‘I really, really went for it’: Natasha Baker conjures a super test to keep Britain in line for Paralympic gold

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Natasha Baker riding Keystone Dawn Chorus in the Tokyo Paralympics dressage team competition
Natasha Baker (GBR) & Keystone Dawn Chorus - Dressage Team Test to Music - Grade 3 - Equestrian Park, Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan - 28 August 2021
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Natasha Baker came out all guns blazing in her team test at the Tokyo Paralympics dressage competition to keep Britain in strong contention for the gold medal. Riding Keystone Dawn Chorus, a 10-year-old Dimaggio mare, Natasha scored 76.618%, to finish second among the Grade III riders in the team rotation.

This result puts Britain at the head of the teams who have fielded two riders after Lee Pearson topped the Grade II riders with Breezer on 77.636%.

Martha Terry
Martha Terry
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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.