Pony Club champion to Luhmühlen five-star debut – and why his rider performed her dressage test holding her reins upside down

Emma T V Thomas (Great Britain) riding The Buzz Factor in the dressage phase of CCI5*-L during the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials 2026 for the CCI5*-L competition held at TGL Turniergesellschaft, just outside the village of Luhmühlen in Germany between 17th - 21st June 2026Britain’s Emma Thomas spoke about the emotional journey to five-star for her former Pony Club champion The Buzz Factor after her Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials dressage today (18 June). Emma and 15-year-old “Buzz”, who is owned by Emma’s mother Rachel Velarder, her brother Arthur Thomas, and Zoe Bardey, were second down the centre line and […]