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BBC News
2 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Canter secures second five-star victory in six weeks
Olympic gold medallist Ros Canter won the Luhmuhlen Horse Trials to secure a second five-star win in six rode Izilot DHI to victory in Germany to claim her fourth five-star level win. The former world champion was second after the dressage and cross country phases behind Olympic team-mate Laura Collett, who won the 2023 Collett, last out riding London 52, knocked down a rail in the showjumping finale to slip to third overall."It's hard to get my head around it to be honest. I'm very proud of it because it's not always about riding, it's confidence and I've had to work very hard at that," said Canter. The reigning European champion was part of the British eventing team to win gold at the Paris Olympics last summer and won the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials for a second time in May. Canter added: "The dream was always there because I loved watching old videos of Badminton and Burghley but I didn't think it would ever be me."The 39-year-old also paid tribute to her coach and mentor Caroline Moore, who died in March."I think Caroline would have found this very special."
The Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Race Across The World left out HUGE part of winner's life as fans ask ‘why wouldn't they mention that?'
IT was a tense sprint to the finish line in last night's finale of Race Across The World. But fans were baffled that a huge part of the winner's life had been left out of the series. 5 5 The final episode followed the pairs travelling from Goa, India, to the southernmost tip of India, Kanniyakumari, 1000km away. But after a 51-day cross-continent race, it was mother and son duo Caroline and Tom who took home the £20,000 prize. The pair, who were leading the race from its fifth episode earlier this month, beat brothers Melvyn and Brian, sisters Elizabeth and Letitia and young couple Fin and Sioned to the finish point. And it was an emotional moment for the duo, as they opened the all-important guest book on their arrival. Celebrating their win, Caroline broke down in tears telling her son: 'We must never doubt ourselves, ever, ever, ever again.' On-screen Caroline has spoken about giving up her career to become a mum and how the show has given her the chance to do something for herself. But what hasn't aired on the BBC show is that Caroline is a successful eventer. In her everyday life, the Race Across the World winner has a number of achievements under her belt when it comes to horse riding. Just before she joined the show, she won the 2024 British Eventing BE80 grassroots league when riding 14-year-old horse Really. Caroline has had Really for almost a year now, according to British Eventing. Secrets of BBC competition show exposed in one-off special episode after fans slammed 'fake' scenes Since Race Across the World came to an end, she has returned to eventing and has continued to be successful This season, Caroline topped the British Eventing's BE90 March/April OBP League. In May, she told The Horse and Hound: "It's lovely to be back and I'm looking forward to the championship. "Eventing has got a little bit of the challenge of Race Across the World because you have to be prepared, fit, determined and have an aim in mind." Fans questioned on social media why this was never aired in the show and one said: "Horseandhound magazine has an article about Caroline. "A successful eventer for years, and Tom who Caroline had when she was 40. "Have lost trust in this programme and the phoney sob stories. Such a shame." Another added: "Why wouldn't they mention this on the show!" A third explained: "I'm not dismissing her feelings about her role in life, but her whole I'm just a stay at home mum who has never done anything in my life attitude rubs a bit thin when you take her sporting career into account. "She's not just an amateur, she has been doing it for 25 years + (i.e. all the time she was running a house)." Another added: "I don't like how Caroline is making out that she is just some poor housewife who has never had a life when actually she is a very successful eventer." "She is making out that she hasn't done anything for herself since getting married, this is simply not true," explained another. While one poster said: "I think that's more of an age thing, and your children getting older. "My Mum kept going on about having lost her purpose and confidence when I went to uni even though she had a very successful career." But another disagreed: "Caroline is successful in Eventing (horse sport) which, to me, makes her sob story seem a little disingenuous and designed to counter their obvious privilege. "They definitely have grown over the course of the series and become more likeable, I don't think the producers really needed to work as hard on it as they might have thought." Caroline also told the publication that her experience with horses helped her on the TV show and added: "Horsey people are generally quite grounded and extremely tough. "You can put up with being dirty and grubby and you just get on with it, and that really helped because dignity goes out the window very, very quickly. "You don't mind getting your hands dirty in both senses of the word. "And I was quite fit, which was probably the biggest help for me in the long run." 5 5
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Race Across the World leaves out mum Caroline's huge everyday life success
Race Across the World's winner Caroline is an eventer at horse riding competitions but that fact has missed the cut of the BBC show. The mum, 61, has raced across the world with her son Tom, 21, starting at the Great Wall of China and finishing in Kanyakumari in India. Along the way, the contestants have the chance to open up about their lives both the good and the bad. On-screen Caroline has spoken about giving up her career to become a mum and how Race Across the World has given her the chance to do something for herself. What hasn't make the cut of the BBC show is that Caroline is a successful eventer. Race Across the World is edited to fit eight one hour slots, plus a one hour reunion show. It would be impossible for them to capture absolutely everything in their everyday lives of those taking part. But horses and eventing is clearly something Caroline is very passionate about. In her everyday life, the Race Across the World winner has a number of achievements when it comes to horse riding. Just before filming the show, she won the 2024 British Eventing BE80 grassroots league when riding 14-year-old horse Really. Caroline has had Really for almost a year now, according to British Eventing. Since Race Across the World came to an end, the horse lover has returned to eventing and she has continued to make a success of it. This season, Caroline topped the British Eventing's BE90 March/April OBP League. While promoting Race Across the World, Caroline has spoken about her love of horse riding and eventing. In May, she told The Horse and Hound: "It's lovely to be back and I'm looking forward to the championship. Eventing has got a little bit of the challenge of Race Across the World because you have to be prepared, fit, determined and have an aim in mind. I'm glad to have eventing because otherwise I would have wanted to go straight back out and travel again.' Being a horse person, Caroline felt put her in good stead for taking part in Race Across the World. "Horsey people are generally quite grounded and extremely tough. You can put up with being dirty and grubby and you just get on with it, and that really helped because dignity goes out the window very, very quickly," she also told the publication. "You don't mind getting your hands dirty in both senses of the word. And I was quite fit, which was probably the biggest help for me in the long run." From competing in eventing to the race, Caroline revealed what spurred her onto the rollercoaster ride of the BBC show. She told Yahoo UK in May: "Do you know, I can't actually put my finger on it. It's just something I felt inside that actually just pushed me so strongly, and I couldn't resist it. I just had to do something for myself that didn't involve looking after other people and it involved me proving that I could be independent... "Tom said 'yes' apparently just to keep me quiet because I was already obsessed. I was determined to get on and I was just going to give it my all. I know it doesn't look like that at the beginning of the programme. I just had to do it and I don't know why. "I think because I had just been looking after other people for so long and had never had to make decisions or never been consulted that this was something that I could choose to do for myself." Yahoo UK approached Race Across the World representatives for further comment. Race Across the World's final is on at 9pm on Wednesday on BBC One.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Superstar' horse eyes first Badminton Horse Trials win
The Olympic gold medallist pairing of Ballaghmor Class, ridden by Oliver Townend, could become the outright most successful British combination in eventing history at Badminton this pair have already enjoyed a distinguished career, claiming four five-star titles and leading Team GB to an historic Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo 18-year-old gelding has not been placed outside of the top five on his last four visits to Badminton, finishing runner-up you can watch highlights of the 2025 Badminton Horse Trials on Sunday, 11 May (BBC Two and iPlayer from 13:45 BST).Townend, who has had the horse he calls "Thomas" in his yard since a four-year-old, told BBC Sport: "There's no other way to describe Ballaghmor Class apart from being a part of the family. "He's very shy to start with but I think he's become quite aware that he's a superstar now."When the wagon goes down the road to a competition and he's not in it, he's banging the stable door down. Thomas is what you'd call a professional, a proper competition horse."The "quirky" horse first gained attention in winning the Burghley Horse Trials on his debut at the level in 2017. He has since achieved success at Kentucky, Burghley again and Maryland last 42, has won nine five-star level events, including Badminton in 2009 on Flint Curtis."For me to try to show the world how good he is, is my main job but, so far so good. By the time he finishes everybody will realise quite what a special horse we've seen," he is also riding Ballaghmor Class' stablemate Cooley Rosalent in a bid to claim his second Badminton title and 10th five-star Olympic champions Laura Collett, Ros Canter and Tom McEwen are amongst the challengers, alongside the reigning World Champion Yasmin Ingham.
