“I’ll Never Sit On Another Horse Like Him”: Laura Collett Records Third CCI5* Win with London 52 at Luhmühlen

By the time two-phase leaders Laura Collett and London 52 cantered into the arena with their 6.5 penalty margin in hand, Luhmühlen’s CCI5* win could have felt like a foregone conclusion — but 41 rails had already fallen throughout the previous 28 rounds, and the time had proven seriously tricky to catch, too, and so the pressure was on for the pair to try to catch their third five-star win out of three starts at the level.

But pressure? That’s something that icy-veined Laura, who’s carved a career at the top level despite hurdles including a horror fall that cost her most of her vision in one eye ten years ago, has learned to relish. She and the 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Landos x Vernante, by Quinar Z) delivered a foot-perfect clear round inside the time to finish on their first-phase score of 20.3 — the second-best five-star finishing score of all time.

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*Article written by: Tilly Berendt *