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BADMINTON Voltaire Design Grassroots Championships

Voltaire Design Grassroots Championships, Badminton, Glos

IN a battle boasting echoes of that between David and Goliath, a 14.2hh gelding called Annandale Idris trounced the opposition to claim victory in the BE100 championships despite almost every other rival towering over him.

The son of Ewyn Dorian was piloted by Kate Raynor, who admitted: “I'm only 5ft tall, so I don't swamp him. We followed two 17hh-plus horses into the dressage arena, though, and I was worried he would look like a Shetland by comparison, but he gave it his

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