Jill’s report from Sunday:

Too good to be true!! The rain began this morning and continued on and off all day. One of the main things I wanted to see today was the British Driving Society meet and drive. Some thirty-five vehicles (singles, pairs, tandems, and fours) all gathered in an outer ring, then the royal turnouts, led by HRH Prince Philip driving his four of Fell ponies, arrived, drove through the ring, and led the way for a wonderful drive through Home Park Private. Then they came back into the Castle Arena to the delight of the smaller-than-usual crowd (probably because of the wet and cold weather!). An artist had watched all the entries out on the drive and again in the ring and then selected a single two-wheel vehicle driven by a large Friesian horse as the winner!

a portion of the lineup of the Laurent Perrier Meet of the British Driving Society (photo by Jill Ryder)

CAA member Ken Ruthven of Scotland, seen here driving Ian Smith's team of colored horses to a newly restored Shanks Roof-seat Break; CAA member Erik Greisen of Denmark is enjoying a ride with Ken and Anne (photo by Jill Ryder)

the winner of the BDS meet (photo by Jill Ryder)

I must say that the standard of turnout was even better this year than in the past. It was a real treat to see so many different turnouts.

Sarting this morning, the FEI event continued with the cones competition. Then, after the BDS drive, in came all the FEI entries and the winners of each class were presented their awards by HM The Queen: a great honor for all.

Misdee Miller (USA) leaving the Castle Arena after being presented with her ribbon in front of HM The Queen (photo by Jill Ryder)

Tucker Johnson (USA) leaving the Castle Arena after receiving his second-place prize in the horse four-in-hand class (photo by Jill Ryder)

HM The Queen returning to her seat after awarding the prizes to the first-place winners in the FEI competition (photo by Jill Ryder)

The show ended today with another spectacular drive of the King’s Troop.