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THEY TRAVELLED TO TOKYO THROUGH UNCHARTED WATERS… YOUNG HORSES, A DEBUTANT RIDER, PROBLEMATIC PREPARATION AND ALMOST UNBEARABLE PRESSURE TO PERFORM. HOWEVER, THE FOUR RIDERS FOUND INSPIRATION AND BELIEF IN EACH OTHER AND THEIR TEAM WHICH BROUGHT EIGHT MEDALS AND, AGAINST THE ODDS, A PLACE IN HISTORY.
ABOVE: GEORGIA WILSON MADE A STUNNING PARALYMPIC DEBUT, WINNING BRONZE IN THE GRADE II INDIVIDUAL AND GRADE II FREESTYLE WITH THE SEVENYEAR-OLD SAKURA.
LEFT: LEE PEARSON, SOPHIE WELLS AND NATASHA BAKER TOOK GOLD IN THE TEAM COMPETITION, THE SEVENTH PARALYMPIC TITLE FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND RETAINING OUR UNBEATEN RECORD.
ABOVE: LEE PEARSON SCORED A PERSONAL BEST OF 77.636% WITH BREEZER IN THE TEAM TEST TO HELP SECURE GOLD. THE TEN-YEAROLD GELDING BY BACARDI WAS BRED AND PRODUCED BY LEE, WHO CREDITS HACKING OUT IN STOKE ON TRENT WITH HELPING THIS SENSITIVE HORSE TO BE BRAVE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE TOKYO STADIUM.
LEFT: ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SADNESS THAT THE RIDERS COULD NOT TO BE JOINED BY THEIR FAMILIES IN TOKYO, THEY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE INCREDIBLE SUPPORT FROM THE ‘BACK ROOM ‘ TEAM WHO WERE WITH THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
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