Jill’s report on the driving that took place in Windsor earlier today:

Another lovely sunny day dawned and continued for the morning, then the clouds came over and it cooled down for the rest of the day. This weather has been repeated each day of the show: sunny morning and cooler afternoon – but no rain today!

The group scattered today, some continuing to watch the combined-driving dressage and others taking a close look at the coaches and then watching them as they were closely inspected by judges Jack Pemberton and Christine Dick before leaving on a nine-mile drive through Windsor Home Park. The two judges were driven (in a Land Rover) around the Park and were able to watch the coaches in several tricky spots along the way. Then all were back to the ring for the awards: Mark Broadbent (with a coach he built himself) won the Park Drag division;  Bob Alexander won the Road Coach division, Danny Kendle won the Military Coach division.

some of the many coaches, lined up in the main Castle Arena (photo by Jill Ryder)

Then all three winners came out of the lineup, and the overall championship was finally won by Mark. Bob Elliott was presented with the prize for the best coach horn.

Mark Broadbent won both the Park Drag division and the overall championship (photo by Jill Ryder)

American FEI pair-horse competitor Misdee Miller, of Florida and Kentucky, drove her dressage test today and scored in the 50s.

the famous flying Dutch ponies: FEI competitor Aart van de Kamp makes his way back from the dressage arena to the stables, along the Thames (photo by Jill Ryder)