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Natives vie for supreme spots

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BSPS Area 3B (White Rose County), Speetley EC, Derbys

THE smallest combination trotted away with the supreme sash in an outstanding field. Isla Buckley, nine, and eight-year-old Welsh section A gelding Sunstars Contador “rose to the occasion” for her overjoyed connections, including her mother Rachel Buckley as well as producers Sara Parrott and Craig Elenor.

“They’re a match made in heaven,” said Sara, who watched Isla and Contador triumph over respective reserve and first reserve choices, plaited supreme Withymoor Damsel (Eve Duggan) and Royal International (RIHS) working hunter champion Constellation II (William Pittendrigh).

“Isla wanted to choose her own

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