A 27-YEAR-OLD took the New Horizon Plastics Co. Ltd. Senior Showing And Dressage Ltd in-hand championship and overall supreme – just 24 hours after he’d roared around the main ring with the hunt.
Heather MacDonald’s Storm Dancer was in perfect step with Heather’s daughter Ailsa.
The family bought him 22 years ago as a five-year-old.
“He was a difficult one but was so worth it,” said full-time bus driver Ailsa, who has hunted, evented, showjumped and even done polocrosse with Storm over the years.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 01, 2024 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 August 01, 2024 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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