BOLESWORTH PRESENTED BY AL SHIRA'AA
5–9 June
Edited by Jennifer Donald
@jen_donald
Bolesworth International Summer Festival week one, presented by Al Shira'aa, Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire
WILLIAM WHITAKER and Chacco's Lando took full advantage of the slivers of opportunity left for the taking by their rivals, to secure a British victory in Bolesworth's high-class LeMieux CSI2* grand prix.
Ireland's Shane Breen “knew the big guns were coming behind me”, so set the standard by taking the brave man's route with Cato Boy over Rafael Suarez's jump-off course. But William was braver – as last to go, he had to be – slicing across the oxer at fence five and delivering an all-round masterclass in jump-off riding to power ahead by 0.6sec.
“I was in the best position to