An international star is back on form after breaking her neck last season.
Hambleden, Oxon
IT’S not often that eventers have the chance to gallop through stunning bluebell woods under sun-filled skies but such was the chore that befell competitors at Symm-sponsored Hambleden.
Ireland’s Aoife Clark showed she was back to her best following a tough winter of rehabilitation after breaking her neck last season. She dominated the small advanced intermediate section, finishing first and second with Richard Last’s Fernhill Adventure and her own Colorfast II respectively. Nicky Hill was her closest rival aboard her Hambleden 2016 CIC* runner-up MG Bingo Boy, finishing third.
“Fernhill Adventure felt a bit green at Belton, so I brought him here ahead of running him at a three-day as he needs more match practice and his eyes opening to a range of challenges and questions,” said Aoife.
Although the rider has one eye on the World Equestrian Games in 2018, the talented 11-year-old son of Newmarket Venture hasn’t contested a CCI since Blenheim in 2015 as a consequence of him contracting a virus and Aoife’s injury.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 27 2017 من Horse & Hound.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 27 2017 من Horse & Hound.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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