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High Quality magic for Morton

South View Winter Classic, Cheshire

AT the end of a very busy and fruitful four days, Derek Morton put the icing on his cake when he produced the winning time of 42.47sec in the winter classic grand prix.

Second-drawn in the seven-strong jump-off and riding Science Supplements KBS High Quality (Liam), Derek took every short cut at speed to stay ahead of Donny Janciauskas and Cool Quarz, who finished in 44.80sec.

“We needed to be fast and the course didn’t give anything away, but Liam is a big horse with a massive stride and a huge

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