The Agria FEI Jumping World Championship finally got underway yesterday, and Louis Konickx's opening fourteen-fence course got the competitions off to the best possible start with fabulous sport. Here's Eiken Sato's feisty Chilensky JRA for Japan, who had a small hiccup at fence nr. 3 with a refusal but apart from that blazed around the track without touching a pole.
All photos © Jenny Abrahamsson for World of Showjumping.