Horse & Hound

Mincher’s team on flying form

jennifer.donald@futurenet.com

@jen_donald

Wellington, Hants

NATASHA SWALES and her social media star Queen Of Clouds spearheaded a brilliant day out for Julian Mincher’s yard when she topped a one-two-three for their team in the Blue Chip RLF Joint Power qualifier.

The eight-year-old mare has picked up a Facebook following after Natasha posted a series of videos of her tackling her napping and rearing.

“Natasha wasn’t working for me when she bought her, and what she didn’t realise was that she was originally my horse,” Julian said. “I sold her as a four-year-old and later on she went a

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