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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T08:30:39.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The Middle Eastern tours, like at Al Shaqab, have grown in populartity in recent years – helped by increased prize pots\n\n**British five-star showjumper Jodie Hall McAteer considers a modern renaissance of showjumping, and reflects on safe returns from the Middle East and other transport woes in her exclusive _H &H_ column\n\n**\n\nI can only imagine how frightening it must have been for riders whose horses were stranded in the Middle East as a result of the conflict with Iran. In Doha, the Tour had a week’s break, and a lot of riders came home then found themselves unable to get flights back out. They were separated […]",
  "title": "‘Trouble can happen anywhere, but it’s an extra level of concern,’ says Jodie Hall-McAteer"
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