FOOTBALL may not have come home last month, but showing certainly did at this year’s Royal Windsor. The event is now the only “London show” remaining on the circuit and it always feels like walking on to a film set against the iconic castle backdrop. You could sense the joyous mood of release and excitement from exhibitors and spectators alike at every ringside.
As a bona fide “showing anorak”, I particularly enjoyed reading the show report in this publication (8 July), and the reference to Jill Day’s consistent hunter View Point going into the Windsor history books – as the first-ever lightweight to stand champion for three consecutive years – was right up my street.
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THERE were similar freedom day vibes alongside some special memory-making moments at the Royal International (RIHS). It was lovely to see Wilderness Early Bird – a pony I had placed to win at the RIHS in 2019 – take the Dick Saunders supreme title.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 05, 2021 من Horse & Hound.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 05, 2021 من Horse & Hound.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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