Found and Eva in the spotlight as ladies take centre stage at York

It must be particularly satisfying to be a woman right now.

Those Brits at York this afternoon are under the rule of the country's second woman prime minister, Theresa May, while the most powerful leader in Europe is Germany's Angela Merkel. Across the Atlantic, Hillary Clinton is odds-on to become the first woman president of the United States.

Theresa May is one of many women, human and equine, to have enjoyed extremely high-profile success this year.Credit: Carl Court

The visiting women in Rio are also covering themselves in glory. One of the towering stars of Team GB has been brilliant track cyclist Laura Trott, while in the gymnastics arena America's Simone Biles has done things that beggar belief. Even tennis gold medallist Andy Murray claims to have become a feminist.