Edited press release from Royal Windsor Horse Show

Scott Brash, recently announced as part of the British team heading to the Tokyo Olympic Games, landed the spoils in Sunday's CSI5* 1.50m Manama Rose Show Stakes at Royal Windsor Horse Show with his 12-year-old bay gelding Hello Shelby (Stolzenberg x For Pleasure). Both horse and rider looked calm and collected in what was an incredibly neat and nippy round. The 1.50m class was one round against the clock and had a total of 17 riders taking on the 12-jump test. The course looked tight, with sharp turns required between fences two – an oxer – into three – an upright – with a similar set-up between six and seven, requiring both precision and agility from horse and rider.

John Whitaker was first to go, going clear and setting a comfortable time of 61.54. Scott Brash, next to go, wiped six seconds off Whitaker's time, making him the one to beat. Italy’s Lorenzo de Luca recorded a time of 58.98 aboard Malissa de Muze (Vigo D Arsouilles Stx x For Pleasure), with America’s Lillie Keenan – fresh from her win in Friday's CSI5* Manama Speed Stakes – one hundredth of a second slower with 58.99 on Agana van het Gerendal Z (Aganix du Seigneur x Topas). In the end however, Brash and Hello Shelby's scorching time was unbeatable.

Speaking after his victory, Brash was full of praise for his horse: “I just tried to keep it as neat and tidy as I could. Hello Shelby is naturally a very fast horse, he is very experienced and used his strength keeping it tight, and he jumped great.”