Winner: Christine Cockerton, who owns the Crown chiropractic clinic in Braintree
An amateur horse rider beat a field of 20 riders to take a national title.
Dressage rider Christine Cockerton scooped a prestigious national title at the NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships.
Mrs Cockerton, 46, of Plums Lane, Bardfield Saling, said she first started riding when she was three-years-old but it has always been a hobby for her.
“My father came home with a donkey for me one day when I was three,” she said. “It started from there and I progressed from ponies to horses.”
The winter championship was held in Gloucestershire on April 7-11.
See the Braintree and Witham Times this week for the full story.
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