‘To win was a big surprise’

JCL Insurance Brokers Kelsall Hill (1), Cheshire

TEENAGER Phoebe Hughes and Top Biats scored a pillar-to-post victory in the CCI3*-S.

Eighteen-year-old Phoebe, the reigning national under-18 champion, added nothing to her dressage score of 23.6 with George Brooks’ 15-year-old Top Biats.

“My sole aim was to get our qualification for Houghton CCI3*-L, so to win was a big surprise,”