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Kyle lands an impressive hat-trick

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Winter Pony Finals, South View, Cheshire

AN on-form Tabitha Kyle secured three titles across the weekend, concluding with an impressive victory on Nightgirl Van Het Sonnishof Z in the Charles Britton winter JA classic final.

The majority of competitors jumped clear round Gillian Millner’s 1.25m opening track in this end-of-season showdown, but were faced with a tougher challenge in the deciding phase.

Just three of 11 starters produced double clears, with victory going to Tabitha and the 10-year-old Numero Uno mare, as they beat 2021 champion Henry Squibb (Lislan Picola) into second place with a 3.68sec advantage.

Tabitha had her top three rides qualified for this final, but jumped just the one pony. Both Gangnam Style II and Atomic Du Bary competed on the first day of the show, but then given a

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