Yet again the TV coverage is restricted to those on satellite! This really is appalling.
Gosh I remember the days when HOYS was on TV every single night; it was always a schoolnight and it was always hard getting The Parents to agree to stay up late and watch the showjumping - all the big names then were David Broome, Harvey Smith, Marion Mould, etc etc (showing my age, sorry!). AT school the next day we'd drool and fantasise over our heroes and do nothing else but think of HOYS for the week it was on. Total horsey teenaged infatuation!