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First ticket for Fourth Dimension

Royal Lancashire, Salesbury Hall, Lancs

SIMON CHARLESWORTH opened his 2022 Price Family final account when leading the Buckleys’ striking home-bred Marcosie The Fourth Dimension (Spider) to head a 10-strong field to earn the riding pony stallion his first-ever place on the Birmingham bus.

The locally based stud fielded the 2018 Horse of the Year show (HOYS) Cuddy supreme, Crafton Blithe Spirit, and had two other finalists last year. Here, en route to the final showdown, Spider – a five-year-old son of Turberry Top Cat – claimed the Welsh partbred and riding pony titles

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