An explosive performance
Aug 12, 2021
3 minutes
By POLLY BRYAN and PIPPA ROOME
Edited by Jennifer Donald
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Olympic Games, Tokyo, Japan
“NEVER again in my lifetime will I ride a horse like Explosion W.”
It’s a bold statement from Ben Maher, but one suspects he is not wrong. The 12-year-old Chacco-Blue gelding is one in a million, and with one of the best jumping riders in the world on his back, he showed every inch of his class on the biggest stage of them all.
Many remarked ahead of the Games that it would be a travesty if Ben and Explosion did
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