Jock Paget and Clifton Promise have won The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials 2013.
Not one of this afternoon's top 23 managed to jump clear around Richard Jeffery's influential show jumping track, including the top five who went before him. This left the Kiwi with a comfortable two-fence cushion as he cantered into the arena on a fresh-looking Clifton Promise. Frances Stead and Russell Hall's gelding looked like delivering the only clear of the afternoon until he tipped the very last fence, adding four penalties to his dressage score of 37.1 to finish on a total of 41.1.
"I knew I had two fences in hand going into the arena. Promise knows his job and was jumping well in the warm-up, so I drew a lot of confidence from that and was quite calm. If I'd have had two fences down early on you would have seen me kicking and flapping a lot more!" said Jock.
Andrew Nicholson finished second and third on last year's winner Avebury and Nereo respectively. Both lowered a pole apiece.
"I thought the show jumping track was fair. The oxers were perhaps a little bit higher and wider than usual, so I knew it would take a bit of jumping," he said. "To have Avebury win last year and coming back and be second this year; and Nereo finish third at Badminton and third here, is very pleasing as it means they've been very consistent -- and it's consistency that wins big competitions."
William Fox-Pitt was best of the Brits with Parklane Hawk, lying fourth overnight. They held their position despite rolling two rails. Ingrid Klimke and FRH Butts Abraxxas lowered one rail to rise up from seventh to fifth, while Jonelle Richards and The Deputy completed the New Zealand domination in sixth.
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