3 Minute Read
29th August 2026
Tom McEwen, fresh from his team gold at the FEI World Eventing Championships, landed the £1,000 prize in the 1.40m Malcolm Group Scone Palace Grand Prix.
Riding the former intermediate event horse Kilcannon Mischeif (Maeve), who has already competed at London and Monaco GCTs this summer, Tom won by more than 3sec.
“Maeve is awesome, she’s great fun,” said Tom, who had steered five horses round the international eventing classes in the morning. “She loves a big grass arena and an atmosphere, which Scone definitely has, and she jumped fantastic today.”
Tom almost had a miscommunication when he saw a long stride galloping to the last, but held his nerve for a comfortable victory.
“I went for it at the last, and then I thought I’d better make sure as I don’t think we were seeing the same stride coming into it,” he said. “It’s been a while since she jumped a cross-country jump, so I think she was a bit surprised! She was a brilliant event horse but was always destined to come jumping.
“For me, it’s about getting used to jumping this height, because I haven’t done much of it. This puts you under so much more pressure that you don’t always get in eventing. These bigger obstacles do make the eventing feel a bit easier and slower. I am loving every second.”
Five went through to the jump-off – the three clears and two fastest four-faulters from the 21-runner field – in front of a packed crowd at the Kings Arena.
Stephen Lohoar qualified two for the reverse-order jump-off, and set the standard with a steady clear on 55.1sec with his first-round four-faulter Stromboli Ter Dolin. Two horses later, aboard Night And Day Van T’Vlasmeer, Stephen produced the first double clear, again on 55.1sec, to put the pressure on the final two.
Tom’s deceptively quick round for 51.73sec on his nine-year-old mare meant the final clear-rounder would need to conjure something special.
Last-to-go Nicky Williams gave it a great crack on Darius Des Vignes Du Theil – stopping the clock on 50.27 – but a late pole fell.
