SHE’s the sole reigning European champion of 2019 bidding to retain her gold medal title and should Ingrid Klimke win at Avenches, the German rider would become just the third eventer in the history of these championships to record a European hat-trick.

The only other riders to record such a treble are Ginny Leng in the long format era (1985-1989) and Michael Jung (2011-2015), each on three different horses.