Tom Jackson, pictured (Farndon, 47.4): ‘All credit to the horse. If you’d told me a couple of years ago I’d be here, i would never have believed it. he’s not the quickest horse in the world [36 seconds over time] – hopefully I will be nearer the time with my second horse [Capels Hollow Drift].’ Tom Rowland (Dreamliner, 49.3): ‘I wanted to be quick and Dreamliner is a very fast horse with an amazing gallop. The ground is sticky, but he has finished well. I wanted to do well enough to have an interview with Clare Balding [on the BBC] so that is one ambition fulfilled. Dreamliner found the Vicarage Vee area twisty – with my second horse, I may make a new plan.’ Boyd Martin (Tsetserleg, USA, 113.8): ‘I was going great guns at first and perhaps was hunting around too much. I saw a terrible turn off the skinny – for anyone watching, it was an error of judgement. He’s a good old horse and he would have made it – it was rider error.’ Felix Vogg (Cartania, SUI, 43.4): ‘I was sitting on a really great mare. She went well last year and I thought she would handle it even though it’s a totally different course this year. Being the next Swiss rider to win Badminton is my goal – to win is a huge thing and a big milestone. I don’t think we are near that yet, but I don’t have a problem with winning it. I take from everyone a little bit of something – I have trained with Boyd Martin and Michael Jung and I walked the course here with the Prices – it is a huge group of people that has helped me.’ Zara Tindall (Class Affair, 55.6): ‘He’s such a good jumper, but he’s tricky and he comes off the bridle – I’m like “not now!” He’s a little horse. I am blowing a lot but when you get it done it feels such an achievement. If you fought for it, it was there. My horse hates people so galloping around in front of those crowds is another aspect, but it’s because he’s quirky that he is good.’ Bubby Upton (Cola, 53.9): ‘First of all ,I am so proud of my horse. He never failed to give me his absolute all. He is an absolute machine and he has proved it time and time again. I am gutted about the pin [11 penalties] – he just got in too close. It’s one of those things. The support and the love I have felt over the last eight months [since my accident] has been unbelievably touching. The comments on my instagram are enough to make me well up. It’s pretty special.’ Georgie Goss (Feloupe, IRL, 62.6): ‘She was an absolute star and pulled it out of the bag for me. It’s my first Badminton for five years and I’ve got a baby so it’s amazing to be here and to have an amazing clear round. I’d say that everyone is hoping for an Olympic spot but she has certainly done herself proud. She is a super jumper and a very very nice horse.’ Sarah Ennis (Grantstown Jackson, IRL, 39.6): ‘I went out with a lot of pressure – one of the fastest horses here at Badminton, blah, blah. But he was incredible. He couldn’t have gone any faster. He burst himself for me. He’s one of those amazing  Irish horses that gets better and better as he goes on. We nearly gave up with him as an 11-year-old and he’s now 13 so it shows that he really wants to do it. He loves this part and can’t gallop fast enough.’