A brace of young Scottish riders got their names onto the roll of honour at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships today (1 July).
The first came in the form of Kendal Blow, when she took the top prize in the Petplan Equine elementary under-21 area festival. Twenty-year-old Kendal made the lengthy journey from Glasgow worthwhile, scoring 70.34% aboard DPUK Dark Moon (pictured).
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Read the full report from the Winter Dressage Championships in the 8 July 2021 issue of Horse & Hound magazine, and keep checking back to horseandhound.co.uk for more news and features
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Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.
