AL SHIRA’AA HICKSTEAD DERBY MEETING
21-25 June
@jen_donald
Al Shira’aa Derby, The All England Showground, W Sussex
DAVID SIMPSON said words could not describe how it felt to realise his long-held dream of winning the Al Shira’aa Derby - after he and the eight-year-old Pjotr Van De Kruishoeve triumphed in a three-way jump-off.
David and the Dutch-bred stallion - who won the sevenyear-old championship at last year’s Derby meeting with David’s wife Louise - tipped just the Derby rails to finish on 90.48sec, ahead of William Funnell and Dublon, who had cleared everything but the middle part of the Devil’s Dyke to finish on 91.68sec. William was also third on Equine America Billy Diamo, whom he retired in the jump-off.
DAVID SIMPSON ON PJOTR
