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Well done, Sam Watson

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  • 03-05-2010 5:16pm
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    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,498 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    A great result for the Carlow man.To even get around Badminton is a big deal,much less clear!


    "With only 50 combinations making it through to the final show jumping phase from an international startlist of 83, it was 24-year-old Sam Watson from Carlow who proved best of the Irish when finishing in 13th place on the Irish-bred 'Horseware Bushman'.
    Close behind in 14th came another Irish-bred horse, 'Portersize Just a Jiff', ridden by 20-year-old Badminton first-timer Camilla Speirs from Kildare.
    36-year-old Wicklow rider Mark Kyle took 20th place with 'Step In Time'.

    Other Irish finishers were Elizabeth Power and Kilpatrick River (31st), Austin O'Connor and 'Pocket Rocket' (42nd) and Michael Ryan with 'Old Road' (43rd).
    The Badminton Three-Day Event was won by Australia's Paul Tapner on 'Inonothing', while the best-placed Irish-bred horse was 'Spring Along', who finished in third place overall, piloted by Britain's Daisy Berkeley.
    Eleven nations are represented at Badminton, which is one of only five HSBC Classics to be held in the world this year."


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