US makes strong start with Paralympic gold medallist at the helm despite smoke on the horizon

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Roxanne Trunnell - Paralympic dressage rider - on Dolton
Roxanne Trunnell and Dolton in action for the USA at the World Equestrian Games in 2018
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The Grade I Tokyo Paralympics individual champion Roxanne Trunnell scored 80.321% in the team paralympic dressage competition to boost US medal hopes.

This result was doubly impressive given the black smoke swirling on the horizon, and sirens blaring as emergency crews headed to a nearby fire. Although Dolton, her nine-year-old ride by Danone I, gave a pleasing picture, she reported he was reacting to the situation.

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.