IRISH dealers have the gift of the gab, but videos are less easy to embellish and so it proved in the case of Tealeaf.
“I was in need of a horse and was told of one in Ireland that was worth looking at,” explains David Palmer, who was joint-master and huntsman of the Ludlow at the time.
“I didn’t have time to go and see him, so they sent me a video. It showed him jumping a single rail that was balanced on a couple of 50-gallon oil drums with two Calor Gas bottles on top and no ground line to help. He sailed over with ease – I was hooked!”
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