OLIVER Townend won the seventh five-star of his career last Sunday at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials to move himself even further up the list of eventing greats.

Riding Karyn Shuter, Angela Hislop and Val Ryan’s 16-year-old Irish Sport Horse Ballaghmor Class, the pair were winning their second Burghley, having conquered the event back in 2017. Townend also won in 2009 aboard Carousel Quest.