Horse & Hound

LETTERS

WAS IT MY FATHER?

FURTHER to the “Harking back” feature about nostalgic venues (12 March), does anyone know the identity of the horse and rider in the black and white photograph at Cirencester Park that was included? I think it may be my late father, William (Bill) Trump, on our home-bred mare Kiltie (both pictured above at Wylye Horse Trials from the same era).

Kiltie was a 17hh, Irish Draught/thoroughbred mare, who was incredibly talented. As a child, I rode

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