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  "textContent": "When Elise Washer rides Menelaus out on the LeMieux Grassroots Championships cross-country course tomorrow (6 May) it will be for the last time. Qualifying for and competing in the BE90 final at Badminton had long been the dream and Elise and “Spotty” have achieved it. But as Spotty is now 21, this will be his […]",
  "title": "Living the dream, going out on a high: meet the 21-year-old horse competing at Badminton for the first – and last – time"
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