Bramham Horse Trials 2016: Tattersall bags victory as mistakes put Holly out of the frame

THREE poles down denied York's Holly Woodhead a dream win in Bramham's CIC three-star as fellow Brit Gemma Tattersall claimed victory on Chico Bella P.
DENIED: Holly Woodhead and DHI Lupison. Picture by James Hardisty.DENIED: Holly Woodhead and DHI Lupison. Picture by James Hardisty.
DENIED: Holly Woodhead and DHI Lupison. Picture by James Hardisty.

Tattersall - who was second overnight - jumped a perfect clear inside the time in Sunday morning’s show jumping finale meaning Woodhead needed the same on leader DHI Lupison.

But three fences down caused gasps among the large spectating crowd as the 22-year-old dropped from first to eighth.

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Woodhead’s boyfriend Tom McEwen then won the competition’s Bishop Burton College under-25s CCI three-star just over one hour later on Toledo De Kerser.

In the CIC, Kristina Cook claimed second on Billy The Red courtesy of a perfect clear round while Pippa Funnell climbed from eighth to third by doing likewise on Billy The Biz.

Northallerton’s Nicola Wilson rose from 15th to sixth with her perfect clear while a clear from William Fox-Pitt on Chilli Morning saw him finish ninth.

Harrogate’s Hazel Towers jumped clear and with just three time penalties to finish 18th on Simply Smart.

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Woodhead was on course to bag an amazing second win at Bramham in succession after winning last year’s Bishop Burton College Under-25s CCI three-star, also on DHI Lupison.

The duo produced a brilliant dressage score of 40.0 on Thursday and followed that with a foot perfect cross country round on Saturday afternoon.

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