Student steps up when his mother falls ill – and wins Badminton’s BE90 grassroots championships

An engineering student who has stepped up his involvement in his mother’s horse after she fell ill topped the Voltaire Design Grassroots Championships BE90 results today at Mars Badminton Horse Trials.

Ben Fairbrother, 20, was second after dressage on 26.3 and moved up to win when he stayed on that first-phase score with his mother Jo’s 12-year-old Upper Limit.

“I only rode ‘Max’ at events last...