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    'There's a new energy at Burghley'

    Sep 07, 2023 2 minutes

    pippa.roome@futurenet.com

    @pipparoomeorkyle

    I FIRST rode at Burghley in 1963, on the Beaufort team in the Pony Club horse trials championships. Slightly irritatingly, we were beaten by the West Norfolk!

    I returned in 1966 to watch the World Championships and rode Rock On to be fourth in 1967, while my team-mate Jane Holderness-Roddam (née Bullen) won team gold at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Such is the inspiration of Burghley.

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