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IBBLE WATSON, 19, and her own Aristoteles S Z won the British Eventing (BE) national under-21 championships in style, heading the section from pillar to post.

The result was all the more impressive because Ibble, a team gold and individual silver medallist at the 2019 pony European Championships, is in her first year of young riders, plus Aristoteles S Z only had a handful of BE points to his name this time last season and was competing in his first CCI3*-L.

The pair completed on their

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