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OUR PERFECT RACE : TIGER TROPHY PURSUIT RACE

Horsfield and Burridge knew they were in with a good shout of winning the Selden SailJuice Winter Series overall, and had put in a solid day’s performance on the Saturday of the John Merricks Tiger Trophy at Rutland Water. “Our aim for the weekend was a top 10 and maybe a top five,” says Horsfield. “We knew that if we could achieve that it would put us in a really strong position for the overall series win. The handicap racing on Saturday had been really cold and windy and it was hard keeping the 420s at bay. But we were second overnight behind Neil Marsden and

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