“This is the ultimate dream. As a little boy in Australia, I used to wait for the videotapes of Badminton to arrive, so to ride here was always a major ambition. This means the world to me,” said Sam Griffiths of Australia after winning the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton CCI****.  “Badminton is the pinnacle.”

Griffiths produced a superb display of horsemanship in the show jumping phase to win his first major title with Paulank Brockagh, the mare that he co-owns with Dinah Posford and Jules Carter.