Pippa Funnell completes dressage at Eventing European Championships: ‘You can’t turn horses into Valegros if they’re not built to be Valegros’

First British team member Pippa Funnell scored 35.4 for her dressage test at the Longines FEI European Eventing Championships this morning (Thursday, 29 August).

Pippa’s ride, her own and Marek Sebastak’s Majas Hope, is not the easiest on the flat — this was the reason she was originally a reserve for the British squad and only received the call-up to come to Luhmühlen on Sunday when Tom McEwen had to withdraw Toledo De Kerser.

“We know Majas Hope is Majas Hope and he’s very difficult in this phase — he struggles with going into the arena and shrinking a bit,” said Pippa after her test.

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Article written by: Pippa Roome