It was watching Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin at Olympia that inspired Jenny Lo-Vel to take the plunge and follow her dream.
Jenny and the five-year-old Lanuvio, by Ghandi, took the runner-up spot in the hotly contested KBIS prelim gold at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships .
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