Defending champions Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo established a clear lead in the dressage phase of the MARS Badminton Horse Trials with a mark of 23.7, 4.4 penalties clear of yesterdays leader, Tiana Coudray on Cancaras Girl.The pair, European champions in 2023 and Olympic team gold medallists in Paris, has already made history as the only combination to win two Badmintons (2023 and 2025) and two Burghleys (2024 and 2025). In January, Ros gave birth to a second daughter, Seneh.Its been a funny few weeks, having just bad a baby, Ros admitted. Focus is a very different thing now for me so I have had to work hard to make sure Im in the right frame of mind. I was possibly a little stressed this morning, so I had to have a word with myself and spend some time on my own.When asked how she always managed to look so calm and collected, she replied: Anyone riding Walter would feel confident.By the lunch break, the sole Brazilian rider, Marcio Carvalho Jorge, a doctor, had gone into third place on Royal Encounter with a score of 29.2 and Scottish rider Wills Oakden is now in fifth place on Keep It Cooley.This afternoon sees a clutch of tests from five-star winners Lara de Liedekerke-Meier from Belgium on the home-bred Hooney dArville, Felix Vogg from Switzerland on Cartania and Tim Price with Falco, plus the 2024 Badminton winners Caroline Powell and Greenacres Special Cavalier.