Carl Hester on his latest grand prix ride — the quirky roan gelding who eats tuna sandwiches

Carl Hester achieved one of his 2019 resolutions when he debuted the 10-year-old Ekitof at grand prix recently. The Zucchero son now joins Carl’s top level string of horses, scoring 71.4% at Hartpury’s show on 20 January.

The black roan gelding, known at home as Blackie, became advanced medium gold national champion with Charlotte Dujardin in 2017, but has been very lightly competed as he is particularly quirky — his first grand prix was just his seventh British Dressage test to date, having done just one prix st georges test since his national title.

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Article written by: Polly Bryan