‘He opened his mouth and the bit fell out’: rider jumps half Gatcombe’s course with broken cheekpiece
Andrew Downes and Cooley Foxtrot continue round the Gatcombe course despite a tack malfunction. Andrew Downes conjured a masterful display to ride half the course at Gatcombe Horse Trials with a broken bridle at the Magic Millions Festival of British Eventing. He was competing across country on his first horse in the Dodson & Horrell British novice championship, Cooley Foxtrot, when the horse’s cheekpiece snapped at fence three. He […]