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PERSIMMON

Age: 15

Breeding: Salute RP x Indorado

Owner-rider: Will Fletcher

Breeder: MP Toering (Netherlands)

Greatest achievements: believed to be the only horse to jump on Nations Cup teams in eventing and showjumping; first British Eventing six-year-old championships

2011; team silver and individual fourth at the European Eventing Championships 2015; under-18 champion at the British Showjumping National Championships 2017; European young rider team silver 2018; third in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at RIHS 2019.