What a recovery! Is this the best save you’ve ever seen?

Oh la la! French showjumper Olivier Robert showed the utmost stickability when things didn’t quite go to plan at the Global Champions event in Samorin, Slovakia last week.

As the video clip shows (scroll down to view), the 45-year-old rider and his 12-year-old stallion Vangog Du Mas Garnier (Cornet Obolensky x Quidam De Revel) were powering round the 1.50m track for the Global Champions League (GCL) class when the grey stallion dropped a leg (see below) and paddled his way through a fairly hefty oxer.

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Article written by: Jennifer Donald

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