‘All I did was fall off him!’: former wild child puts best foot forward to take Gatcombe’s Corinthian Cup

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Gatcombe Horse Trials Corinthian Cup winner Amy Barlow and Iwan
Iwan takes a flier under Amy Barlow to land the Corinthian Cup
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A feisty 15.1hh out-jumped his rivals to land the Gatcombe Horse Trials Corinthian Cup at the Magic Millions Festival of British Eventing, on his dressage mark. Iwan, ridden by Amy Barlow, scored 29.8 to lie close-up in fourth after dressage. When the trio ahead, led by Holly Allan and Ray Of Light W on 26.6, lowered rails, the eventual winners took the lead before the final-phase cross-country in this TopSpec national restricted novice championship for grassroots riders.

Amy, who events full-time, had hoped to get into the Dodson & Horrell British novice championship, but when hard ground curtailed her intermediate outings, she diverted to this class. She hopes that Iwan will be the horse to take her up the levels, but it was a rocky start.

Martha Terry
Martha Terry
Features editor

Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on horses and dogs. Her reporting CV includes the Paris Olympics, European championships, Aachen World Equestrian Festival and World Cup finals. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs. Now, her constant companion is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.