NAF Five Star Hartpury, Glos
JL DUBLIN continued his sensational run of form when topping the NAF Five Star Magic CCI4*-S under Nicola Wilson. The 10-year-old added four faults in the showjumping and 1.2 cross-country time-faults to his leading dressage of 23.9, clinching victory by just 0.2 of a penalty.
“He really showed off in the dressage and the fence down was unlucky,” Nicola explained.
“I thought the cross-country was cleverly designed with some difficult combinations, but Dublin felt as if he’d already looked at the course plan.”
JL Dublin, who is owned by James Lambert OBE, Jo Lambert and Deirdre Johnston, recorded the equal second-fastest cross-country time of the day, but Nicola said that he isn’t naturally quick.
“He isn’t very thoroughbred, but he is a powerful horse and he’s got a good engine,” explained Nicola. “But we get them as fit as we can and this horse is improving all of the time.”
Kitty King was second with Vendredi Biats, another proving super-consistent at this level.
“I’m delighted with how he went – we didn’t come here to win, but to have a solid run before his autumn campaign,” explained Kitty. “It was never my plan to chase the optimum time, so it’s a nice result and he did a great job.”
This story is from the August 19, 2021 edition of Horse & Hound.
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