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‘He’s finally a sash horse’

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Kings Equestrian Area Festival, Herefords

“I THOUGHT we’d still be the bridesmaids,” said Josephine Clewlow, who rode Bon Jovi AKW to win the prix st georges (PSG) and PSG freestyle silver sections. “We’ve been championship runners-up so many times, but he’s finally a sash horse.

“We had hit a rock at the nationals at Hartpury,” she said. “We looked at the half-passes and flying changes to see what was going wrong. It was nice to win.”

Josephine, who teamed up with the 15-year-old UB40 gelding three years ago, added: “We call him ‘average Joe’ as he’s not a

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