Chris Burton wins Olympic eventing silver for Australia on borrowed horse

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Chris Burton grabbed an unexpected individual eventing silver for Australia at Chateau de Versailles – on a loaned horse he has only been riding for five months.

The 42-year-old Queenslander had ditched show jumping for another shot at eventing this year, and his switch paid off handsomely as he steered his brilliant new partner Shadow Man to second place on Monday.