Horse & Hound

‘I won’t find another horse like him’

“HE couldn’t have given me any more in there, ” said Nicola Morris after her winning Baileys Horse Feeds novice freestyle on Headmore Bugatti. “He hasn’t seen anything like this before and he tried his heart out – I cried as I came down the last centre line.”

Nicola, an accountant, credited Alice Oppenheimer, winner of the gold version of the same class, for getting them to this point.

“Alice has helped us loads and I couldn’t have done it without her.

“I’m trying very hard to retire to spend more time with the horses. I’ve been really busy with work the past six months so it’s been really difficult juggling horses and work, but work is starting to quieten down now, so I can concentrate more on

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