Oliver Townend (GBR) will be hoping to maintain momentum when all eyes turn to Germany this weekend for the third of the HSBC FEI Classics™, the Luhmuehlen CCI**** presented by E.ON Avacon Vertrieb on 11-14 June.

Townend’s eye-catching victory at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials last month, coupled with 8th place at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in April, propelled him to the top of the HSBC FEI Classics™ standings, a challenge the 26-year-old has declared has shaped the way he has planned his season.

Excitingly, he thinks he has enough horses to attend all five events – and he is spurred on by the pressure of having to pay for his new farm.

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