‘She deserves it’
FINAL PLACINGS
1st Piggy March (GBR) on Vanir Kamira
2nd Tom Jackson (GBR) on Capels Hollow Drift
3rd Tim Price (NZL) on Vitali
Winning owner: Trevor Dickens
Groom: Amy Phillips
Breeder: Kathryn Jackson
Land Rover Burghley, Lincs
PIGGY MARCH’S voice shook as she acknowledged the fact that her name, alongside that of the horse she credits for some of the best days of her life, Vanir Kamira, will live on in history in the form of a coveted plaque on Burghley’s Winners’ Avenue.
Piggy had previously attempted to secure that plaque 17 times, but she had to wait 20 years from her Burghley debut in 2002 aboard the wonderful Flintlock until her childhood dream became a reality.
But this victory is so much more than just a plaque. Piggy has endured a tumultuous year, both personally and professionally – her sister-in-law Caroline March was seriously hurt in an eventing fall in April and an injury to Brookfield Inocent ruled out her World Championship chances. For her and this gritty little 17-year-old mare to come out and get the job done on Burghley’s return after three years away would
