As the damp and cold of autumn settled on the evening, the lights, the crowd, the electricity came together to give Devon its famous atmosphere.
All riders report that they and their horses feel it.
Horses passage like the ground is red hot. It makes for thrilling performances. Cheri has a very new freestyle with Scottish music that starts with beats from the bass. She needed to hear those beats to signal her entrance, so she asked for the volume to be turned up. When the music began it came from the speakers behind them.