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    Blackberry hits the sweet spot

    Aug 26, 2021 3 minutes
    By ALEX ROBINSON
    Edited by Alex Robinson

    alexandra.robinson@futurenet.com

    @alexrob_journo_

    Equifest, East of England Showground, Cambs

    A FOOT-PERFECT show pony lead-rein contender stole the hearts of the crowds and the judges to clinch her first Equifest supreme accord.

    The hugely popular show saw mammoth entries across the horse and pony sections, with double figures witnessed in most classes.

    Reigning supreme of them all was Tash and Philip Cooper’s beautiful six-year-old lead-rein pony, Barkway Blackberry, ridden by their daughter, Emily, also six. Judge John Harvey, no stranger to his

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