Thirteen-year-old Ruby Hughes defied her young age to beat adult company in the Spillers medium freestyle silver championship at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships today (1 July).
Riding Nancy Scott’s 15-year-old Classic Bee Gee (pictured), Ruby impressed the judges to win on a score of 71.55%.
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