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Nielson joins an illustrious roll of honour

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British Showjumping Indoor Championship Finals, Aintree International Equestrian Centre, Merseyside

STEPPING up to host any show at the eleventh hour would be impressive. But taking on a number of the sport’s most iconic classes, synonymous with Horse of the Year Show, while balancing pandemic restrictions and managing to create a championship both in terms of atmosphere and quality of competition was nothing short of a triumph for Aintree.

On Saturday night, Tim Davies and Nielson added their names to the history books with an electric victory in one of the most prestigious finals, the Equitop GLME Foxhunter championship. The roll of honour of past winners is peppered with horses who have gone on to achieve stardom, and Tim hopes the Belgian warmblood will follow in the gilded hoofprints

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