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Dargun shoots to the top

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Barefoot Retreats Burnham Market (1), Norfolk

PIGGY MARCH and Kitty King dominated at the first British CCI4*-S of the season, when between them they took first and second in both four-star sections.

From her eight rides, only one of Piggy’s rides finished outside the top 10, but it was Dargun, a 13-year-old owned by Jane Del Missier, who provided the highlight. The chestnut, who was campaigned up to five-star level by Emily King before

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