Horse & Hound

‘Mind games’ pay off

BAREFOOT RETREATS BURNHAM MARKET (1)

14–16 April

Edited by Pippa Roome

pippa.roome@futurenet.com

@pipparoomeorkyle

Barefoot Retreats Burnham Market, Norfolk

LAURA COLLETT gave Dacapo the perfect Badminton warm-up run when she led from start to finish to win the CCI4*-S.

“I always planned to run him competitively here because if you run him too slow too many times, he switches off and forgets he can get excited about cross-country,” said the rider of the 14-year-old, who belongs to Gillian Morris-Adams, Diana Chappell, Carolyn Taylor, and the Smedleys.

“He's always had the ability, it's just working out what makes him tick. Over the

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