In a puzzling competition that seemed to defy any logic, Britain’s Harry Charles and his 10-year-old gelding Sherlock won through with a thrilling last-to-go run at the seventh leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League at A Coruña in Spain on Dec. 3.

Even the super-talented 24-year-old rider, who has twice made the cut to the series Final and is currently ranked 14th in the world, was taken by surprise with how things worked out today. After leaving Javier Trenor’s 13-fence first course intact, he already felt he had achieved a lot with his relatively untried horse.

“He’s very green at this level, it’s only his second or third 1.60m class so I’m delighted to have a clear with him and I’m just going to give him a nice trip in the jump-off.

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