Reeves will present it as a political choice, a conscious decision that contrasts to the Conservatives' record.

"The cross country is, shall we say, quite exciting."I walk the course several times beforehand, and work out how the course will run and jump.

"It's quite mad if you think about it, galloping a 500lb (226kg) animal at a large fence."The course designers also put in what they call "rider frightener" fences or jumping efforts."Those ditches can look daunting," said Roo Fox.

"But they bother the riders more than the horses who don't seem to worried about it."The thing to remember with all of this is that the horses enjoy it and they really won't do it if they don't want to."

Huge amounts of care and attention for the horses are provided by the teams supporting the riders.

Grooms make it all come together and take care of the horses and make sure they are fit, well, fed and watered.Russia and Ukraine have ramped up their attacks as US President Donald Trump attempts to bring them together to strike a ceasefire deal to end the more than three years of fighting.

Last month, Ukraine agreed to accept a US proposal for an initial 30-day ceasefire, following talks in Saudi Arabia, while Russia has still to make a decision.The attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv came hours before French and British military chiefs arrived in Kyiv to discuss the the possibility of allied troops being deployed to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire.

In March, allied countries met in the UK to discuss ending the war and defending Ukraine from Russia with a"There will be at some point a need for military capacity or reassurance, whenever peace is reached," the French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, said on Friday.