A beaming Fiona Bigwood believes that she has “really turned a corner” with Hawtins Delicato after winning the Hazlewoods-sponsored grand prix at the NAF Five Star Hartpury CDI.
Fiona, who won team silver for Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics, bought the Diamond Hit 13-year-old – a team bronze medallist at the 2018 World Equestrian Games – from Carl Hester in 2020 . This was their first international grand prix victory together, and their best score – 74.09% – to date.
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