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Guess Who’s Back, Back Again: Andrew Nicholson Takes Barbury Title (Tell a Friend)

There’s an ancient bit of Wiltshire folklore that says that once you’ve seen 100 white horses in the area (the real ones, not the ones carved into the chalky hills of the Downs), the next man you shake hands with will become your husband. I’ve been to many a Barbury, and I’ve certainly not been counting – so for once, I was quietly grateful for a bit of enforced social distancing. After all, Andrew Nicholson‘s string of entries alone over the past half a decade must push the tally up quite considerably, and one must remain vigilant in matters of the heart.

If you were to pin all your hopes on white horses, though, you might take it as something of a good omen that Andrew’s top horse, the 13-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding Swallow Springs (Chillout x Kilila, by Cult Hero xx), clocked up the fastest round of the day, adding 7.6 time penalties to take his second Barbury title in today’s competition.

Please click here to read the rest of the article as it appears on the Eventing Nation website.

Article written by: Tilly Berendt

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