Being a three-day event rider comes with a multitude of challenges. It is a tough, unrelenting sport, and competitors – who have included Princess Anne and Zara Tindall – experience thrills and spills as they take on three different equestrian disciplines. For Jemima Howden, however, competing at Cornbury House Horse Trials in the Cotswolds takes the challenge to the next level: Cornbury is her family home.

"It’s a lot of pressure competing," she laughs. "I have to keep my eyes on what I’m doing – if I look around, there are about 50 of my mum and dad’s friends watching." Two years ago, she was nearing the end of the competition when disaster struck in the showjumping ring: Jemima had jumped the first fence before the bell rang. "I managed to eliminate myself," she groans. "That was r

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