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LETTERS

PRICELESS OWNERS

HAVING read your article about Totilas (“Legends of the sport”, 10 December), it reminded me of the often overlooked downside of the sport at top level when riding horses that don’t belong to you.

Whether it’s Pat Smythe with Finality in the 1950s, Nick Skelton with Dollar Girl in the 1990s or Edward Gal with Totilas in 2010, one thing they all have in common is that they have

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