Seasoned campaigner Zagreb claims the CIC2*, while Morelands Casanova heads the CIC* under Selena Milnes
ALEXANDER BRAGG and his seasoned campaigner Zagreb made light work of Bicton’s influential cross-country course and undulating terrain to head the 49-strong Rathbones CIC2*.
In doing so, the competitor heading for the Blenheim Event Rider Masters (ERM) thwarted Emily King’s hopes of a triple. Already a winner of the under-21 open intermediate (OI) and a novice section, the Sidmouth rider finished second aboard Walitze F Vejgard (“Zara”).
“I feel a little sad for Emily, but I won’t be sad for long,” joked Alex, as he collected his rosettes (he was also sixth on Red path Ransom) alongside Zagreb’s owner, Sally Ellicott. “I started out on the cross-country knowing that I had to open him up to secure a win and he was truly professional.”
Alex put his successful negotiation of the CIC2* “bogey”, the brush corner at 11, down to committed riding.
“A lot of people coming off the turn to it were just too careful,” he said.
This story is from the August 24 2017 edition of Horse & Hound.
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