Horse & Hound

Student has the Upper hand

MARS BADMINTON

Voltaire Design Grassroots Championships

Voltaire Design Grassroots Championships, Badminton, Glos

AN engineering student who has stepped up his involvement in his mother's horse after she fell ill topped the BE90 championship. Ben Fairbrother, 20, was second after dressage on 26.3 and moved up to win when he stayed on that firstphase score with his mother Jo's 12-year-old Upper Limit.

“I only rode ‘Max’ at events last year and Mum would school him in between because I'm quite busy with university,” explained Ben, who has only been eventing for

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