“I NEVER THOUGHT WE’D BEAT THEM”

WORKING on the basics has paid off for Sarah Jorgensen and her Danish warmblood Sandro IIII, who scored a personal best of 76.03% to win the medium 61 at Kings Equestrian, Herefordshire.

“One issue was that he was sometimes a little high in the neck, but after the competition break he seems more correct,” said Sarah, who moved here with Sandro (Blue Hors Soprano x Windeck) from Denmark to study a master’s in veterinary physiotherapy at Hartpury University.

“We’ve been training with Kate Cowell and have also done a lot of hacking and hill work, so he feels symmetrical and supple.

“Sandro is a good buddy in the ring,” she added of the 15-year-old gelding. “The other competitors were riding really well, so I never thought we’d beat them. I kept checking our scores over and over, thinking, ‘That can’t be right!’”