Katie Roberts managed to overcome a very stressful journey to the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships to finish a very creditable second in the PDS Saddles elementary freestyle silver championship this morning (2 July).
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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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