One rider dominates the dressage in both CCI4* classes at Burnham Market. Find out who – and why wanting to do it right is sometimes the CCI4*-S leader’s downfall
Britain’s Izzy Taylor holds pole position in both of Barefoot Retreats Burnham Market’s CCI4* classes after dressage – as well as topping the CCI4*-L with Monkeying Around , she is in first place in the CCI4*-S on Camilla Behrens’ Hartacker.
Eight-year-old Hartacker, bred in Italy and by Spartacus, scored a Burnham Market record dressage mark of 20.3 at his first four-star competition.
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