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Royale Tale delivers on her dream debut
Horse & Hound
|June 26, 2025
A firm favourite makes good on his classmate’s prediction as he speeds to victory on his home-bred first-timer
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MARK EDWARDS is the man to beat whenever he enters the ring, and he proved it once again when he and the fabulous Royale Tale won the Brilliance Horse Auction speed Derby on their first attempt.
Mark and the home-bred 10-year-old jumped one of only two clears to clinch the title in 95.8sec, with Joe Whitaker (Icaterina) second in 103.63sec and Jess Hewitt (Hot Bluebird) just a fraction behind.
Mark has enjoyed a purple patch of late; he and Flying Tinker II won on the opening day of the show, which came hot on the heels of Mark's clean sweep at the South of England.
This story is from the June 26, 2025 edition of Horse & Hound.
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