Epworth (XX), Lincs
ZOE DAWSON had a hunch that her home-bred six-yearold, Trent Kannanball (Rory), would win and the gelding duly delivered in BE100 section F, finishing on his dressage score of 25.3.
“He's been super-consistent this season,” said Zoe, who evented the gelding's dam, Hera VD Broekkant, to intermediate level. “Sadly, she did a leg in the field on bonfire night a few years ago. I put her in foal to Kannan and Rory was the result.”
Rory was Zoe's first – “and probably last” – foray into breeding.
“I work as a vet nurse at Hambleton Equine Clinic in North Yorkshire, so I know all too well what can go wrong,” she continued.
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