Badminton

Giovanni Ugolotti (ITA) and Stilo Kontika  at the first horse inspection of the  Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials 2015
Giovanni Ugolotti and Stilo Kontika at the first horse inspection of the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials 2015. Photo Trevor Holt.

Gio and Tiko scored 52.3 for their dressage, before – in Gio’s words: “I made a big mistake!” Getting too deep to the third element of the Mirage Pond, Tiko was unable to take off and had to glance off the angled brush. Gio retired to save him for another day.