Italian air force

support group and she has represented her country at Olympic

level as well. She goes through the trees and ran towards the second

field, having a look at her watch as she crossed the roads. A really good

day on cross country for a team in Britain, how would you assess how it

has gone? Great day in the office for the team, the whole team, they

have gone really well, things do happen, Piggy French had a

frustrating run out, but Ollie kept ticking on, so that put us in a

comfortable position at the end and the three girls that backed up the

team, they were fantastic. You seem to be a lucky time, all that success

in charge of the German team and now the British team are overnight

leaders at the championships. I always say, from the Roman

philosopher, love is worth preparation meets opportunity. They

were well prepared. Good to be back in the British camp? Exciting to be

back. I get a lot of ribbing from my German friends, it has been a great

atmosphere here. I am delighted to see how Ingrid and Mickey have gone.

To be quietly coming from behind and overtaking them, it gives me a bit

of a thrill. As she comes around, her time is looking very good as she

jumps the yellow jumper and heads out through the trees riding the

horse that she took to the Olympics last year. She is on track to maybe

dip inside the time. This is a really important ran for Great

Britain because Nicola Wilson currently sits in the bronze medal

position and this is the rider that the pressure out of the medals and

down into fourth place as we look ahead to the showjumping phase.

Clear through 26th. Little tab and you could hear that device making a

little noise. It has to break for penalties. Here is Vittoria

Panizzon. Sitting on 61.7, she has had a refusal at dawn course and

that will be very expensive for her here today as she comes around to

this final fence. 29 seconds over the time but the refusal and the 20

added and the Time penalties, the cross-country 31.6, overall score of

73.3. This is so key for her. She needs to move up now. It is going to

be interesting, not much between her and Nicola Wilson who she is going

to try and push out of a bronze medal position. Ten seconds to get

home. She is going to be just outside the time. Let's have a look.

That is a lovely way to jump the last fence on that open stride. She

is overjoyed. Two seconds over. It is good enough to go into a bronze

medal position. Here is that fill result. Michael Jung in the silver

and Sara Algotsson Ostholt in the bronze medal position. Our Harriers

plays a British rider in fourth place, Nicola Wilson followed by

Gemma Tattersall. Rosalind Canter has been in great form sitting on

the eighth place today after cross-country. Great Britain in such

a strong position in the teams here. Sitting up on gold medal position on

130 and .9, Germany are second. Sweden are in the bronze medal

position on 128.5. One of the big surprises today was team France who

came in so close up at the top and ended up not in contention here

today. Amongst all the excitement yesterday there was one moment of

tragedy, the Polish horse, Bob the builder fell in the arena here and

did get up and get into the horse box to walk out but was later put

down because of an untreatable fracture and that is devastating

news for all involved. It is the worst possible outcome you could

have. These horses mean so much to the riders and the grooms. They

spend so much time with them. It is sad but it is something that can

happen and the horse will have received the best of treatment. Out

on the course, some really exciting cross-country riding and you said

that course with shovel the pack and it did. Because so many problems.

Bettina Hoy crashed out. Thomas Carlyle, the best place French rider

did not get around and the French team are out. They were neck and

neck for the dressage, they have never won the team title. Written is

in pole position and of course we have four British girls in the top

ten. And a ten point cushion at the top of the table but that is not

very much, very fine margin when it comes to the showjumping. With the

showjumping you're counting the best three scorers out of the team of

four. Eight penalties, two fences down between three riders is not a

huge amount. It is all to play for. Very fine margins. Ahead of the

showjumping, Sweden bronze medal position, Germany and silver and

Great Britain, the pressure is on in the showjumping if they want to hang

onto that gold medal. Harry is off to the commentary box to join Adam

once again. It is really going to build into an exciting climax. We

have Rosalind Canter for Great Britain, Gemma Tattersall and Nicola

Wilson. Nickel is the highest ranked individual at the moment from Great

Britain on a 35.5. -- Nicola. This is a man who moved to Great Britain

in 2009 to train and then moved trainers in 2014. This is a horse he

knows very well. Ludwig Svennerstal is the next to go. He ranks in a

gold medal position at this stage. We know that will definitely change.

Riding a good Conservative line, he does not go to wild and risk having

to up the tempo in order to make the time. He almost twists over and the

danger was he went a little bit to the left on landing which meant he

cut the corner and many have to make sure you do not run into deeper into

that upright. This sense has a narrow spread the sometimes it looks

easier for that and sometimes horses cannot finish their jump and have it

down and get cramped behind. He has got a little bit of luck out there

today. Sometimes you need a bit of luck, though. This is where you want

to go right up into the corner to get straight because this is

influential. You can see him working hard. It takes a stride out. He

makes a Horlicks of our buddies to get back for the next fence. He

finishes on just a four. What a four that was. Four penalties added onto

his car and 53.2. Ludwig Svennerstal just takes one out and as Harry

says, makes a Horlicks of it. That was bad luck, he jumped in, you can

see how close that was. Here the horse stands right off. It is meant

to be two strides. He was a little bit open jumping them. He took out a

stride. Thibaut Valette now from France. The

French team are now out of contention here. They have to riders

who did not finish. That was yesterday. Although he was a member

of the team, the team no longer exist so he is jumping purely for

his individual honours now. Thibaut Valette as a Lieutenant Colonel in

the French cavalry. That is French cavalry school. They are trained in

the classical principles of equitation. That is where he started

inventing during his three years at military college, he started

competing seriously during that time and kept on going and this is a

horse he knows well. He has had it since 2012. Sit up and wait. This is

where you can allow the horse to move on. You can see him changing

his pace and back again. You can see how good the horse is

behind, the hind legs technique, how the horse gets those legs away from

the fence. A good round and well within the time. 47.7, lots of

French flags flying in the crowd today. 47.7 will be his score, and

that moves him up right to the top of our leaderboard. And there are

those flags. See how the horse uses his back, able to invert those hind

legs at the backs of the pelvis keeps coming up as the front legs go

down. Such a great technique. And they have two scores in the

thousands, not in contention today as part of the team result, but he

rode so well as an individual, I think you will be happy with that

round. And now the Swede in her second

Europeans. If you arrive at slightly floaty cantor, the line the course

design gives you going round the tree to the left-hand side, it

pushes you on the shallow, long approach to the first fence. Always

much easier coming off a turn. Stands off it, sitting up.

Always a long way home if you hit the first fence. Stay in the

present, don't reflect on the past or think about the scores, just stay

in the present and get straight on with the next fence. Straightened up

through the distance and down to the vertical. Make good use of the room.

And jumps the last, finishing on just the four. The front part of the

first. Finishes on four penalties, 72.62, inside the time allowed to

bring her score to 48.3 and moves her down one place and into second.

After that she wrote a wonderful round. That's something you can

change your preparation for, the first fence. Sitting on bronze

position at the moment, 136.4, maintaining bronze position. Pietro

Roman for Italy now. The Italian team sitting fourth at this stage of

the competition. Joins us ranked tenth individually on 41. The first

one to go clear inside the time yesterday, which was notable because

at that point nobody had got close to the time and for a long time he

was the only one. But it proved to the other riders it was possible.

His brother also heavily involved. Just comes a bit too open to that.

You can see from the Kante beforehand. A little bit happy. This

is where you've got to find a breathing point on the course where

you can regroup. The sweeping line of seven strides and then five

strides to the yellow and white vertical are all related. They are

all related. This moment here is time when you can think and

reorganise. Centre part of the combination comes down. That means

he's coming round and eight penalties. Jumps the final fence and

will finish on eight today. 74.39 is the time and the score corrects that

to 49 in total to move him down to fourth. Still huge pacts for the

horse. It's the horse he took to the Europeans in 2015. Just a little bit

unlucky today. Moving down three places. Coming to the centre part of

this combination again. The cantor coming into that combination is so

important. Let's see the Italy scorecard. He moves down into fourth

place on 211.8. That means Italy are out, they can no longer move up into

a team medal position. Kai Ruder is next. Sitting on a 40.3 after the

cross-country. Ranked ninth, competing here is an individual.

An athlete we saw at the Sydney games in 2000. His father Thomas,

his brother and wife are all involved in the sport of eventing.

Lovely technique over the fence, this horse. He's one you can keep

away from the fence and he holds shape. Rather cramped cantor in the

last few strides. Easy to stay out on that line rather than have to

take away the length of stride. Going over a longer distance and

reducing the stride length on the inside line.

You can see the horse jumps big over the first one, and then cat to

shorten himself jump out cleanly. Well executed there. Started to turn

in the air. Little tap through there. Comes round and jumps the

last fence, finishing on 74.15. Stays on the dressage and

cross-country score. The German here as an individual athlete. I have

been so excited for this next rider all weekend long. She rode

fantastically in the dressage. Went really well in the cross-country.

Great Britain are guaranteed a team medal today, but where will it be?

Gold or silver? Now it's Ros Canter, on Allstar B. On May 40.2. Regular

member of the nation cup team for Great Britain. Her first big moment

in the sport where after that great badminton performance, we see the

horse fiddling the change of leg after being disunited through the

line. After going so well at Badminton, she was given a chance

for her first championship debut and has been rewarded with a team place.

She posted a personal best in the dressage and road with real majority

yesterday. The horse is a good jumper, so she will just go and do

what she normally does and execute a very polished round if you can. It

really all hangs in the balance because all scores count for Great

Britain. Although he's a big horse he was nimble Bear, trotting a

stride in front, trying to fiddle his way to the right take-off point

in front of the double uprights. Coming to the combination and I am

on the edge of my seat. We need this clear. Oh! It stays up, gets away

with it. To the final fence, clearing the last, and you can see

the team members and onlookers jumping up and down. They know what

that means. They are moving into an even stronger position as she

finishes on 40.2. Callum Brittain take the gold today? -- can Great

Britain take the gold today? She will be delighted. The best of the

Brits at Badminton, posting a good score here today as well. Great

Britain at the moment on 113.9 and ranking at the top of the

leaderboard. It was going to be a good one today. Now it's Sarah Ennis

of Ireland. Ranked seventh after the dressage and cross-country. Things

really hotting up at the European eventing Championships. I believe

this is the first time Ireland has had a combination entering the final

phase of a championship with a score in the 30s.

She moves the horse up to save some time and then steadies him back

before jumping the triple bar. After lengthening she needs to straighten

up. This can be unforgiving. The horse shaking its head, asking it to

come back to her. Resisting the hand a little bit. A forward jump, and

the trajectory takes the front rail with the legs. Again jumping in

quite forward so will have to work hard.

Just finishes on the four today. Shaking her head. You can see she

knows she's disappointed, but I think it's still quite a good

performance. I think it was an outstanding performance. She would

have wanted a clear round, but to come in and finish in the low 40s is

outstanding. You can see the horse jumping through the hands and drank

in legs through the fence. Just reaching the highest point over the

back rail. Ireland on 43.4.. Currently rated fifth. Tina Cook of

Great Britain, ranking 26 in the world. Billy The Red, ranking sixth

place at the moment. Tina is an experienced team member, a former

European champion both individually and in the team. This combination

have jumped their last 11 international events in showjumping

and have done ten clear rounds. Please don't jinx her. I'm not, I

don't believe in witchcraft. We know Great Britain will get a team medal

today. That's guaranteed. All scores count for the team today. Rattles

that but it stays up. A personal best in the dressage. Clear inside

the time with one of the best cross-country rounds of the day.

Forward jump, but this horse doesn't have a long stride so can afford to

jump in nice and big without losing space.

Nicely through the double. My heart is pounding at the moment. We've got

the combination. A little slip but time to recover and get your

composure. This is the hardest events. She's over it. One to go.

Clears the final one. She will be overjoyed. The onlookers are

overjoyed. Everyone is overjoyed as she punches the air and finishes

with a 38.2 and that will be very influential. It buys a bit of

breathing space for the team. They only have two fences in hand between

the three of them. She has jumped clear. The other two will be so

grateful. Exactly. But it's not over and this will keep us on the edge of

our seats until the end. A super round and a great ambassador. For

British eventing. It's hotting up here. It really is. This is how

things look at the moment... We retain the lead on 113.9. Great

Britain's Gemma Tattersall is next, riding here individual. Not part of

the team, but she's able, she is in fifth place, so she will be for an

individual medal. This is the mare she rode at the Olympics, which

jumped a clear round at the showjumping phase there. What a

story it would be if we could take the gold medal in the team events

and also an individual medal for this very talented athlete. From the

team point of view, just Nicola Wilson to come. She has two fences

in hand for the team gold medal. But Gemma... Expensive rail there. She

now has to you stay in the moment and not reflect on that.

Such an experienced showjumper. Live is not very far from Hickstead and

jumps plenty of the showjumping classes there during the winter

months. That rail has been mighty expensive because it moves right

down and out of the individual medal places.

Another one to come down, the back rail at the first part of the

trouble. The how disappointing for her because she has ridden

fantastically well all weekend. Two rails down today for Great Britain

's Gemma Tattersall, bringing her score to 44.7 so she moves from...

Maintains fifth-place she started with today. She really wanted to use

the showjumping to push her up into the medals. Fifth currently but we

still have four to go so the worse she can finish this ninth. To finish

top ten at the Europeans isn't bad for a day at the office. It's

brilliant. But she will know she had a chance of the medal so... I need

to grab onto you or something because we have the final Great

Britain combination. Nicola Wilson, what a talent. Bulana, great

written. -- Great Britain. Binding force, she will bid to challenge for

the individual medals, but the most important aim for the week is the

team gold medal. Nicola going into the final phase currently has two

fences in hand. She has less than two fences down, or to fence or one

fence or a clear round, Britain will win the team gold medal.

She sits on a 35.5 as she joins us today.

A strong mare. So if Nicola lengthens on she's not easy to bring

back. Sitting back and making the horse work. Ideally you want to come

up and backwards. But this horse isn't easy to ride. Nicola doing

well to keep her away from the front rail. Again, slightly running

through the bridle. All clear so far. Four fences left to jump. If

she clears the first two it will mean gold. They've got it. Britain

take the first gold medal since Germany. She clears the fine

offence. They know what it means, they have worked it out. Nicola

Wilson on 39.5 and Great Britain finishing on a score of 113.9. Great

Britain taking the team gold medal at the European Championships of

2017. What a weekend. We have been waiting to knock the Germans off the

top spot and the team of girls have done a great job. Oliver going out

as Pathfinder and then Ros Canter, Tina Cook and Nicola Wilson showing

such great skill and professionalism, taking every point

they can in the dressage. Gutsy performances, and to hold the nerve

with such a good showjumping round is wonderful. Those celebrations

will continue for some time and not just here but across Great Britain.

There is the final scorecard... Great Britain takes the European

team gold at the eventing Championships. But it's not over. We

have three combinations left ago. Individual medals to worry about.

The Swede starting today on a score of 35 and currently sitting

individually in bronze. Starts off in this nice rhythm,

keeping up a good pace. You can see her style of riding is

to be tall in front of the fence. Almost slightly behind the vertical

with the body. Dropping the back end, and that can happen if you get

behind the horse as they cramp up behind. Eight penalties to bring her

to 40.3. That means Nicola Wilson is guaranteed an individual medal here

at the Europeans. But where will she finish?

Ingrid Klimke and Michael Jung for Germany both still to come. Dan

Twardzik fine offence, carrying eight penalties to add to the skull.

But that has been expensive. The final one comes down as well

bringing it up to 12 penalties to add to her score. That moves her

from a medal position down into seventh as she finishes on 47.74.

Should competes with Sweden, and her husband is a former Olympic team

gold medallist. Nicola Wilson confirmed as taking an individual

medal today. What a great day for Great Britain. Sweden Passlack

scorecard... Sweden will take the bronze medal

here today. Two to go, and Great Britain individually at the moment

sitting not only in gold and silver, but also in bronze. Michael Jung

joins us from Germany on a score of 32.8 on Fisher Ross Kemp. This is

interesting because he has won three individual European gold medals

consecutively. I can't remember anyone ever winning four. Nobody has

ever won three in a row either. He has broken a lot of records, and

individually he has been reigning world, Olympic and European gold

medallist. And just for good measure, he is attempting to win his

fourth individual title at the Europeans. He has won to individual

titles at the Olympics and individual gold and silver at the

World Championships. The silver came with this mare. Would it be an

exaggeration to say he's the best the world of eventing has ever seen?

I don't think that is. What makes him so good is he can ride with the

freedom of the horse and a real rhythm, but he's so accurate. He has

that scuttling stride so he often looks like he's chasing her out of

his rhythm. He is doing everything he can to try to get her to lengthen

its stride. Made it look quite long where others have made it look

short. It means it makes it easy for her to jump the third part of the

trouble where it slightly short. The combination and the final to come.

Does a lot of pure showjumping himself. Wants to come forward. He's

over the last, and he will finish on that score today of 32.8. The time

is not an issue for this partnership. They give a masterclass

in the cross country yesterday. One left to come. And just one that can

take away the fourth consecutive individual gold at the Europeans.

What a talent he is. Michael Jung sits up at the top in the individual

gold place. Nicola Wilson of Great Britain in silver and Tina Cook in

bronze with one left to come. This is the last one. If Ingrid

Klimke jumps clear, she takes gold. If she has one fence down and

Michael Jung takes gold and she would stay ahead of Nicola Wilson.

If she has two fences down the Nicola Wilson will stay in silver.

She needs to keep all the fences up. Ingrid is well-known for her dress

driving. -- dressage riding. Her showjumping form hasn't been great

lately. She was in the lead at Badminton but had a disappointing

time. The same thing happened elsewhere. Being so careful. She

will be mindful of the time. She will not want to lose on a time

fault. Little tap but she gets away with it. She could have two time

faults. Saving time, not going as far to the end of the arena as

others to save time. The time is OK. One fence stands between her and the

medal. She clears it, pushing over the finishing line. 68.09, and she

will take the individual gold at the European eventing Championships of

2017. Michael Jung will take silver. But Great Britain 's Nicola Wilson

will be jumping up and down somewhere because she is guaranteed

to the individual bronze. A fantastic finish, going right to the

wire. Ingrid is a popular figure in the sport, competing at the top

level for a long time. Her father won gold medals in showjumping and

eventing. It's just reward for somebody who has been right at the

top of the sport for many years. It's been such an amazing weekend

and we confirm the team result for Germany...

They will take the team silver. Great Britain take team gold, and

Sweden will take team bronze. This is a very interesting result,

because we see Great Britain at the top claiming the European

Championship gold medal. Three clear rounds from the great

British team riders to claim team gold. Watching on was team coach

Chris Bartle. You must be delighted. Absolutely. I can't put into words

how impressed I am by how the riders rode and stuck to the system. You

can hear in my voice in emotional, but that's no bad thing. I couldn't

be more proud. What we final words because they were overnight leaders

and they had it to throw away. I said to them to stick to the system.

The only thing matters was a clear round in the time. If they write to

the system they can only do their best. They all wrote exactly as they

trained. And what they are capable of. We welcome the gold medallists

at the European eventing Championships. Great Britain takes

the gold. Nicola Wilson, Tina Cook, Ros Canter and Oliver Townend. Great

Britain taking the gold medal as the audience rises for the national

anthem of Great Britain. APPLAUSE

Applause and cheers as Ingrid Klimke of Germany is crowned a European

individual gold medal today with a score of 30.3. Individual silver to

Michael Jung of Germany. The bronze to Great Britain and Nicola Wilson.

The whole week felt very positive to me. The whole feel of the team has

been fantastic. I tried to go out and do my job and hopefully did my

bit to give them the information and show them what they needed to see in

certain ways. But the whole week has been such a positive feel and a real

team effort. It's been a great atmosphere. And your horse is OK? A

minor injury but OK. Could probably have jumped actually, but I relied

on the girls to do that for me. They have done an unbelievable job and

have all and fantastically all week. You couldn't wish for a better bunch

of people to be here. Highly due hold your nerve to clinch

that gold medal? We desperately wanted it. We are back on top. You

need to think about your training and not let the pressure get to you

otherwise it might change your riding style and unnerve the horse.

Keeping control of the excitement and we all managed to do that. I

think it will take a while to come back down to read but I am feeling

very lucky, being surrounded by visiting and the whole of the team,

we have had such a fantastic week and it has really given me a lot of

dreams about doing this again and again. It has been amazing, to be

part of such a fantastic team and have the support we have had, we are

so incredibly lucky, the horses have all been fantastic and the grooms

and owners, it has been a tremendous week from start to finish. How will

you celebrate? I'm not sure. We are surrounded by riders wearing their

medals but what a performance from the British team, three clear rounds

to clinch that gold. Brilliant. Clear rounds win medals and for

those three counting scores to go when under pressure and not use a

bailout, that was wonderful. What does this mean for British eventing,

in the ground context of the sport, how important is this? In the

post-war area, it has been our sport and in recent times, it is a

biannual event, Britain won the gold medal on all eight occasions between

1995 and 2009 and then the Germans came along and they won the next

three. For us to have wrestled the gold medal back from them will mean

a lot to restore British pride. Onto bigger and better things over the

next few years in the build-up to the next Olympics. What a few days

it has been here? Now, plenty of other sport for you to enjoy over

the next few days here on the BBC. It is the turn of the dressage

riders to have their European Championships later this week, Arab

coverage starts on Thursday with the first round of the team showjumping

live on the website. And then we will have highlights of the best of

the dressage and jumping action from the championships in Gothenburg next

Sunday afternoon for you here on BBC Two. Before that there are

highlights of the two Premier League games on much of the day two at

10:30pm tonight on BBC One and tomorrow, live coverage of the

Babington World Championships from Glasgow which begins at 11 o'clock

on the BBC Sport website and the connected button. That is just about

it from Poland and what a few days it has been, gold for Great Britain

after some fearless riding. Germany may still have its individual

superstars, but Great Britain can say that they are now the best team

in Europe. Thanks for watching.