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  "textContent": "Thomas Hawke (C ) riding FIREBALL III at the Barbury Castle Horse Trials Nr Marlborough in Wiltshire in United Kingdom on the 27th March 2026\n\n**Five-time Burghley winner and Olympic team medallist Andrew Nicholson shares his thoughts on Barbury and how professional riders progress their horses up the levels**\n\nYou really know you’re getting old when you don’t recognise anyone in the warm-up at your first event of the season. I wore my glasses the following weekend – and still didn’t! Luckily, at the third – Barbury – the older professional riders were out and about and I did spot some people I know. […]",
  "title": "‘If British riders want an early four-star event, why not run one at Barbury,’ asks Andrew Nicholson"
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