Find out how Emma-Jo Slater claimed a convincing fifth national discovery championship title on a mare she wouldn’t consider the fastest...
Defending champion Emma-Jo Slater claimed her fifth Nupafeed Supplements senior discovery championship title with a deceptively fast round aboard the six-year-old Happy Feet III on day two of the British Showjumping Indoor Championship Finals (8 October).
Emma-Jo and Happy Feet, who were the last of 16 combinations to go in the jump-off, shaved a full two seconds off Millicent Cornock and Forsythe John VDL’s leading time of 38.27 seconds to win.
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